Ernest Braxton, MD
Neurological Surgery · Edwards, CONPI 1407080716
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — consulting fees (37.8%), speaking fees and travel and lodging — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 35 manufacturers reported payments, led by Medtronic at 26.5% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $147,236 and has fallen 65.9% since, to $50,225 in 2025. Among neurological surgery clinicians in CO 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 733 payments — averaging $749.65 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Medtronic$145K
- Integrity Implants Inc. Dba Accelus$83K
- Globus Medical$61K
- Stryker$59K
- Boston Scientific$49K
- Integrity Implants Inc.$32K
- plus $121K from 29 others
Across 91 payments — averaging $3484.16 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.
- Medtronic$156K
- Spinal Elements, Inc.$107K
- Spineart SA$51K
- Intrinsic Therapeutics$3K
What the payments were for
- Royalty or licence$48,1409%
- Consulting fees$207,91738%
- Speaking & faculty fees$185,32334%
- Travel & lodging$71,03213%
- Food & beverage$36,3517%
- Gifts$6870%
- Entertainment$420%
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.
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.
- FlareHawk$86,536
- PIVOX Oblique Lateral Spinal System$43,155
- CLYDESDALE$42,572
- ACTIVL ARTIFICIAL DISC$27,694
- RAVINE LATERAL ACCESS SYSTEM$23,500
- LATERAL ACCESS SPINAL SYSTEM$21,960
- OEC$20,022
- I-FACTOR PEPTIDE ENHANCED BONE GRAFT$19,477
- SPECTRA WAVEWRITER$17,818
- ELSA ATP$17,478
- MONUMENT$12,010
- WaveWriter Alpha Prime 16$10,800
- CASCADIA$10,210
- MARS Anterior Retractor$10,175
- DIVERGENCE-L$9,949
- MAZOR X SYSTEM$8,039
- O-ARM-Spine$7,750
- GENERAL PAIN MANAGEMENT$7,326
- WAVEWRITER ALPHA$7,324
- CD HORIZON SPINAL SYSTEM$7,251
How this compares
$549,492 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 149 neurological surgery providers in Colorado.
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.
Other neurological surgery in Edwards
- Sharad RajpalBoulder$2.8M
- Chad PrusmackLone Tree$2.1M
- Timothy WirtFort Collins$581K
- Donn TurnerFort Collins$581K
- Bradley DuhonLone Tree$386K
- Peter SyreEnglewood$301K
- Sean MarkeyDenver$170K
- Peter FecciAurora$170K
- Edward MaaDenver$165K
- Joshua SeinfeldAurora$118K
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.