Steven Tresser, MD
Neurological Surgery · Tampa, FLNPI 1457309056
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by royalties or licence payments: $246,876 of the $388,076 with a category attached, or 63.6%. Globus Medical accounts for 62.4% of it on its own, with 25 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $79,486 and has fallen 67.4% since, to $25,909 in 2025. Among neurological surgery clinicians in FL 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 365 payments — averaging $1063.22 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Globus Medical$242K
- Stryker$103K
- Si-bone, Inc.$20K
- Orthofix Medical, Inc.$16K
- Alphatec Spine, Inc$3K
- MML US, Inc.$917
- plus $3K from 20 others
Across 13 payments — averaging $1822.60 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.
- Globus Medical$24K
What the payments were for
- Royalty or licence$246,87664%
- Consulting fees$98,66125%
- Speaking & faculty fees$4,0001%
- Travel & lodging$27,3887%
- Food & beverage$11,0133%
- Gifts$790%
- Entertainment$590%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Globus Medical(2 entities) | 183 | $242,139 |
| Stryker | 29 | $102,736 |
| Si-bone, Inc. | 39 | $19,824 |
| Orthofix Medical, Inc. | 15 | $15,627 |
| Alphatec Spine, Inc | 9 | $3,370 |
| MML US, Inc. | 9 | $917 |
| Centinel Spine, LLC | 5 | $447 |
| Cerapedics Inc. | 5 | $384 |
| Amgen | 30 | $306 |
| Carlsmed, Inc. | 3 | $245 |
| Sanara Medtech Inc. | 2 | $206 |
| Baxter Healthcare | 2 | $194 |
| CTL Medical Corporation | 2 | $181 |
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 5 | $170 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 2 | $170 |
| Innovation Technologies Inc | 1 | $169 |
| Boston Scientific | 2 | $165 |
| Intrinsic Therapeutics | 3 | $163 |
| Axogen | 2 | $146 |
| 7d Surgical ULC | 2 | $131 |
| Bioventus LLC | 2 | $93 |
| Zyla Life Sciences, Inc. | 5 | $86 |
| Smith+Nephew | 2 | $83 |
| Protega Pharmaceutials Inc | 3 | $53 |
| Medical Device Business Services, Inc. | 2 | $46 |
| Surgalign Spine Technologies, Inc. | 1 | $25 |
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.
- CoRoent$118,495
- SAHARA$50,757
- SAHARA STABILIZATION SYSTEM$48,931
- Modulus$23,949
- Autobahn$20,244
- TLIF$20,032
- XLIF$18,318
- IFUSE IMPLANT SYSTEM$16,690
- ASCENT;ASCENT LE;FIREBIRD SFS;ICON SFS;SFS$14,716
- Other - Miscellaneous$2,777
- CAYMAN$1,856
- iFuse Implant$1,800
- ReActiv8$710
- GENERAL K2M PRODUCT DISCUSSION$600
- Pulse$546
- ALIF$511
- PRODISC C VIVO$438
- Excelsius - GPS$300
- Spinal-Stim$279
- Cervical-STIM$279
How this compares
$388,076 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 556 neurological surgery providers in Florida.
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 | 258 | $2,725 |
| Celecoxib | 80 | $2,494 |
| Methocarbamol | 210 | $1,979 |
| Tizanidine Hcl | 64 | $731 |
| Pregabalin | 33 | $647 |
| Tramadol Hcl | 127 | $647 |
| Meloxicam | 172 | $611 |
| Methylprednisolone | 82 | $545 |
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 35 | $479 |
| Lidocaine | 16 | $466 |
| Cyclobenzaprine Hcl | 42 | $451 |
| Baclofen | 47 | $430 |
| Ibuprofen | 35 | $403 |
| Acetaminophen-CodeineAcetaminophen With Codeine | 15 | $163 |
| Oxycodone Hcl | 14 | $97 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other neurological surgery in Tampa
- Rohit VasanTampa$1.5M
- Puya AlikhaniTampa$582K
- Elias DakwarTampa$348K
- Juan Valdivia ValdiviaTampa$208K
- Kunal VakhariaTampa$190K
- Gabriel Gonzales PortilloTampa$150K
- Patrick KimTampa$145K
- Stephen ParkerJacksonville$18.7M
- Eric PetersonMiami$10.1M
- Brian SnellingBoca Raton$10M
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.