Michael Sparr, MD
Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation · Colorado Springs, CONPI 1871501189
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 100.0% of the total across 72 separate payments, which is the pattern of a clinician who attends manufacturer presentations rather than one with a consulting arrangement. 23 manufacturers reported payments, led by Nevro Corp. at 27.3% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2020 at $433 and has fallen 82.8% since, to $75 in 2025.
Across 72 payments — averaging $20.18 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Nevro Corp.$396
- Boston Scientific$152
- Pfizer$143
- Abbott$107
- Arbor Pharmaceuticals, Inc.$105
- Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC$93
- plus $456 from 17 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$1,453100%
Most of this is food and beverage — typically meals provided during product presentations at a clinic or hospital. Nationally that is the single largest category of reported payments by count.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Nevro Corp. | 14 | $396 |
| Boston Scientific | 8 | $152 |
| Pfizer | 7 | $143 |
| Abbott | 6 | $107 |
| Arbor Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 6 | $105 |
| Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 5 | $93 |
| Bioventus LLC | 3 | $65 |
| Merz North America, Inc. | 2 | $50 |
| Ipsen Biopharmaceuticals, Inc | 3 | $47 |
| Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC | 2 | $40 |
| AbbVie | 2 | $38 |
| Biodelivery Sciences International, Inc. | 2 | $31 |
| Assertio Therapeutics, Inc. | 2 | $31 |
| Almatica Pharma LLC | 1 | $25 |
| Si-bone, Inc. | 1 | $23 |
| Scilex Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 1 | $16 |
| Biohaven Pharmaceutical Holding Company Ltd. | 1 | $14 |
| IBSA Pharma Inc. | 1 | $14 |
| Collegium Pharmaceutical, Inc. | 1 | $14 |
| AstraZeneca | 1 | $13 |
| MDD US Operations, LLC | 1 | $12 |
| Novartis | 1 | $12 |
| Otto Bock Healthcare LP | 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.
How this compares
$1,453 in reported general payments places this provider in the 80th percentile of 199 physical medicine & rehabilitation providers in Colorado.
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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 | 31 | $571 |
| Oxycodone-AcetaminophenOxycodone Hcl/Acetaminophen | 16 | $311 |
| Celecoxib | 15 | $235 |
| Baclofen | 14 | $230 |
| Diazepam | 11 | $217 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other physical medicine & rehabilitation in Colorado Springs
- Stephen ScheperColorado Springs$4K
- Blaise PascaleColorado Springs$2K
- Dwight LeggettColorado Springs$2K
- Scott RossColorado Springs$2K
- Daniel BaerColorado Springs$1K
- Melissa StrikeColorado Springs$1K
- Drew TrainorGreenwood Village$320K
- William ScelzaEnglewood$16K
- Aakash ThakralGreeley$14K
- Alan WeintraubEnglewood$10K
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.