Physician profile

Walter H Burnham

Orthopaedic Surgery of the Spine · Pasadena, CA

NPI 1639221948

$384,133.73

in general payments reported to CMS, 2019-2025

14 companies · $21K in 2025

The $21K reported for 2025 was more than what 79% of Orthopaedic Surgery of The Spine providers received nationally (typical 2025 total: $2,116).

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Payments by year

General payments by program year, as reported to CMS.

What the payments were for

Nature of payment as categorized by the reporting companies: meals, consulting, travel, and so on.

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Payment typeAmount (2023-2025)
Compensation For Services Other Than Consulting, Including Serving As Faculty Or As A Speaker At A Venue Other Than A Continuing Education Program$80,346.67
Consulting Fee$6,600.00
Travel and Lodging$550.96
Food and Beverage$303.60

Payment-type detail covers 2023-2025; earlier years are included in totals but not broken out here.

Who reported paying

General payments only, as reported to CMS. Product names cover 2023-2025.

CompanyGeneral paymentsYearsTop products
Farallon Surgical, LLC $368,437.60 2019-2025
Cerapedics INC. $11,677.90 2020-2025 I-Factor Peptide Enhanced Bone Graft
Zimmer Biomet Holdings, INC. $2,100.00 2021-2022
Zimvie INC. $809.99 2022
Highridge Medical LLC $550.96 2024 Vital
Spinefrontier, INC. $212.20 2020
Dynasplint Systems INC. $80.16 2022
Boston Scientific Corporation $73.05 2024 Wavewriter Alpha Prime 16
Abbott Laboratories $69.30 2021
Globus Medical, INC. $37.49 2023 Excelsiusgps Robotic Navigation System
Nuvasive, INC. $32.12 2019
Surgalign Spine Technologies, INC. $23.24 2021
Glaxosmithkline, LLC. $17.29 2024 Nucala
Providence Medical Technology, INC. $12.43 2021

Drugs and devices associated with these payments

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Research and ownership

$115,857.00 in ownership or investment interests, as reported to CMS. These are holdings a clinician or an immediate family member has in a company, not payments received.

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Payment summary

Walter H Burnham

$384,133.73

in general payments reported 2019-2025

Years
2019-2025
Top company
Farallon Surgical, LLC
Context
The $21K reported for 2025 was more than what 79% of Orthopaedic Surgery of The Spine providers received nationally (typical 2025 total: $2,116).

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Source: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019-2025. Payments are legal and often routine.

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Source: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019-2025, as reported to CMS by drug and device makers (published June 30, 2026). Drug and device detail covers 2023-2025.