Scott Golembeski, MD
Surgery · Denver, CONPI 1942589213
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by consulting fees: $20,950 of the $29,785 with a category attached, or 70.3%. TELA Bio, Inc. accounts for 91.1% of it on its own, with 15 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2023 at $12,120 and has fallen 66.9% since, to $4,011 in 2025. Among surgery clinicians in CO with any reported payments, this total sits in the top 10% — high for the specialty, which is a reason to read the composition above rather than the number alone.
Across 135 payments — averaging $220.63 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- TELA Bio, Inc.$27K
- Davol Inc.$736
- Medtronic$674
- Intuitive Surgical$636
- Boston Scientific$160
- Hologic Sales And Service, LLC$106
- plus $326 from 10 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$20,95070%
- Travel & lodging$3,75413%
- Food & beverage$5,08117%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| TELA Bio, Inc. | 81 | $27,148 |
| Davol Inc. | 15 | $736 |
| Medtronic | 2 | $674 |
| Intuitive Surgical | 17 | $636 |
| Boston Scientific | 3 | $160 |
| Hologic Sales And Service, LLC | 3 | $106 |
| Aroa Biosurgery Incorporated | 3 | $66 |
| Baxter Healthcare | 1 | $59 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 2 | $44 |
| Mallinckrodt Hospital Products Inc. | 2 | $34 |
| Solventum Corporation | 1 | $29 |
| Osiris Therapeutics Inc. | 1 | $28 |
| Integra Lifesciences Corporation | 1 | $21 |
| Covidien LP | 1 | $16 |
| Conmed Corporation | 1 | $15 |
| Teleflex 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.
How this compares
$29,785 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 469 surgery providers in Colorado.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 55 | $222 |
| Oxycodone-AcetaminophenOxycodone Hcl/Acetaminophen | 17 | $47 |
| Tramadol Hcl | 11 | $24 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other surgery in Denver
- Anthony CanfieldDenver$854K
- Michael SnyderDenver$123K
- Edward JonesDenver$70K
- Drew AlbrightDenver$46K
- Jeffrey CrossDenver$40K
- John WeaverDenver$39K
- Megan LooDenver$36K
- David BaerDenver$26K
- Kimberly VanderveenDenver$24K
- Parth ShahDenver$23K
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.