Fraser Leversedge, MD
Hand Surgery · Aurora, CONPI 1508805912
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — speaking fees (57.7%), consulting fees and travel and lodging — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. Axogen accounts for 81.4% of it on its own, with 23 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $112,201 and has fallen 51.8% since, to $54,124 in 2025. Among hand 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 268 payments — averaging $1216.32 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Axogen$265K
- Kls-martin L.p.$14K
- Checkpoint Surgical, Inc$13K
- Skeletal Dynamics Inc$11K
- Bioventus LLC$8K
- Medartis Inc.$3K
- plus $11K from 18 others
Across 10 payments — averaging $2717.20 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.
- Axogen$27K
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$63,97320%
- Speaking & faculty fees$188,05058%
- Travel & lodging$44,98314%
- Food & beverage$19,1026%
- Education$9,6833%
- Entertainment$1820%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Axogen | 167 | $265,425 |
| Kls-martin L.p. | 2 | $14,295 |
| Checkpoint Surgical, Inc | 11 | $13,105 |
| Skeletal Dynamics Inc | 11 | $11,091 |
| Bioventus LLC | 9 | $8,091 |
| Medartis Inc. | 6 | $3,288 |
| Endo Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 5 | $3,226 |
| Stryker | 12 | $2,131 |
| Tulavi Therapeutics, Inc. | 4 | $1,809 |
| Alafair Biosciences, Inc. | 16 | $1,565 |
| Illuminoss Medical, Inc. | 3 | $316 |
| Acumed LLC | 4 | $301 |
| Trimed, Inc. | 5 | $294 |
| Integra Lifesciences Corporation | 2 | $153 |
| Endo USA, Inc. | 2 | $135 |
| Zimmer Biomet | 1 | $134 |
| Smith+Nephew | 1 | $130 |
| Arthrosurface Incorporated | 1 | $129 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 1 | $115 |
| Biopro, Inc. | 1 | $83 |
| Trice Medical, Inc. | 1 | $50 |
| Ossur Americas, Inc. | 1 | $47 |
| Exsomed Corporation | 1 | $47 |
| Siemens Medical Solutions USA, Inc. | 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.
- AxoGuard Nerve Protector$186,537
- AxoGuard Nerve Connector$186,537
- AVANCE NERVE GRAFT$133,710
- AXOGUARD$43,100
- AXOGUARD HA+ NERVE PROTECTOR$36,890
- AxoGuard Nerve Cap$36,890
- Checkpoint Stimulators$13,062
- Geminus$10,893
- Align$10,893
- IJS$10,893
- Implate$10,893
- Exogen$5,795
- XIAFLEX$3,083
- TOUCH$2,873
- VARIAX$1,732
- ALLAY NERVE CAP - SMALL NERVE SET$1,619
- VersaWrap$1,035
- APTUS$368
- CONEXTIONS TR TENDON REPAIR SYSTEM-IMPLANT MECHANISM$181
- TAPESTRY$134
How this compares
$325,973 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 72 hand 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 hand surgery in Aurora
- Louis CatalanoAurora$61K
- Matthew BeltonAurora$12K
- Winthrop LockwoodAurora$7K
- Amy FenoglioAurora$7K
- Andrew MaertensAurora$4K
- Craig DavisAurora$2K
- Francis ScottAurora$523
- In YiLonetree$232K
- Steven TopperColorado Springs$158K
- Carlton ClinkscalesEnglewood$131K
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.