Saman Shabani
Neurological Surgery · Milwaukee, WINPI 1124438809
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by consulting fees: $35,827 of the $56,293 with a category attached, or 63.6%. 23 manufacturers reported payments, led by Medical Device Business Services, Inc. at 31.1% of the total. 2025 is the largest year on record at $27,278, more than ten times the $611 reported in 2021. Among neurological surgery clinicians in WI 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 144 payments — averaging $390.92 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Medical Device Business Services, Inc.$17K
- Carbofix Spine Inc$10K
- Spineart USA Inc$9K
- Medtronic$5K
- Globus Medical$4K
- Depuy Synthes Products, Inc.$4K
- plus $7K from 17 others
Across 49 payments — averaging $13,065 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.
- Tanabe Pharma America, Inc.$419K
- AbbVie$164K
- Medtronic$46K
- Spinal Elements, Inc.$12K
Across 2 payments — averaging $291.37 each. An ownership or investment interest held by the physician or an immediate family member.
- Hubly Incorporated$583
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$35,82764%
- Speaking & faculty fees$1,7503%
- Travel & lodging$9,74617%
- Food & beverage$8,97016%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Medical Device Business Services, Inc. | 22 | $17,498 |
| Carbofix Spine Inc | 4 | $9,904 |
| Spineart USA Inc | 20 | $9,203 |
| Medtronic | 32 | $4,581 |
| Globus Medical(2 entities) | 24 | $4,071 |
| Depuy Synthes Products, Inc. | 2 | $3,901 |
| BK Medical Holding Company Inc. | 1 | $1,750 |
| Alphatec Spine, Inc | 7 | $1,725 |
| Surgalign Spine Technologies, Inc. | 3 | $1,119 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 12 | $1,007 |
| Spinal Elements, Inc. | 4 | $372 |
| Cerapedics Inc. | 2 | $203 |
| Pacira Pharmaceuticals Incorporated | 1 | $144 |
| Kuros Biosciences USA, Inc | 1 | $141 |
| Ulrich Medical USA, Inc. | 1 | $117 |
| Si-bone, Inc. | 1 | $109 |
| Icotec Medical Inc. | 1 | $106 |
| Providence Medical Technology, Inc. | 1 | $98 |
| Novocure Inc. | 1 | $81 |
| Scientia Vascular | 1 | $55 |
| Neo Spine USA, Inc. | 1 | $45 |
| Biocomposites Inc | 1 | $43 |
| Carlsmed, Inc. | 1 | $20 |
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.
- CONDUIT$2,595
- Excelsius Robotics System$2,354
- VIPER$2,172
- bk3000, bk3500 & bk5000 Ultrasound System$1,750
- Other - Miscellaneous$1,427
- STREAMLINE* OCT OCCIPITO-CERVICO-THORACIC SYSTEM$964
- STREAMLINE TL SPINAL FIXATION SYSTEM$567
- STREAMLINE MIS SPINAL FIXATION SYSTEM$552
- FORTILINK-A IBF SYSTEM$552
- MAZOR X SYSTEM$468
- FORTILINK CAGES WITH TIPLUS TECHNOLOGY$412
- COFLEX INTERLAMINAR TECHNOLOGY, 10MM$412
- INFUSE BONE GRAFT$342
- Medical Devices$337
- XLIF$289
- EXPEDIUM$271
- SYMPHONY$271
- I-FACTOR PEPTIDE ENHANCED BONE GRAFT$172
- REVERE Corrective Osteotomy$167
- ACP$160
How this compares
$56,293 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 133 neurological surgery providers in Wisconsin.
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 | 48 | $590 |
| Baclofen | 14 | $229 |
| Gabapentin | 18 | $158 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other neurological surgery in Milwaukee
- Amin KassamMilwaukee$1M
- Max LeeMilwaukee$456K
- Kevin WojcikMilwaukee$58K
- Marjorie WangMilwaukee$52K
- Nathan ZwagermanMilwaukee$34K
- Dan HeffezMilwaukee$31K
- Kunal GuptaMilwaukee$26K
- Walter JacobsenMilwaukee$19K
- Erickson TorioMilwaukee$11K
- Ahmed CheemaMilwaukee$9K
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.