Steven Ojemann, MD
Neurological Surgery · Aurora, CONPI 1497858294
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — travel and lodging (39.7%), consulting fees and food and beverage — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 14 manufacturers reported payments, led by Boston Scientific at 56.5% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $19,917 and has fallen 83.0% since, to $3,387 in 2025.
Across 268 payments — averaging $219.07 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Boston Scientific$33K
- Medtronic$15K
- Abbott$5K
- Insightec,inc$3K
- Stryker$816
- Johnson & Johnson$529
- plus $2K from 8 others
Across 65 payments — averaging $4320.17 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.
- Neurocrine Biosciences, Inc.$193K
- Medtronic$62K
- Abbott$25K
Across 14 payments — averaging $13,520 each. An ownership or investment interest held by the physician or an immediate family member.
- Phasor Health, LLC$114K
- Smarter Devices, LLC$75K
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$21,05336%
- Travel & lodging$23,29940%
- Food & beverage$14,35924%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Boston Scientific | 41 | $33,173 |
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 52 | $14,905 |
| Abbott | 110 | $5,145 |
| Insightec,inc | 28 | $2,579 |
| Stryker | 9 | $816 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 11 | $529 |
| Vertex | 1 | $483 |
| Monteris Medical Corporation | 2 | $365 |
| Neuropace, Inc. | 9 | $321 |
| Zimmer Biomet | 1 | $111 |
| Longeviti Neuro Solutions Inc | 1 | $102 |
| Neurocrine Biosciences, Inc. | 1 | $83 |
| Orthofix Medical, Inc. | 1 | $67 |
| Livanova USA, Inc. | 1 | $32 |
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.
- StealthStation$8,091
- GENERAL - THERAPIES$8,070
- GENERAL DBS$6,109
- Exablate$1,782
- VISUALASE$1,397
- INFINITY$1,132
- PERCEPT PC BRAINSENSE$624
- ABSOLUTE PRO$622
- Infinity DBS Pulse Generators$565
- Neuroblate$365
- PROCLAIM$342
- ACTIVA$295
- NICO MYRIAD$266
- NICO BRAINPATH$183
- SenSight$175
- Percept$174
- O-ARM-ST$159
- STEALTHSTATION S8 PLATFORM$153
- TRUMATCH$150
- SONOPET IQ$137
How this compares
$58,711 in reported general payments places this provider in the 80th 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.
Other neurological surgery in Aurora
- Peter FecciAurora$170K
- Joshua SeinfeldAurora$118K
- David CaseAurora$106K
- Ashraf YoussefAurora$95K
- Allen WaziriAurora$86K
- John SampsonAurora$78K
- Yasuaki HarasakiAurora$75K
- Tareq YaseenAurora$37K
- Ahmed HelalAurora$37K
- Fabio GrassiaAurora$33K
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.