Sean Markey, MD
Neurological Surgery · Denver, CONPI 1235165705
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by royalties or licence payments: $141,736 of the $170,246 with a category attached, or 83.3%. Precision Spine, Inc. accounts for 97.9% of it on its own, with 9 other manufacturers making up the rest. Among neurological surgery clinicians in CO 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 105 payments — averaging $1621.39 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Precision Spine, Inc.$167K
- Stryker$2K
- Genesys Orthopedics Systems, L.L.C.$1K
- Centinel Spine, LLC$329
- KCI USA, Inc.$53
- Boston Scientific$36
- plus $95 from 4 others
What the payments were for
- Royalty or licence$141,73683%
- Consulting fees$22,10213%
- Travel & lodging$1,9651%
- Food & beverage$4,4283%
- Gifts$150%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Precision Spine, Inc. | 71 | $166,754 |
| Stryker | 19 | $1,713 |
| Genesys Orthopedics Systems, L.L.C. | 7 | $1,267 |
| Centinel Spine, LLC | 2 | $329 |
| KCI USA, Inc. | 1 | $53 |
| Boston Scientific | 1 | $36 |
| Abbott | 1 | $29 |
| Hologic Sales And Service, LLC | 1 | $24 |
| Medtronic | 1 | $22 |
| Radius Health, 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.
- REFORM TI MODULAR$142,893
- Vault C$5,401
- Vault$3,500
- ALIF$2,500
- SACROILIAC JOINT FUSION SYSTEM$2,227
- Reform Modular$2,000
- SLIMPLICITY PLUS ACDF SYSTEM$2,000
- Reform Poct$2,000
- Slimplicity HP ACDF System$1,750
- EVEREST SPINAL SYSTEM$1,141
- Next Gen Standalone ALIF System$1,000
- Reform Ti Modular Pedicle Screw System$1,000
- Cervical HD Hive Consulting$1,000
- NEXT GEN STAND ALONE ALIF$500
- PRODISC L$329
- DAKOTA ALIF SYSTEM$322
- SPINEMAP$193
How this compares
$170,246 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 149 neurological 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Gabapentin | 19 | $529 |
| Amitriptyline Hcl | 16 | $76 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other neurological surgery in Denver
- Edward MaaDenver$165K
- Jens Peter WittDenver$74K
- Giancarlo Barolat RomanaDenver$63K
- Benjamin RubinDenver$24K
- Sharad RajpalBoulder$2.8M
- Chad PrusmackLone Tree$2.1M
- Timothy WirtFort Collins$581K
- Donn TurnerFort Collins$581K
- Ernest BraxtonEdwards$549K
- Bradley DuhonLone Tree$386K
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.