Sean Barber, MD
Neurological Surgery · Houston, TXNPI 1609161637
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 107 payments — averaging $102.69 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Medtronic$5K
- Orthofix Medical, Inc.$1K
- Icotec Medical Inc.$995
- Globus Medical$704
- Johnson & Johnson$687
- Amgen$263
- plus $2K from 13 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$3,88535%
- Food & beverage$7,10365%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 48 | $5,430 |
| Orthofix Medical, Inc. | 5 | $1,299 |
| Icotec Medical Inc. | 12 | $995 |
| Globus Medical(2 entities) | 6 | $704 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 10 | $687 |
| Amgen | 2 | $263 |
| Providence Medical Technology, Inc. | 4 | $231 |
| Medical Device Business Services, Inc. | 2 | $205 |
| Alphatec Spine, Inc | 1 | $185 |
| Nevro Corp. | 2 | $150 |
| Baxter Healthcare | 1 | $144 |
| Zimmer Biomet | 4 | $138 |
| KARL Storz Endoscopy-america | 2 | $135 |
| Kuros Biosciences USA, Inc | 1 | $124 |
| Carbofix Spine Inc | 1 | $98 |
| Boston Scientific | 2 | $85 |
| GE HealthCare | 2 | $66 |
| Integra Lifesciences Corporation | 1 | $33 |
| Ipsen Biopharmaceuticals, Inc | 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.
- CD HORIZON$1,298
- O-ARM-ST$946
- NorthStar$763
- PIVOX Oblique Lateral Spinal System$614
- OSTEOCOOL RF ABLATION SYSTEM$528
- VADER PEDICLE SYSTEM 6.0, SCREW, Carbon/PEEK, POLYAX., FEN., O 5.5 X 45 MM$525
- VADER PEDICLE SYSTEM, ROD, Carbon/PEEK, CURVED, 6.0 R450 X 200 MM$525
- KONG-TL VBR E, EXPANDABLE BODY, L, 19 MM X 27 - 37 MM$525
- KONG-TL VBR, END PLATE, ROUND, L AND SCREW, 12 X 43 MM$525
- KONG-TL VBR, END PLATE, RECTANGULAR, M AND SCREW, 12 X 33 MM$525
- VIPER$483
- Lattus$404
- MAZOR X SYSTEM$296
- XLIF$270
- EVENITY$263
- Mazor X Stealth Edition$217
- Other - Miscellaneous$185
- Vader one Pedicle System MIS$183
- ALIF$149
- Excelsius - GPS$147
How this compares
$10,988 in reported general payments places this provider in the 65th percentile of 582 neurological surgery providers in Texas.
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 | 101 | $1,692 |
| Gabapentin | 139 | $1,496 |
| Acetaminophen-CodeineAcetaminophen With Codeine | 26 | $396 |
| Methocarbamol | 23 | $254 |
| Methylprednisolone | 27 | $202 |
| Pregabalin | 16 | $145 |
| Tramadol Hcl | 15 | $65 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other neurological surgery in Houston
- Daniel CurryHouston$3M
- Homero AnchondoHouston$799K
- Claudio TatsuiHouston$777K
- Arthur DayHouston$746K
- Andrew RoeserHouston$660K
- Peng ChenHouston$550K
- Daniel YoshorHouston$519K
- Paul HolmanHouston$516K
- Nitin TandonHouston$510K
- Nelson MossHouston$501K
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.