Aaron Spalding, MD
Radiation Oncology · Louisville, KYNPI 1114983871
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by travel and lodging: $3,726 of the $4,598 with a category attached, or 81.0%. Brainlab, Inc. accounts for 85.1% of it on its own, with 8 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $3,918 and has fallen 98.7% since, to $50 in 2025. Among radiation oncology clinicians in KY with any reported payments, this total sits in the top 10% — high for the specialty, which is a reason to read the composition above rather than the number alone.
Across 15 payments — averaging $306.53 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Brainlab, Inc.$4K
- Medtronic$440
- Monteris Medical Corporation$77
- Icotec Medical Inc.$56
- Novartis$34
- Amgen$28
- plus $51 from 3 others
Across 25 payments — averaging $6784.59 each. Payments tied to a research study. These frequently flow through the physician to a hospital or research institution rather than to the physician personally.
- Pfizer$137K
- EMD Serono, Inc.$27K
- Merck Healthcare Kgaa$5K
What the payments were for
- Speaking & faculty fees$44010%
- Travel & lodging$3,72681%
- Food & beverage$4329%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Brainlab, Inc. | 7 | $3,913 |
| Medtronic | 1 | $440 |
| Monteris Medical Corporation | 1 | $77 |
| Icotec Medical Inc. | 1 | $56 |
| Novartis | 1 | $34 |
| Amgen | 1 | $28 |
| Portola Pharmaceuticals, LLC | 1 | $22 |
| Siemens Medical Solutions USA, Inc. | 1 | $16 |
| GT Medical Technologies, Inc | 1 | $12 |
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.
- VISUALASE$440
How this compares
$4,598 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 81 radiation oncology providers in Kentucky.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Oxycodone Hcl | 23 | $1,181 |
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 39 | $707 |
| Gabapentin | 41 | $677 |
| Lidocaine Hcl ViscousLidocaine Hcl | 25 | $452 |
| Dexamethasone | 70 | $322 |
| Pentoxifylline | 14 | $318 |
| Memantine Hcl | 12 | $117 |
| Diazepam | 26 | $72 |
| Tramadol Hcl | 14 | $67 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other radiation oncology in Louisville
- Neal DunlapLouisville$98K
- Craig SilvermanLouisville$9K
- Shiao WooLouisville$7K
- Justin AndersonLouisville$5K
- Yong ChaLouisville$4K
- Adrianna MastersLouisville$4K
- Alden KlarerLouisville$3K
- Carole ScharfLouisville$2K
- Phylicia OdumeLouisville$2K
- Baby JoseLouisville$2K
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.