Jose Valerio, MD
Neurological Surgery · South Miami, FLNPI 1619148293
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by consulting fees: $77,600 of the $106,188 with a category attached, or 73.1%. Stryker accounts for 75.9% of it on its own, with 31 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2022 at $28,842 and has fallen 68.7% since, to $9,016 in 2025.
Across 364 payments — averaging $291.72 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Stryker$81K
- Si-bone, Inc.$11K
- VB Spine LLC$5K
- Brainlab, Inc.$3K
- Medtronic$1K
- Boston Scientific$1K
- plus $5K from 26 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$77,60073%
- Travel & lodging$14,01213%
- Food & beverage$14,57614%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Stryker | 145 | $80,555 |
| Si-bone, Inc. | 73 | $10,890 |
| VB Spine LLC | 6 | $4,878 |
| Brainlab, Inc. | 6 | $2,874 |
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 44 | $1,202 |
| Boston Scientific | 11 | $1,194 |
| Carl Zeiss Meditec USA, Inc. | 6 | $661 |
| Camber Spine Technologies LLC | 5 | $656 |
| Biocomposites Inc | 13 | $409 |
| Implanet America, Inc. | 3 | $371 |
| Orthofix Medical, Inc. | 3 | $284 |
| Abbott | 2 | $273 |
| Integrity Implants Inc. | 2 | $226 |
| Saluda Medical Americas, Inc. | 5 | $187 |
| Johnson & Johnson(2 entities) | 6 | $183 |
| Clearpoint Neuro, Inc. | 2 | $179 |
| Livanova USA, Inc. | 4 | $161 |
| Novocure Inc. | 7 | $145 |
| Medical Device Business Services, Inc. | 1 | $130 |
| SK Life Science, Inc. | 5 | $117 |
| Longeviti Neuro Solutions Inc | 1 | $102 |
| Surgalign Spine Technologies, Inc. | 2 | $82 |
| Varian Medical Systems, Inc. | 1 | $74 |
| Zimmer Biomet | 3 | $74 |
| Spine Wave, Inc. | 1 | $67 |
| Providence Medical Technology, Inc. | 1 | $53 |
| Alevio, LLC | 1 | $42 |
| Nalu Medical, Inc. | 1 | $33 |
| Integra Lifesciences Corporation | 1 | $29 |
| Ossdsign USA Incorporated | 1 | $23 |
| Biedermann Motech, Inc. | 1 | $19 |
| Arbor Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $15 |
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.
- EVEREST SPINAL SYSTEM$24,175
- MESA SPINAL SYSTEM$19,500
- XIA 3$19,095
- iFuse Implant$8,508
- YUKON OCT SPINAL SYSTEM$6,446
- STRYKER NAV3$4,550
- AIRO$4,385
- CASCADIA INTERBODY SYSTEM$3,215
- SPECTRA WAVEWRITER$764
- Surgical planning and navigation radiation treatment planning and positioning$512
- INTRABEAM 600$388
- N/A$261
- INCEPTIV$222
- SPINEMASK$175
- SERRATO$167
- VESUVIUS$161
- INFINITY$159
- M6-C Artificial Cervical Disc$155
- Teligen$130
- VERCISE$124
How this compares
$106,188 in reported general payments places this provider in the 85th percentile of 556 neurological surgery providers in Florida.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pregabalin | 28 | $1,478 |
| Dexamethasone | 33 | $247 |
| Oxycodone-AcetaminophenOxycodone Hcl/Acetaminophen | 29 | $93 |
| Cyclobenzaprine Hcl | 28 | $90 |
| Cephalexin | 12 | $57 |
| Gabapentin | 11 | $28 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other neurological surgery in South Miami
- Stephen ParkerJacksonville$18.7M
- Eric PetersonMiami$10.1M
- Brian SnellingBoca Raton$10M
- Kim ManwaringOrlando$5M
- Paul SawinWinter Park$3M
- John MainOcala$2.8M
- Michael WangMiami$2.2M
- Andrew CannestraJacksonville$1.6M
- Rohit VasanTampa$1.5M
- Wilson AsforaMiami$1.3M
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.