Kourosh Tavanaiepour, DO
Neurological Surgery · Jacksonville, FLNPI 1194082842
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — consulting fees (39.6%), travel and lodging and speaking fees — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 9 manufacturers reported payments, led by Next Science LLC at 42.1% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2022 at $9,489 and has fallen 81.8% since, to $1,726 in 2024.
Across 33 payments — averaging $382.58 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Next Science LLC$5K
- Sanara Medtech Inc.$4K
- Nexxt Spine LLC$924
- Globus Medical$838
- Spinal Elements, Inc.$450
- Stryker$341
- plus $432 from 3 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$5,00040%
- Speaking & faculty fees$2,50020%
- Travel & lodging$2,69221%
- Food & beverage$2,43319%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Next Science LLC | 4 | $5,313 |
| Sanara Medtech Inc. | 6 | $4,327 |
| Nexxt Spine LLC | 4 | $924 |
| Globus Medical(2 entities) | 6 | $838 |
| Spinal Elements, Inc. | 3 | $450 |
| Stryker | 6 | $341 |
| Providence Medical Technology, Inc. | 1 | $217 |
| Xenix Medical LLC | 1 | $188 |
| Pfizer | 2 | $27 |
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.
- SurgX$5,283
- Xperience$5,283
- CellerateRx$4,290
- Medical Devices$900
- Nexxt Spine Product Portfolio$866
- RELINE$652
- ExcelsiusGPS Robotic Navigation System$135
- BlastX$119
How this compares
$12,625 in reported general payments places this provider in the 60th 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.
Other neurological surgery in Jacksonville
- Stephen ParkerJacksonville$18.7M
- Andrew CannestraJacksonville$1.6M
- Ricardo HanelJacksonville$1.2M
- Eric NottmeierJacksonville$959K
- Ali ChahlaviJacksonville$855K
- Bernard GuiotJacksonville$269K
- Adam PolifkaJacksonville$227K
- Javier Garcia-BengocheaJacksonville$201K
- Bradley WallaceJacksonville$169K
- Eric PetersonMiami$10.1M
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.