Justin Cohen
Neurological Surgery · Saint Paul, MNNPI 1508367277
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
11 manufacturers reported payments, led by Medtronic at 52.8% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2023 at $3,314 and has fallen 97.2% since, to $92 in 2025.
Across 57 payments — averaging $91.85 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Medtronic$3K
- Globus Medical$2K
- Johnson & Johnson$330
- Abbott$291
- Sanara Medtech Inc.$161
- Medical Device Business Services, Inc.$50
- plus $132 from 5 others
Across 4 payments — averaging $10,488 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.
- Misonix Inc$23K
- Medtronic$19K
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$2,72952%
- Food & beverage$2,50648%
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 | 32 | $2,766 |
| Globus Medical(2 entities) | 10 | $1,505 |
| Johnson & Johnson(3 entities) | 4 | $330 |
| Abbott | 2 | $291 |
| Sanara Medtech Inc. | 1 | $161 |
| Medical Device Business Services, Inc. | 2 | $50 |
| Alphatec Spine, Inc | 2 | $47 |
| Pfizer | 1 | $27 |
| Biohaven Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $25 |
| Alnylam Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 1 | $20 |
| Foundation Medicine, 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.
- ExcelsiusGPS Robotic Navigation System$1,266
- MAZOR X SYSTEM$1,054
- PROCLAIM$291
- CD HORIZON SPINAL SYSTEM$188
- CellerateRx$161
- EXPEDIUM$124
- Pulse$113
- XLIF$113
- XARELTO$106
How this compares
$5,236 in reported general payments places this provider in the 75th percentile of 140 neurological surgery providers in Minnesota.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Gabapentin | 38 | $406 |
| Ibuprofen | 21 | $107 |
| Naproxen | 16 | $38 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other neurological surgery in Saint Paul
- Andrew GrandeSaint Paul$88K
- David MannSaint Paul$13K
- Ramachandra TummalaSaint Paul$3K
- Jon McIverSaint Paul$2K
- Asif MaknojiaSaint Paul$2K
- Kendall LeeRochester$2.3M
- Michael FinnEdina$1.4M
- Stanley SkinnerMinneapolis$445K
- Rohan LallEdina$227K
- Matthew DaviesDuluth$163K
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.