Glen Poffenbarger, MD
Neurological Surgery · Cody, WYNPI 1669469227
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by consulting fees: $33,700 of the $54,653 with a category attached, or 61.7%. 7 manufacturers reported payments, led by GS Solutions, Inc. at 55.1% of the total. 2025 is the largest year on record at $30,445, 4.0 times the $7,642 reported in 2019.
Across 41 payments — averaging $1332.99 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- GS Solutions, Inc.$30K
- Globus Medical$16K
- Intelivation Technologies, LLC$7K
- Aesculap Implant Systems, LLC$1K
- Seaspine Orthopedics Corporation$637
- Medtronic$424
- plus $14 from 1 others
Across 3 payments — averaging $42,667 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.
- GS Solutions, Inc.$128K
What the payments were for
- Royalty or licence$15,87429%
- Consulting fees$33,70062%
- Travel & lodging$4,5078%
- Food & beverage$5721%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| GS Solutions, Inc. | 4 | $30,093 |
| Globus Medical | 11 | $15,894 |
| Intelivation Technologies, LLC | 7 | $6,500 |
| Aesculap Implant Systems, LLC | 7 | $1,091 |
| Seaspine Orthopedics Corporation | 5 | $637 |
| Medtronic | 6 | $424 |
| Orthofix Medical, Inc. | 1 | $14 |
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.
- RELIEVE$15,874
- ACTIVL ARTIFICIAL DISC$979
- Mariner$575
- Shoreline ASC$575
- INTELLIS ADAPTIVESTIM$288
- Meridian$288
- Regatta$288
How this compares
Too few neurological surgery providers in Wyomingto place this figure against a meaningful peer group, so we don't.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| OxycontinOxycodone Hcl | 11 | $6,447 |
| Gabapentin | 141 | $1,012 |
| Duloxetine Hcl | 42 | $800 |
| Oxycodone-AcetaminophenOxycodone Hcl/Acetaminophen | 86 | $797 |
| Methylprednisolone | 98 | $719 |
| Tizanidine Hcl | 104 | $653 |
| Celecoxib | 22 | $522 |
| Pregabalin | 20 | $390 |
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 21 | $275 |
| Meloxicam | 89 | $247 |
| Tramadol Hcl | 58 | $207 |
| Hydromorphone Hcl | 17 | $100 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other neurological surgery in Cody
- Claudio FelerCheyenne$5.3M
- Steven BeerCheyenne$168K
- Thomas KopitnikCasper$79K
- Robert NarotzkyCasper$61K
- Judson CookCheyenne$25K
- Wayne WarrenCasper$8K
- Paul MatzCasper$217
- Jonas SheehanCheyenne$40
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.