Steven Abram, MD
Neurological Surgery · Nashville, TNNPI 1285604454
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — consulting fees (49.5%), food and beverage and speaking fees — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. Monteris Medical Corporation accounts for 82.9% of it on its own, with 12 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $4,366 and has fallen 76.1% since, to $1,043 in 2025.
Across 57 payments — averaging $226.67 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Monteris Medical Corporation$11K
- Brainlab, Inc.$488
- Abbott$473
- Augmedics Inc.$310
- Medtronic$280
- Merck$125
- plus $527 from 7 others
Across 63 payments — averaging $3204.60 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.
- Monteris Medical Corporation$202K
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$6,40050%
- Speaking & faculty fees$2,50019%
- Travel & lodging$8386%
- Food & beverage$3,18225%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Monteris Medical Corporation | 25 | $10,717 |
| Brainlab, Inc. | 5 | $488 |
| Abbott | 13 | $473 |
| Augmedics Inc. | 1 | $310 |
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 5 | $280 |
| Merck | 1 | $125 |
| Spine Wave, Inc. | 1 | $120 |
| Novocure Inc. | 1 | $118 |
| Synaptive Medical Inc. | 1 | $107 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 1 | $104 |
| Stryker | 1 | $45 |
| Zimmer Biomet | 1 | $20 |
| Integra Lifesciences Corporation | 1 | $13 |
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.
- Neuroblate$10,533
- Xvision$1,552
- KEYTRUDA$125
- Spinal Implants$120
- Optune Gio$118
- UNID_PASS$117
- Curve, Kick, Elements, Exactrac$113
- Brightmatter Guide V$107
- BRAINLAB$104
How this compares
$12,920 in reported general payments places this provider in the 70th percentile of 156 neurological surgery providers in Tennessee.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Tizanidine Hcl | 195 | $998 |
| Meloxicam | 241 | $523 |
| Gabapentin | 35 | $424 |
| Oxcarbazepine | 12 | $398 |
| Methylprednisolone | 26 | $205 |
| Methocarbamol | 12 | $142 |
| Celecoxib | 16 | $130 |
| Cyclobenzaprine Hcl | 29 | $105 |
| Tramadol Hcl | 33 | $97 |
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 11 | $44 |
| Alprazolam | 11 | $5 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other neurological surgery in Nashville
- Brian OshaughnessyNashville$2.1M
- Chine LoganNashville$309K
- Scott ParkerNashville$255K
- Arthur UlmNashville$203K
- Gregory LanfordNashville$175K
- William SchooleyNashville$105K
- Khan LiNashville$101K
- Ernest WrightNashville$63K
- Dario EnglotNashville$47K
- Chadd FunkNashville$38K
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.