Noojan Kazemi, MD
Neurological Surgery · Ann Arbor, MINPI 1164701538
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — consulting fees (36.0%), speaking fees and travel and lodging — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. Globus Medical accounts for 85.6% of it on its own, with 17 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2022 at $84,704 and has fallen 75.6% since, to $20,702 in 2025. Among neurological surgery clinicians in MI with any reported payments, this total sits in the top 5% — high for the specialty, which is a reason to read the composition above rather than the number alone.
Across 473 payments — averaging $858.46 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Globus Medical$348K
- Alphatec Spine, Inc$27K
- Si-bone, Inc.$15K
- Cerapedics Inc.$5K
- Arthrex$3K
- Surgalign Spine Technologies, Inc.$3K
- plus $5K from 12 others
Across 15 payments — averaging $2914.30 each. Payments tied to a research study. These frequently flow through the physician to a hospital or research institution rather than to the physician personally.
- Si-bone, Inc.$44K
What the payments were for
- Royalty or licence$10,9993%
- Consulting fees$146,31936%
- Speaking & faculty fees$145,60636%
- Travel & lodging$91,26422%
- Food & beverage$11,7553%
- Entertainment$1100%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Globus Medical | 281 | $347,629 |
| Alphatec Spine, Inc | 50 | $27,295 |
| Si-bone, Inc. | 34 | $15,158 |
| Cerapedics Inc. | 21 | $4,675 |
| Arthrex | 33 | $3,055 |
| Surgalign Spine Technologies, Inc. | 15 | $2,787 |
| Pinnacle, Inc | 7 | $1,963 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 11 | $1,063 |
| Midsouth Orthopedics Inc. | 1 | $785 |
| Providence Medical Technology, Inc. | 7 | $357 |
| Medtronic | 4 | $315 |
| Carlsmed, Inc. | 1 | $264 |
| Stryker | 2 | $198 |
| Bioventus LLC | 1 | $138 |
| Spineart USA Inc | 1 | $136 |
| Medical Device Business Services, Inc. | 1 | $125 |
| Seaspine Orthopedics Corporation | 1 | $75 |
| Baxter Healthcare | 2 | $36 |
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.
- ELSA$68,228
- ExcelsiusGPS Robotic Navigation System$45,052
- CORBEL$39,098
- CREO$23,366
- ELSA, ELSA AL/ATP$22,919
- EXCELSIUS$17,900
- RISE$17,709
- PRONE LATERAL$16,363
- Other - Miscellaneous$15,659
- iFuse Implant$13,480
- FORTIFY$9,468
- MARS 3VL$8,706
- Direct Look Lateral System$8,075
- RISE-L$8,010
- Excelsius - GPS$7,039
- L5-S1$6,906
- RISE-L . RISE-L A/L$6,771
- ELSA ATP$6,694
- Excelsius Robotics System$5,800
- XLIF$5,250
How this compares
$406,054 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 256 neurological surgery providers in Michigan.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Methocarbamol | 18 | $207 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other neurological surgery in Ann Arbor
- Frank LamarcaAnn Arbor$4.8M
- Daniel OrringerAnn Arbor$500K
- Jacob JosephAnn Arbor$89K
- Michael CloneyAnn Arbor$81K
- Timothy YeeAnn Arbor$80K
- Joseph SternAnn Arbor$54K
- Justin SingerGrand Rapids$944K
- Jayant JagannathanTroy$685K
- Timothy SpencerBattle Creek$543K
- Daniel FahimRoyal Oak$525K
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.