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Dr. David Casper, M.D.

Spine Surgery (Orthopaedic Surgery of the Spine Physician)

  • Medicare participating

At a glance

Years since graduation
12
In the NPI registry since
2014
Medicare patients seen, 2024
314

The NPI date is when this clinician registered for a National Provider Identifier, the billing number used on health claims. It is not a license, graduation or board-certification date. What an NPI is

Education and training

  • 2014Medical school: Jefferson Medical College of Thomas Jefferson University
  • 2014Registered with an NPI (national billing number; not a license date)

Undergraduate school, residency, fellowship, licensing exams and board certification aren’t in public federal data. Board certification can be confirmed with the certifying board (ABMS member boards for MDs, AOA boards for DOs).

Specialties and state licenses

  • Orthopaedic Surgery of the Spine Physician primary
    PA license MD470361

As reported to the NPI registry. To confirm a license is current, check the state medical board.

Map: Spine Surgery per capita by county →

Where they work

Hospitals

Medical groups

Hospitals this clinician lists with Medicare, and groups they bill Medicare through (Care Compare). Affiliation doesn’t mean they see patients at every location.

Medicare patients and services

Medicare patients, 2024
314
Services billed
654
Patients’ average age
72
Most frequent Medicare services, 2023
ServiceTimesPatients
Established patient office or other outpatient visit, 20-29 minutes132104
New patient office or other outpatient visit, 45-59 minutes123123
Established patient office or other outpatient visit, 30-39 minutes6361
Established patient office or other outpatient visit, 10-19 minutes4234

Medicare fee-for-service only. CMS leaves out services billed for fewer than 11 patients. These figures describe a practice’s Medicare work; they aren’t a measure of quality.

Payments from drug and device companies

In 2025, 6 companies reported 39 payments worth $44,203 in total to this clinician.

By company
Vb Spine LLC$23,446
Cerapedics Inc.$20,365
Globus Medical, Inc.$147
Kuros Biosciences USA, Inc$143
Stryker Corporation$63.47
Medtronic, Inc.$38.79
By type
Consulting Fee$40,425
Travel and Lodging$2,243
Food and Beverage$1,535

What the payments were for

Largest payments other than meals
DateCompanyWhat it was forAmount
May 30, 2025Vb Spine LLC
May 30, 2025
Consulting Fee
YUKON OCT SPINAL SYSTEM · Spine
$19,500
Apr 11, 2025Cerapedics Inc.
Apr 11, 2025
Consulting Fee
I-FACTOR PEPTIDE ENHANCED BONE GRAFT · PEPTIDE ENHANCED BONE GRAFT
$7,975
Nov 1, 2025Cerapedics Inc.
Nov 1, 2025
Consulting Fee
I-FACTOR PEPTIDE ENHANCED BONE GRAFT · PEPTIDE ENHANCED BONE GRAFT
$6,600
Oct 31, 2025Cerapedics Inc.
Oct 31, 2025
Consulting Fee
I-FACTOR PEPTIDE ENHANCED BONE GRAFT · PEPTIDE ENHANCED BONE GRAFT
$4,400
May 30, 2025Vb Spine LLC
May 30, 2025
Consulting Fee
ES2 SPINAL SYSTEM · Thoracolumbar
$1,950
Apr 8, 2025Vb Spine LLC
Apr 8, 2025
Travel and Lodging
Everest Spinal System · Spine · travel to Orlando, FL · in-kind
$541
Sep 16, 2025Cerapedics Inc.
Sep 16, 2025
Travel and Lodging
I-FACTOR PEPTIDE ENHANCED BONE GRAFT · PEPTIDE ENHANCED BONE GRAFT · travel to PHILADELPHIA, PA · in-kind
$400
Oct 29, 2025Vb Spine LLC
Oct 29, 2025
Travel and Lodging
Everest Spinal System · Spine · travel to Galloway, NJ · in-kind
$327
May 16, 2025Vb Spine LLC
May 16, 2025
Travel and Lodging
CASCADIA INTERBODY SYSTEM · Spine · travel to Michigan, IL · in-kind
$272
Aug 8, 2025Vb Spine LLC
Aug 8, 2025
Travel and Lodging
Everest Spinal System · Spine · travel to Washington, DC · in-kind
$210
All 16 payments other than meals, newest first
All payments other than meals
DateCompanyWhat it was forAmount
Nov 1, 2025Cerapedics Inc.
Nov 1, 2025
Consulting Fee
I-FACTOR PEPTIDE ENHANCED BONE GRAFT · PEPTIDE ENHANCED BONE GRAFT
$6,600
Nov 1, 2025Cerapedics Inc.
Nov 1, 2025
Travel and Lodging
I-FACTOR PEPTIDE ENHANCED BONE GRAFT · PEPTIDE ENHANCED BONE GRAFT · travel to VILLANOVA, PA · in-kind
$56.00
Oct 31, 2025Cerapedics Inc.
Oct 31, 2025
Consulting Fee
I-FACTOR PEPTIDE ENHANCED BONE GRAFT · PEPTIDE ENHANCED BONE GRAFT
$4,400
Oct 29, 2025Vb Spine LLC
Oct 29, 2025
Travel and Lodging
Everest Spinal System · Spine · travel to Galloway, NJ · in-kind
$327
Oct 9, 2025Cerapedics Inc.
Oct 9, 2025
Travel and Lodging
I-FACTOR PEPTIDE ENHANCED BONE GRAFT · PEPTIDE ENHANCED BONE GRAFT · travel to NASHVILLE, TN · in-kind
$145
Oct 8, 2025Cerapedics Inc.
Oct 8, 2025
Travel and Lodging
I-FACTOR PEPTIDE ENHANCED BONE GRAFT · PEPTIDE ENHANCED BONE GRAFT · travel to NASHVILLE, TN · in-kind
$145
Sep 16, 2025Cerapedics Inc.
Sep 16, 2025
Travel and Lodging
I-FACTOR PEPTIDE ENHANCED BONE GRAFT · PEPTIDE ENHANCED BONE GRAFT · travel to PHILADELPHIA, PA · in-kind
$400
Aug 8, 2025Vb Spine LLC
Aug 8, 2025
Travel and Lodging
Everest Spinal System · Spine · travel to Washington, DC · in-kind
$210
Jun 10, 2025Vb Spine LLC
Jun 10, 2025
Travel and Lodging
CASCADIA INTERBODY SYSTEM · Spine · travel to Michigan, IL · in-kind
$70.36
Jun 10, 2025Vb Spine LLC
Jun 10, 2025
Travel and Lodging
Everest Spinal System · Spine · travel to Galloway, NJ · in-kind
$70.36
May 30, 2025Vb Spine LLC
May 30, 2025
Consulting Fee
YUKON OCT SPINAL SYSTEM · Spine
$19,500
May 30, 2025Vb Spine LLC
May 30, 2025
Consulting Fee
ES2 SPINAL SYSTEM · Thoracolumbar
$1,950
May 16, 2025Vb Spine LLC
May 16, 2025
Travel and Lodging
CASCADIA INTERBODY SYSTEM · Spine · travel to Michigan, IL · in-kind
$272
May 15, 2025Vb Spine LLC
May 15, 2025
Travel and Lodging
Everest Spinal System · Spine · travel to Galloway, NJ · in-kind
$6.30
Apr 11, 2025Cerapedics Inc.
Apr 11, 2025
Consulting Fee
I-FACTOR PEPTIDE ENHANCED BONE GRAFT · PEPTIDE ENHANCED BONE GRAFT
$7,975
Apr 8, 2025Vb Spine LLC
Apr 8, 2025
Travel and Lodging
Everest Spinal System · Spine · travel to Orlando, FL · in-kind
$541

Each payment as the company reported it, with the products it named. Meals are counted in the totals above but not listed one by one.

From CMS Open Payments. A payment is not evidence of wrongdoing; many are for consulting, teaching or meals. Clinicians can review and dispute their records with CMS.

Who received the most in Pennsylvania →

Industry-funded research

Named as a principal investigator on 1 industry-funded study in 2025, from 1 company. The companies reported $66,442 in research payments for these studies, mostly to the institutions running them.

  • COMPaSS Clinical Study
    Carlsmed, Inc.

From CMS Open Payments research payments, where companies name up to five principal investigators per payment. Research payments usually go to hospitals, universities and research sites, not to the investigator personally. A payment is not evidence of wrongdoing.

Other Spine Surgery clinicians in Philadelphia

Sources

NPI registry (CMS NPPES, November 2026; record last updated September 1, 2020), Medicare Care Compare, Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners (2024), Medicare Part D Prescribers (2024) and Open Payments (2025). Information is self-reported or billed data and may be out of date; call before visiting.

NPI 1477971422. Official NPI registry record (opens in a new tab). Clinicians can correct their information in NPPES; changes appear here after our next monthly update.