Michael Simonson, MD
Surgery · North Platte, NENPI 1881787372
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by education: $11,086 of the $15,141 with a category attached, or 73.2%. Intuitive Surgical accounts for 93.0% of it on its own, with 15 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2020 at $12,439 and has fallen 97.6% since, to $294 in 2025.
Across 60 payments — averaging $252.35 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Intuitive Surgical$14K
- Boston Scientific$174
- Integra Lifesciences Corporation$171
- Johnson & Johnson$171
- Heron Therapeutics, Inc.$123
- Monaghan Medical Corporation$90
- plus $326 from 10 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$2,32415%
- Food & beverage$1,73211%
- Education$11,08673%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Intuitive Surgical | 32 | $14,086 |
| Boston Scientific | 4 | $174 |
| Integra Lifesciences Corporation | 2 | $171 |
| Johnson & Johnson(2 entities) | 5 | $171 |
| Heron Therapeutics, Inc. | 1 | $123 |
| Monaghan Medical Corporation | 1 | $90 |
| Davol Inc. | 2 | $71 |
| Medtronic | 4 | $63 |
| Organogenesis Inc. | 1 | $38 |
| AbbVie | 2 | $34 |
| Hollister Incorporated | 1 | $29 |
| Conetic Solutions, Inc. | 1 | $22 |
| Novo Nordisk | 1 | $22 |
| Covidien LP | 1 | $21 |
| Fujifilm Healthcare Americas Corporation | 1 | $14 |
| Hydrofera LLC | 1 | $12 |
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.
- Da Vinci Surgical System$13,313
- INTEGRA$452
- INTEGRA DERMAL REGENERATION TEMPLATE$151
- PRIMATRIX$151
- Zynrelef$123
- SpyGlass Discover$117
How this compares
$15,141 in reported general payments places this provider in the 85th percentile of 197 surgery providers in Nebraska.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Ondansetron OdtOndansetron | 42 | $111 |
| Ondansetron Hcl | 38 | $69 |
| Omeprazole | 12 | $60 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other surgery in North Platte
- Katarzyna WolaninNorth Platte$10K
- Dmitry OleynikovOmaha$180K
- Benjamin HungLincoln$75K
- Gary AnthoneOmaha$71K
- Jason WalshKearney$58K
- Moriah WrightOmaha$37K
- Andy YangOmaha$36K
- Matthew WheelerBellevue$32K
- Brad WintersteinOmaha$30K
- Ali KhiabaniOmaha$29K
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.