Paul Stanton, DO
Orthopaedic Surgery of the Spine · Colorado Springs, CONPI 1669682613
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by royalties or licence payments: $26,903 of the $28,402 with a category attached, or 94.7%. Globus Medical accounts for 95.2% of it on its own, with 10 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2020 at $11,798 and has fallen 98.2% since, to $208 in 2025. That places this record below the midpoint for orthopaedic surgery of the spine clinicians in CO, where the typical reported total is $28,402.
Across 64 payments — averaging $443.78 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Globus Medical$27K
- Nevro Corp.$345
- Orthofix Medical, Inc.$196
- Providence Medical Technology, Inc.$157
- Boston Scientific$144
- Stryker$137
- plus $395 from 5 others
What the payments were for
- Royalty or licence$26,90395%
- Food & beverage$1,4985%
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 | 22 | $27,026 |
| Nevro Corp. | 18 | $345 |
| Orthofix Medical, Inc. | 2 | $196 |
| Providence Medical Technology, Inc. | 2 | $157 |
| Boston Scientific | 9 | $144 |
| Stryker | 1 | $137 |
| Spinal Elements, Inc. | 1 | $131 |
| Si-bone, Inc. | 4 | $102 |
| Centinel Spine, LLC | 1 | $73 |
| AbbVie | 3 | $65 |
| Abbott | 1 | $23 |
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.
- LessRay$26,849
- M6-C$146
- SERRATO$137
- Medical Device$131
How this compares
$28,402 in reported general payments places this provider in the 50th percentile of 69 orthopaedic surgery of the spine 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Methocarbamol | 67 | $1,749 |
| Oxycodone Hcl | 86 | $1,251 |
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 70 | $1,062 |
| Gabapentin | 53 | $875 |
| Tramadol Hcl | 59 | $309 |
| Methylprednisolone | 33 | $235 |
| Pregabalin | 15 | $234 |
| Hydromorphone Hcl | 15 | $205 |
| Diazepam | 20 | $31 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other orthopaedic surgery of the spine in Colorado Springs
- Roger SungColorado Springs$112K
- Keith JacksonColorado Springs$50K
- James BeeColorado Springs$2K
- George FreyDenver$5.3M
- Christopher CainAurora$3.3M
- Edward DonnerJohnstown$2.5M
- Jim YoussefDurango$2.3M
- Scott StanleyParker$1.7M
- Timothy KukloDenver$1.3M
- Michael GallizziLone Tree$1.2M
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.