Device Orthopedics/Orthopedic Surgery

Gmk Sphere

Payments companies reported to CMS as associated with Gmk Sphere. "Associated with" is CMS's wording: it links a payment to a product without saying the money was spent on it.

$6.0Massociated payments (2023-2025)
784clinicians with associated payments
1company reporting

By year

2023 $2.2M
2025 $3.8M

Payments reported as associated with Gmk Sphere, per program year, as reported to CMS.

Who makes it

Specialties most often involved

Orthopaedic Surgery $4.6M
Adult Reconstructive Orthopaedic Surgery $982K
Surgery $346K
Sports Medicine (Orthopaedic Surgery) $58K
Orthopaedic Trauma $47K
Orthopaedic Surgery of The Spine $8,067

Where the associated payments went, by the receiving clinician's specialty.

Clinicians most associated with Gmk Sphere

These are the largest totals companies reported as associated with Gmk Sphere. They are typically speaking or consulting arrangements, which companies must report by law; appearing here is not evidence of anything improper.

ClinicianLocationSpecialtyAssociated payments (2023-2025)
Stephen Howell Sacramento, CA Orthopaedic Surgery $2,621,787.90
Tyler Goldberg Austin, TX Adult Reconstructive Orthopaedic Surgery $413,657.92
Alexander Nedopil Lodi, CA Surgery $345,564.48
Andrew Wickline New Hartford, NY Orthopaedic Surgery $162,856.94
David Loucks Lone Tree, CO Orthopaedic Surgery $155,145.54
Joseph Greene Louisville, KY Orthopaedic Surgery $150,204.55
John Mercuri Scranton, PA Orthopaedic Surgery $126,728.69
Michael Hellman Lees Summit, MO Orthopaedic Surgery $125,885.30
Rajeev Jain Sycamore, IL Orthopaedic Surgery $111,625.54
David Scott Spokane, WA Adult Reconstructive Orthopaedic Surgery $106,078.58

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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.