Ryan Austerman, MD
Neurological Surgery · Tucson, AZNPI 1841644168
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by grants: $30,000 of the $36,881 with a category attached, or 81.3%. 27 manufacturers reported payments, led by Medtronic at 56.4% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2023 at $30,481 and has fallen 92.6% since, to $2,255 in 2025.
Across 90 payments — averaging $409.79 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Medtronic$21K
- Boston Scientific$11K
- Alphatec Spine, Inc$3K
- Kuros Biosciences USA, Inc$244
- Orthofix Medical, Inc.$166
- Kls-martin L.p.$150
- plus $1K from 21 others
What the payments were for
- Grants$30,00081%
- Travel & lodging$3,3759%
- Food & beverage$3,50610%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Medtronic | 18 | $20,806 |
| Boston Scientific | 29 | $11,048 |
| Alphatec Spine, Inc | 8 | $3,411 |
| Kuros Biosciences USA, Inc | 1 | $244 |
| Orthofix Medical, Inc. | 1 | $166 |
| Kls-martin L.p. | 1 | $150 |
| Nevro Corp. | 2 | $125 |
| Baxter Healthcare | 1 | $119 |
| Vanda Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 4 | $108 |
| Integra Lifesciences Corporation | 1 | $100 |
| Biocomposites Inc | 1 | $84 |
| UCB, Inc. | 3 | $56 |
| EMD Serono, Inc. | 2 | $55 |
| AbbVie | 2 | $52 |
| Jazz Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 2 | $52 |
| Argenx US, Inc. | 2 | $46 |
| Providence Medical Technology, Inc. | 1 | $32 |
| Bioventus LLC | 1 | $30 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 2 | $29 |
| Neuropace, Inc. | 1 | $27 |
| Lundbeck LLC | 1 | $25 |
| Cycle Pharmaceuticals Inc | 1 | $24 |
| CSL Behring | 1 | $24 |
| Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc. | 1 | $19 |
| Eisai Inc. | 1 | $18 |
| Tonix Medicines, Inc. | 1 | $16 |
| Merz Pharmaceuticals, LLC | 1 | $14 |
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.
- ACTIVA PC$20,000
- VERCISE$10,120
- Other - Miscellaneous$3,350
- MagnetOs$244
- GENERAL DBS$186
- Lattus$166
- OsteoStrand Plus$166
- SenSight$140
- FLOSEAL$119
- Senza$107
- BIOFIX$100
- BIODRESTORE$100
- BIODFACTOR$100
- BIODOPTIX$100
- MEDIHONEY$100
How this compares
$36,881 in reported general payments places this provider in the 75th percentile of 173 neurological surgery providers in Arizona.
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.
Other neurological surgery in Tucson
- Richard ChuaTucson$1.3M
- Li-Mei LinTucson$653K
- Ryan KretzerTucson$402K
- Julie PilitsisTucson$165K
- Paul LarsonTucson$96K
- Ibrahim AlhalalTucson$53K
- Timothy PuttyTucson$39K
- Kirsty HamiltonTucson$37K
- Arunit ChughTucson$14K
- Robert SpetzlerPhoenix$12.8M
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.