Stephen Scheper, DO
Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation · Colorado Springs, CONPI 1144402561
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 95.8% of the total across 100 separate payments, which is the pattern of a clinician who attends manufacturer presentations rather than one with a consulting arrangement. 21 manufacturers reported payments, led by Nevro Corp. at 56.8% of the total. Among physical medicine & rehabilitation 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 100 payments — averaging $35.32 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Nevro Corp.$2K
- SPR Therapeutics, Inc$384
- Medtronic$268
- Boston Scientific$200
- Abbott$104
- Almatica Pharma LLC$97
- plus $472 from 15 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$1484%
- Food & beverage$3,38496%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Nevro Corp. | 43 | $2,007 |
| SPR Therapeutics, Inc | 4 | $384 |
| Medtronic | 8 | $268 |
| Boston Scientific | 9 | $200 |
| Abbott | 6 | $104 |
| Almatica Pharma LLC | 4 | $97 |
| Globus Medical | 4 | $88 |
| Scilex Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 3 | $49 |
| Si-bone, Inc. | 2 | $46 |
| IBSA Pharma Inc. | 3 | $46 |
| AbbVie | 2 | $38 |
| Arbor Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 2 | $37 |
| Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 2 | $34 |
| Pfizer | 1 | $24 |
| Merz North America, Inc. | 1 | $22 |
| Ipsen Biopharmaceuticals, Inc | 1 | $17 |
| Stryker | 1 | $17 |
| Novartis | 1 | $16 |
| Biodelivery Sciences International, Inc. | 1 | $14 |
| MDD US Operations, LLC | 1 | $12 |
| Otto Bock Healthcare LP | 1 | $12 |
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.
- Senza Spinal Cord Stimulation System$395
- SPRINT PNS System$273
- Senza$255
- Omnia$236
- INCEPTIV$130
How this compares
$3,532 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 199 physical medicine & rehabilitation providers in Colorado.
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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 | 71 | $927 |
| Pregabalin | 32 | $820 |
| Oxycodone-AcetaminophenOxycodone Hcl/Acetaminophen | 19 | $818 |
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 25 | $326 |
| Celecoxib | 13 | $311 |
| Tramadol Hcl | 30 | $309 |
| Tizanidine Hcl | 13 | $96 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other physical medicine & rehabilitation in Colorado Springs
- Blaise PascaleColorado Springs$2K
- Dwight LeggettColorado Springs$2K
- Scott RossColorado Springs$2K
- Michael SparrColorado Springs$1K
- Daniel BaerColorado Springs$1K
- Melissa StrikeColorado Springs$1K
- Drew TrainorGreenwood Village$320K
- William ScelzaEnglewood$16K
- Aakash ThakralGreeley$14K
- Alan WeintraubEnglewood$10K
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.