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Mariner

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

$2.7Massociated payments (2023-2025)
271clinicians with associated payments
2companies reporting

By year

2023 $917K
2024 $1.1M
2025 $689K

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

Who makes it

Specialties most often involved

Orthopaedic Surgery of The Spine $1.4M
Neurological Surgery $704K
Vascular & Interventional Radiology $445K
Orthopaedic Surgery $120K
Pediatric Orthopaedic Surgery $21K
Physician Assistant $2,049

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

Clinicians most associated with Mariner

These are the largest totals companies reported as associated with Mariner. 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)
David Kumpe Aurora, CO Vascular & Interventional Radiology $445,313.55
Douglas Orndorff Albuquerque, NM Orthopaedic Surgery of The Spine $265,945.20
William Zerick Westerville, OH Neurological Surgery $263,606.93
Warren Yu Washington, DC Orthopaedic Surgery of The Spine $263,601.18
Nitin Bhatia Orange, CA Orthopaedic Surgery of The Spine $171,869.08
Alejandro Berenstein New York, NY Neurological Surgery $160,565.19
Scott Mcgovern Salisbury, MD Orthopaedic Surgery of The Spine $129,452.81
Donald Blaskiewicz Boise, ID Neurological Surgery $102,147.63
Joseph Obrien Bethesda, MD Orthopaedic Surgery of The Spine $53,564.12
Gregory Mundis La Jolla, CA Orthopaedic Surgery of The Spine $51,000.00

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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.