Evalina Burger, MD
Orthopaedic Surgery of the Spine · Aurora, CONPI 1083673529
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — speaking fees (51.5%), consulting fees and travel and lodging — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 11 manufacturers reported payments, led by Medtronic at 38.5% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $50,254 and has fallen 99.9% since, to $27 in 2025.
Across 90 payments — averaging $996.95 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Medtronic$35K
- Medicrea USA, Corp.$30K
- Medacta USA, Inc.$23K
- Spine Wave, Inc.$1K
- Si-bone, Inc.$386
- Baxter Healthcare$158
- plus $355 from 5 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$20,33523%
- Speaking & faculty fees$46,25052%
- Travel & lodging$19,77622%
- Food & beverage$3,3654%
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) | 40 | $34,518 |
| Medicrea USA, Corp. | 32 | $30,490 |
| Medacta USA, Inc. | 5 | $22,818 |
| Spine Wave, Inc. | 2 | $1,000 |
| Si-bone, Inc. | 2 | $386 |
| Baxter Healthcare | 3 | $158 |
| Amgen | 1 | $121 |
| Orthofix Medical, Inc. | 1 | $109 |
| Alphatec Spine, Inc | 2 | $81 |
| Carlsmed, Inc. | 1 | $27 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 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.
- UNiD$30,925
- PASS-LP$29,961
- MECTALIF$22,790
- UNID_PASS$18,300
- CD HORIZON$5,986
- CD HORIZON SPINAL SYSTEM$1,063
- Spinal Implants$1,000
- EVENITY$121
- FLOSEAL$114
- Spinal-Stim Osteogenesis Stimulator$109
How this compares
$89,725 in reported general payments places this provider in the 65th percentile of 69 orthopaedic surgery of the spine providers in Colorado.
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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 orthopaedic surgery of the spine in Aurora
- Christopher CainAurora$3.3M
- Christopher KleckAurora$469K
- David Ou-YangAurora$339K
- Mark EricksonAurora$257K
- Vikas PatelAurora$224K
- Evan FeneAurora$57K
- Kendra LastowkaAurora$51K
- Stephen PehlerAurora$42K
- Nolan WessellAurora$26K
- Collin WalshAurora$9K
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.