Device Spine/Spine Surgery

Xlx

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

$619Kassociated payments (2023-2025)
10clinicians with associated payments
2companies reporting

By year

2023 $518K
2024 $101K

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

Who makes it

Specialties most often involved

Neurological Surgery $597K
Orthopaedic Surgery of The Spine $13K
Orthopaedic Surgery $8,653

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

Clinicians most associated with Xlx

These are the largest totals companies reported as associated with Xlx. 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)
Juan Uribe Phoenix, AZ Neurological Surgery $310,153.26
William Hunter Gastonia, NC Neurological Surgery $242,376.89
William Smith Las Vegas, NV Neurological Surgery $40,093.71
Ivan Cheng Kyle, TX Orthopaedic Surgery of The Spine $13,395.94
John Atwater Vero Beach, FL Orthopaedic Surgery $8,652.95
Paul Holman Houston, TX Neurological Surgery $3,625.00
Paul Kim Charlotte, NC Neurological Surgery $700.00
Joel Beckett Marina Del Rey, CA Neurological Surgery $28.93
Andrew Vivas Valencia, CA Neurological Surgery $9.68
Daniel Hafez Saint Louis, MO Neurological Surgery $6.33

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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.