Michael Verdon, DO
Neurological Surgery · Dayton, OHNPI 1427276948
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — speaking fees (43.8%), consulting fees and travel and lodging — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 28 manufacturers reported payments, led by Avanos Medical at 44.1% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2022 at $21,158 and has fallen 73.5% since, to $5,601 in 2025.
Across 146 payments — averaging $316.46 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Avanos Medical$20K
- Choice Spine, LLC$8K
- Clariance, Inc.$5K
- Nanohive Medical LLC$4K
- Arthrex$2K
- Medicrea USA, Corp.$2K
- plus $7K from 22 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$10,67523%
- Speaking & faculty fees$20,24444%
- Travel & lodging$9,70921%
- Food & beverage$4,0209%
- Education$1,3653%
- Gifts$1900%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Avanos Medical | 14 | $20,370 |
| Choice Spine, LLC | 7 | $7,541 |
| Clariance, Inc. | 15 | $4,710 |
| Nanohive Medical LLC | 7 | $3,580 |
| Arthrex | 13 | $1,663 |
| Medicrea USA, Corp. | 8 | $1,590 |
| Alphatec Spine, Inc | 7 | $1,444 |
| Legacy Ortho LLC | 9 | $1,343 |
| Relievant Medsystems, Inc. | 12 | $872 |
| Globus Medical | 6 | $613 |
| Cerapedics Inc. | 2 | $555 |
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 6 | $456 |
| Corelink, LLC | 4 | $366 |
| Nexus Spine, LLC | 3 | $245 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 11 | $226 |
| Vertos Medical, Inc. | 4 | $203 |
| Nevro Corp. | 2 | $108 |
| Abbott | 3 | $59 |
| Augmedics Inc. | 2 | $36 |
| GS Solutions, Inc. | 1 | $35 |
| Centinel Spine, LLC | 2 | $34 |
| Providence Medical Technology, Inc. | 2 | $34 |
| Spineart USA Inc | 1 | $30 |
| Kuros Biosciences USA, Inc | 1 | $22 |
| Boston Scientific | 1 | $22 |
| Saluda Medical Americas, Inc. | 1 | $17 |
| KCI USA, Inc. | 1 | $15 |
| Si-bone, Inc. | 1 | $13 |
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.
- ON-Q$19,744
- Triton$6,609
- Hive Standalone Cervical$2,375
- Smart Sensor$2,375
- Idys-C ZP 3DTi$2,250
- PASS-LP$1,435
- UNiD$1,435
- Intracept$1,382
- Other - Miscellaneous$1,329
- Hive TL System$1,000
- Blackhawk Cervical Spacer System$854
- Boomerang$854
- Tiger Shark C$854
- Raven Lumbar Plate System$854
- Stratofuse$854
- i-FACTOR Putty$500
- ON-Q* PUMP AND ACCESSORIES$410
- Sable$403
- Endoskeleton-C$150
- PressOn$107
How this compares
$46,203 in reported general payments places this provider in the 85th 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 31 | $348 |
| Celecoxib | 16 | $292 |
| Gabapentin | 26 | $149 |
| Diclofenac Sodium | 11 | $130 |
| Methylprednisolone | 15 | $79 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other neurological surgery in Dayton
- Andrew SloanDayton$33K
- James RobbinsDayton$27K
- Abdi MohitCleveland$884K
- William ZerickWesterville$778K
- Christian BonassoColumbus$656K
- Russell LonserColumbus$419K
- Zachary TempelCincinnati$351K
- Jamal TahaCenterville$341K
- Chris KarasColumbus$339K
- Kamal WoodsMiamisburg$268K
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.