Nesher Asner
Neurological Surgery · Rockford, ILNPI 1750363651
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 99.2% of the total across 54 separate payments, which is the pattern of a clinician who attends manufacturer presentations rather than one with a consulting arrangement. It is spread thinly across 21 manufacturers, the largest accounting for just 14.3% — the pattern of someone who eats at a lot of different presentations. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $828 and has fallen 92.6% since, to $62 in 2021. That places this record below the midpoint for neurological surgery clinicians in IL, where the typical reported total is $2,724.
Across 54 payments — averaging $22.06 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Amgen$170
- Novartis$163
- Supernus Pharmaceuticals, Inc.$152
- Lemaitre Vascular, Inc.$132
- Lilly USA, LLC$99
- Boston Scientific$98
- plus $378 from 15 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$1,18299%
- Education$101%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Amgen | 8 | $170 |
| Novartis | 7 | $163 |
| Supernus Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 7 | $152 |
| Lemaitre Vascular, Inc. | 2 | $132 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 6 | $99 |
| Boston Scientific | 1 | $98 |
| Bausch Health US, LLC | 2 | $42 |
| Si-bone, Inc. | 1 | $39 |
| Biohaven Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 2 | $37 |
| Zimmer Biomet | 2 | $32 |
| AbbVie(2 entities) | 2 | $32 |
| Assertio Therapeutics, Inc. | 2 | $29 |
| Promius Pharma LLC | 2 | $25 |
| Arbor Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 3 | $23 |
| Livanova USA, Inc. | 1 | $22 |
| Tersera Therapeutics LLC | 1 | $21 |
| Merck | 1 | $21 |
| Surgalign Spine Technologies, Inc. | 1 | $17 |
| Amneal Pharmaceuticals LLC | 1 | $14 |
| Pernix Therapeutics Holdings, Inc. | 1 | $12 |
| Upsher-smith Laboratories LLC | 1 | $11 |
How this compares
$1,191 in reported general payments places this provider in the 40th percentile of 302 neurological surgery providers in Illinois.
Other neurological surgery in Rockford
- Melissa MaciasRockford$529K
- Tyler KoskiChicago$2.3M
- Vincent TraynelisChicago$1.8M
- Sergey NeckryshChicago$1.6M
- Russell NockelsArlington Heights$1.4M
- Bruce FrankelSpringfield$1.3M
- Richard FesslerChicago$910K
- Julian BailesEvanston$666K
- John OtooleChicago$593K
- Patrick SugruePark Ridge$571K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.