Ramon Batson, MD
Neurological Surgery · Danbury, CTNPI 1275574238
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — food and beverage (54.6%), travel and lodging and education — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 14 manufacturers reported payments, led by Globus Medical at 48.0% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $1,425 and has fallen 92.7% since, to $104 in 2025. That places this record below the midpoint for neurological surgery clinicians in CT, where the typical reported total is $3,531.
Across 41 payments — averaging $71.65 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Globus Medical$1K
- DJO, LLC$273
- Johnson & Johnson$226
- Boston Scientific$222
- Si-bone, Inc.$209
- Medtronic$134
- plus $465 from 8 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$1,31245%
- Food & beverage$1,60555%
- Education$201%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Globus Medical(2 entities) | 5 | $1,409 |
| DJO, LLC | 4 | $273 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 8 | $226 |
| Boston Scientific | 3 | $222 |
| Si-bone, Inc. | 3 | $209 |
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 3 | $134 |
| Stryker | 2 | $109 |
| CSL Behring | 3 | $93 |
| Cerapedics Inc. | 2 | $79 |
| Saluda Medical Americas, Inc. | 1 | $48 |
| Orthofix Medical, Inc. | 3 | $42 |
| Lemaitre Vascular, Inc. | 2 | $39 |
| Zimvie Inc. | 1 | $33 |
| Vertos Medical, Inc. | 1 | $22 |
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.
- Excelsius - GPS$1,312
- GENERAL PAIN MANAGEMENT$140
How this compares
$2,938 in reported general payments places this provider in the 45th percentile of 94 neurological surgery providers in Connecticut.
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 | 32 | $1,031 |
| Gabapentin | 47 | $900 |
| Oxycodone Hcl | 21 | $561 |
| Hydromorphone Hcl | 13 | $159 |
| Meloxicam | 43 | $142 |
| Oxycodone-AcetaminophenOxycodone Hcl/Acetaminophen | 19 | $129 |
| Prednisone | 15 | $66 |
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 15 | $50 |
| Tramadol Hcl | 11 | $47 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other neurological surgery in Danbury
- Joshua MarcusDanbury$142K
- Jonathon LebovitzDanbury$12K
- Jeffrey GilliganDanbury$12K
- Scott SandersonDanbury$6K
- Gary KocharianDanbury$5K
- Murat GunelNew Haven$839K
- Sanjay RathiNorth Haven$541K
- Patrick SenatusSouth Windsor$309K
- Ahmed KhanNew Britain$250K
- Abraham MintzShelton$204K
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.