Uzma Samadani, MD
Neurological Surgery · Golden Valley, MNNPI 1407916703
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — speaking fees (37.3%), consulting fees and food and beverage — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. Integra Lifesciences Corporation accounts for 70.5% of it on its own, with 10 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $11,705 and has fallen 97.5% since, to $288 in 2025.
Across 67 payments — averaging $300.35 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Integra Lifesciences Corporation$14K
- Medtronic$5K
- Abbott$740
- Derma Sciences, Inc.$148
- Nevro Corp.$127
- Zimvie Inc.$123
- plus $176 from 5 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$6,50032%
- Speaking & faculty fees$7,50037%
- Travel & lodging$2,79914%
- Food & beverage$3,32417%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Integra Lifesciences Corporation | 8 | $14,181 |
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 43 | $4,629 |
| Abbott | 8 | $740 |
| Derma Sciences, Inc. | 1 | $148 |
| Nevro Corp. | 1 | $127 |
| Zimvie Inc. | 1 | $123 |
| Spineguard, Inc. | 1 | $107 |
| Boston Scientific | 1 | $23 |
| Acadia Pharmaceuticals Inc | 1 | $18 |
| Stryker | 1 | $15 |
| Catalyst Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 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.
- CODMAN CERTAS$12,000
- DURASEAL EXACT$12,000
- CODMAN HAKIM PRECISION VALVE$12,000
- CUSA CLARITY$12,000
- INTEGRA MESHED BILAYER WOUND MATRIX$2,000
- INTEGRA FLOWABLE WOUND MATRIX$2,000
- INTEGRA WOUND MATRIX (IWM)$2,000
- CD HORIZON$1,039
- CD HORIZON SPINAL SYSTEM$893
- Mazor X Stealth Edition$791
- PROCLAIM$401
- MazorX - Renaissance$246
- BIOFIX$148
- BIODRESTORE$148
- MEDIHONEY$148
- BIODOPTIX$148
- BIODFACTOR$148
- ETERNA$131
- Senza Spinal Cord Stimulation System$127
- Mobi-C$123
How this compares
$20,123 in reported general payments places this provider in the 85th percentile of 140 neurological surgery providers in Minnesota.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Oxycodone Hcl | 56 | $432 |
| Cyclobenzaprine Hcl | 16 | $104 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other neurological surgery in Golden Valley
- Kendall LeeRochester$2.3M
- Michael FinnEdina$1.4M
- Stanley SkinnerMinneapolis$445K
- Rohan LallEdina$227K
- Matthew DaviesDuluth$163K
- Vijay AgarwalRochester$101K
- Frederick HarrisBurnsville$92K
- Andrew GrandeSaint Paul$88K
- Hart GarnerCoon Rapids$74K
- Benjamin ElderRochester$69K
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.