Aaron Danison
Neurological Surgery · Greenville, NCNPI 1750608527
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by food and beverage: $2,211 of the $3,055 with a category attached, or 72.4%. 15 manufacturers reported payments, led by Medtronic at 38.1% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $1,734 and has fallen 96.3% since, to $63 in 2025. That places this record below the midpoint for neurological surgery clinicians in NC, where the typical reported total is $4,651.
Across 91 payments — averaging $33.57 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Medtronic$1K
- Medical Device Business Services, Inc.$1K
- Johnson & Johnson$408
- Si-bone, Inc.$75
- Stryker$54
- Boston Scientific$50
- plus $205 from 9 others
What the payments were for
- Speaking & faculty fees$421%
- Travel & lodging$80226%
- Food & beverage$2,21172%
Most of this is food and beverage — typically meals provided during product presentations at a clinic or hospital. Nationally that is the single largest category of reported payments by count.
General payments by program year
Who reported the general payments
Companies are grouped under their corporate parent — a single manufacturer often files under several CMS reporting entities. Research and ownership payments are counted separately and are not in this table.
| Company | Payments | Total |
|---|---|---|
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 56 | $1,164 |
| Medical Device Business Services, Inc. | 9 | $1,098 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 9 | $408 |
| Si-bone, Inc. | 3 | $75 |
| Stryker | 1 | $54 |
| Boston Scientific | 2 | $50 |
| Irras USA, Inc. | 2 | $42 |
| Orthofix Medical, Inc. | 2 | $33 |
| Nevro Corp. | 1 | $28 |
| AstraZeneca | 1 | $24 |
| Baxter Healthcare | 1 | $22 |
| Kerecis Limited | 1 | $18 |
| Zimmer Biomet | 1 | $14 |
| Abbott | 1 | $13 |
| Smith+Nephew | 1 | $11 |
What the payments were tied to
Products named in the reported payments. Only payments of $100 or more are attributed here — the typical reported payment nationally is a meal worth about $16, and listing those product-by-product would be noise.
How this compares
$3,055 in reported general payments places this provider in the 40th percentile of 196 neurological surgery providers in North Carolina.
Medicare billing
What this is not: this is the amount Original Medicare Part B allowed for services this provider billed in 2024. It is not their income. It excludes Medicare Advantage — now more than half of all Medicare enrollment — along with Medicaid and all commercial insurance, and it is gross practice revenue before staff, rent, supplies and malpractice premiums. CMS also suppresses any figure covering ten or fewer patients, so low-volume providers appear smaller than they are.
Most prescribed under Part D
| Drug | Claims | Cost to plans & patients |
|---|---|---|
| Methocarbamol | 62 | $1,182 |
| Cyclobenzaprine Hcl | 46 | $902 |
| Gabapentin | 89 | $834 |
| Celecoxib | 34 | $399 |
| Methylprednisolone | 15 | $112 |
| Tizanidine Hcl | 18 | $110 |
| Duloxetine Hcl | 16 | $58 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other neurological surgery in Greenville
- Richard DalyaiGreenville$49K
- Robert IsaacsDurham$6.6M
- Christopher ShaffreyDurham$4.5M
- Domagoj CoricCharlotte$2.3M
- John ThomasWilmington$1.8M
- Alexander PowersKernersville$1.7M
- Charles BranchAdvance$1.6M
- Paul KimCharlotte$1.5M
- William HunterGastonia$1.3M
- Kevin CahillSupply$1.1M
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Billing: Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners, data year 2024. Original Medicare Part B only.
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.