Azam Basheer, MD
Neurological Surgery · Detroit, MINPI 1598076739
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — consulting fees (49.6%), royalties or licence payments and travel and lodging — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 17 manufacturers reported payments, led by Orthofix Medical, Inc. at 53.0% of the total. 2025 is the largest year on record at $122,523, 2.9 times the $42,809 reported in 2019. Among neurological surgery clinicians in MI with any reported payments, this total sits in the top 5% — high for the specialty, which is a reason to read the composition above rather than the number alone.
Across 354 payments — averaging $1144.31 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Orthofix Medical, Inc.$215K
- Seaspine Orthopedics Corporation$113K
- Hyhte Holdings Inc.$45K
- Globus Medical$13K
- Depuy Synthes Products, Inc.$8K
- Medical Device Business Services, Inc.$6K
- plus $6K from 11 others
Across 13 payments — averaging $2064.62 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.
- Seaspine Orthopedics Corporation$27K
- Orthofix Medical, Inc.$263
What the payments were for
- Royalty or licence$155,27638%
- Consulting fees$200,84050%
- Speaking & faculty fees$9,2002%
- Travel & lodging$30,0737%
- Food & beverage$9,6752%
- Education$200%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Orthofix Medical, Inc. | 132 | $214,562 |
| Seaspine Orthopedics Corporation | 147 | $112,672 |
| Hyhte Holdings Inc. | 2 | $45,136 |
| Globus Medical | 18 | $12,796 |
| Depuy Synthes Products, Inc. | 10 | $7,993 |
| Medical Device Business Services, Inc. | 1 | $6,300 |
| Spineart USA Inc | 5 | $3,242 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 8 | $547 |
| Boston Scientific | 6 | $465 |
| Spinal Elements, Inc. | 3 | $355 |
| Bioventus LLC | 4 | $352 |
| Abbott | 11 | $283 |
| Innovasis Inc | 1 | $195 |
| Theragen, Inc. | 3 | $124 |
| Life Spine, Inc. | 1 | $26 |
| CSL Behring | 1 | $20 |
| Integra Lifesciences Corporation | 1 | $17 |
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.
- Explorer TO$115,619
- Mariner$52,759
- Masada$45,136
- Physio-Stim$44,571
- Mariner MIS$40,457
- MISCELLANEOUS$20,855
- Skipjack$17,800
- COALITION$10,139
- Mariner MIS TLIF Retractor$10,111
- WaveForm TA$9,520
- Hollywood$7,600
- Malibu$7,600
- FIREBIRD SFS$7,083
- OsteoStrand Plus$5,200
- Ventura NanoMetalene$4,326
- Reef TA$3,637
- Shoreline ACS$3,537
- Sierra OCT$3,200
- Firebird$3,167
- Forza XP$2,690
How this compares
$405,084 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 256 neurological surgery providers in Michigan.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 26 | $144 |
| Methocarbamol | 14 | $102 |
| Clindamycin Hcl | 18 | $85 |
| Methylprednisolone | 14 | $78 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other neurological surgery in Detroit
- Sonia EdenDetroit$329K
- Victor ChangDetroit$206K
- Mokbel ChedidDetroit$70K
- Marc MoisiDetroit$64K
- Ian LeeDetroit$44K
- Efstathios KondylisDetroit$31K
- Ellen AirDetroit$22K
- Frank LamarcaAnn Arbor$4.8M
- Justin SingerGrand Rapids$944K
- Jayant JagannathanTroy$685K
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.