Yaw Sarpong, MD
Neurological Surgery · Jackson, MINPI 1073779435
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — food and beverage (46.6%), consulting fees and travel and lodging — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 34 manufacturers reported payments, led by Precision Spine, Inc. at 45.1% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2020 at $10,133 and has fallen 93.5% since, to $654 in 2025.
Across 198 payments — averaging $118.22 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Precision Spine, Inc.$11K
- Abbott$4K
- Aesculap Implant Systems, LLC$1K
- Si-bone, Inc.$1K
- Nevro Corp.$941
- Centinel Spine, LLC$597
- plus $5K from 28 others
Across 2 payments — averaging $4000.00 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.
- GS Solutions, Inc.$8K
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$8,25035%
- Travel & lodging$3,81316%
- Food & beverage$10,89947%
- Entertainment$4452%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Precision Spine, Inc. | 22 | $10,555 |
| Abbott | 88 | $4,484 |
| Aesculap Implant Systems, LLC | 6 | $1,201 |
| Si-bone, Inc. | 9 | $1,037 |
| Nevro Corp. | 10 | $941 |
| Centinel Spine, LLC | 2 | $597 |
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 12 | $569 |
| VGI Medical, LLC | 1 | $445 |
| Spinal Elements, Inc. | 3 | $438 |
| Boston Scientific | 6 | $413 |
| GS Solutions, Inc. | 2 | $332 |
| Sanara Medtech Inc. | 2 | $330 |
| Stryker | 3 | $287 |
| Integra Lifesciences Corporation | 3 | $250 |
| Ulrich Medical USA, Inc. | 3 | $236 |
| Amplify Surgical, Inc. | 2 | $223 |
| C2dx, Inc | 1 | $169 |
| Globus Medical | 1 | $154 |
| Integrity Implants Inc. | 1 | $145 |
| Arkis Biosciences Inc | 1 | $115 |
| Intrinsic Therapeutics | 3 | $84 |
| Zimmer Biomet | 2 | $83 |
| Baudax Bio Inc. | 3 | $51 |
| Relievant Medsystems, Inc. | 1 | $49 |
| AbbVie | 2 | $40 |
| Evolution Spine, LLC | 1 | $34 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 1 | $26 |
| ZOLL Circulation Inc | 1 | $26 |
| GSK | 1 | $23 |
| 4web, Inc. | 1 | $16 |
| Merck | 1 | $15 |
| Spine Wave, Inc. | 1 | $13 |
| Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 1 | $13 |
| Biodelivery Sciences International, 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.
- Reform Poct$4,500
- Vault C$1,680
- PROCLAIM$1,599
- ACTIVL ARTIFICIAL DISC$1,013
- Next Gen Interbody$1,000
- PERCUTANEOUS SCREW$750
- Proclaim IPG$587
- PRODISC C$510
- INTERBODY DEVICES$500
- INTERBODY SYSTEM$500
- Next Gen Posterior Interbody$500
- SHURFIT LUMBAR INTERBODY$500
- SiJoin$445
- Medical Device$392
- Senza$392
- Proclaim Family of SCS IPGs$385
- Omnia$374
- WaveWriter Alpha Prime 16$355
- CellerateRx$330
- CODMAN CERTAS$235
How this compares
$23,407 in reported general payments places this provider in the 80th percentile of 256 neurological surgery providers in Michigan.
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 Jackson
- Amritraj LoganathanJackson$32K
- Frank LamarcaAnn Arbor$4.8M
- Justin SingerGrand Rapids$944K
- Jayant JagannathanTroy$685K
- Timothy SpencerBattle Creek$543K
- Daniel FahimRoyal Oak$525K
- Daniel OrringerAnn Arbor$500K
- Vittorio MorrealeShelby Twp$439K
- Noojan KazemiAnn Arbor$406K
- Azam BasheerDetroit$405K
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.