Chad Farley, MD
Neurological Surgery · Payson, UTNPI 1053500314
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 96.8% of the total across 51 separate payments, which is the pattern of a clinician who attends manufacturer presentations rather than one with a consulting arrangement. 25 manufacturers reported payments, led by Medtronic at 38.0% of the total. 2025 is the largest year on record at $462, 5.8 times the $79 reported in 2019. That places this record below the midpoint for neurological surgery clinicians in UT, where the typical reported total is $2,491.
Across 51 payments — averaging $26.32 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Medtronic$510
- Globus Medical$85
- AbbVie$76
- Boston Scientific$73
- Nevro Corp.$64
- Abbott$59
- plus $476 from 19 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$1,30097%
- Entertainment$423%
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) | 15 | $510 |
| Globus Medical | 3 | $85 |
| AbbVie | 3 | $76 |
| Boston Scientific | 5 | $73 |
| Nevro Corp. | 2 | $64 |
| Abbott | 3 | $59 |
| Alphatec Spine, Inc | 1 | $56 |
| Johnson & Johnson(2 entities) | 2 | $52 |
| Relievant Medsystems, Inc. | 1 | $45 |
| Cerapedics Inc. | 1 | $42 |
| Providence Medical Technology, Inc. | 1 | $39 |
| Innovation Technologies Inc | 1 | $31 |
| EBI, LLC | 1 | $25 |
| Mimedx Group, Inc. | 1 | $22 |
| Bristol Myers Squibb | 1 | $21 |
| Solventum Corporation | 1 | $19 |
| Si-bone, Inc. | 1 | $16 |
| Zimmer Biomet | 1 | $16 |
| Inspire Medical Systems, Inc. | 1 | $16 |
| Stryker | 1 | $15 |
| Baxter Healthcare | 1 | $14 |
| Zap Surgical Systems, Inc. | 1 | $13 |
| Radius Health, Inc. | 1 | $12 |
| Bard Access Systems, Inc. | 1 | $11 |
| Lifenet Health | 1 | $10 |
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
$1,342 in reported general payments places this provider in the 35th percentile of 75 neurological surgery providers in Utah.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Diclofenac Sodium | 103 | $1,371 |
| Oxycodone-AcetaminophenOxycodone Hcl/Acetaminophen | 44 | $647 |
| Methocarbamol | 23 | $387 |
| Methylprednisolone | 47 | $386 |
| Mupirocin | 20 | $168 |
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 14 | $116 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other neurological surgery in Payson
- Mark MahanSalt Lake City$698K
- Ramesh GrandhiSalt Lake City$586K
- Howard ReichmanProvo$451K
- Marion WalkerSlc$381K
- Kenneth YonemuraSalt Lake City$117K
- Ian DorwardProvo$104K
- Brian AndersonLehi$82K
- Andrew DaileySalt Lake City$74K
- Craig KilburgSalt Lake City$66K
- Ronald ApfelbaumSalt Lake City$56K
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.