Kene Ugokwe, MD
Neurological Surgery · Youngstown, OHNPI 1770752891
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — speaking fees (32.7%), travel and lodging and consulting fees — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. Globus Medical accounts for 75.3% of it on its own, with 11 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2023 at $9,549 and has fallen 81.9% since, to $1,725 in 2025.
Across 106 payments — averaging $306.34 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Globus Medical$24K
- Medtronic$3K
- Intrinsic Therapeutics$2K
- Si-bone, Inc.$1K
- Stryker$949
- Boston Scientific$323
- plus $409 from 6 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$7,32523%
- Speaking & faculty fees$10,62533%
- Travel & lodging$9,38329%
- Food & beverage$4,78215%
- Education$3561%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Globus Medical(2 entities) | 38 | $24,443 |
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 25 | $3,434 |
| Intrinsic Therapeutics | 14 | $1,544 |
| Si-bone, Inc. | 11 | $1,370 |
| Stryker | 4 | $949 |
| Boston Scientific | 6 | $323 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 1 | $125 |
| Spinal Elements, Inc. | 1 | $121 |
| Integra Lifesciences Corporation | 3 | $98 |
| Abbott | 1 | $22 |
| Orthofix Medical, Inc. | 1 | $22 |
| CSL Behring | 1 | $20 |
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.
- RISE-L$7,225
- RISE-L . RISE-L A/L$6,800
- COALITION$3,300
- CALIBER$2,675
- CREO$2,286
- BARRICAID ACD (ANNULAR CLOSURE DEVICE)$1,915
- O-ARM-ST$1,570
- Excelsius Robotics System$601
- OSTEOCOOL RF ABLATION SYSTEM$594
- Excelsius - GPS$412
- EXCELSIUS$345
- KYPHON EXPRESS II KYPHOPAK TRAY$336
- Excelsius3D Imaging System$160
- ELSA$160
- ADHERUS AUTOSPRAY ET DURAL SEALANT$136
- VISTASEAL$125
- SURGICEL NU-KNIT$125
- STRATAFIX$125
- Senza$121
- Medical Device$121
How this compares
$32,472 in reported general payments places this provider in the 80th percentile of 301 neurological surgery providers in Ohio.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Oxycodone-AcetaminophenOxycodone Hcl/Acetaminophen | 11 | $164 |
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 14 | $140 |
| Gabapentin | 18 | $101 |
| Methylprednisolone | 12 | $95 |
| Oxycodone Hcl | 12 | $80 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other neurological surgery in Youngstown
- Abdi MohitCleveland$884K
- William ZerickWesterville$778K
- Christian BonassoColumbus$656K
- Russell LonserColumbus$419K
- Zachary TempelCincinnati$351K
- Jamal TahaCenterville$341K
- Chris KarasColumbus$339K
- Kamal WoodsMiamisburg$268K
- David XuColumbus$263K
- Michael KachmannCincinnati$247K
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.