Orthopaedic Surgery of the Spine in Colorado
69 providers, $22,900,086 in total reported payments from drug and device makers. Ranked below by lifetime general payments. The median provider in this group received $28,402.
Ranking high here usually means a consulting or royalty arrangement, not wrongdoing. Payments to device inventors and trial investigators are legal, disclosed, and concentrated in a small number of people — which is exactly why a list like this has a steep top and a long flat tail.
What Medicare pays orthopaedic surgery of the spine clinicians in Colorado
Across 48 orthopaedic surgery of the spine clinicians in Colorado who billed Original Medicare Part B in 2024, Medicare allowed $9,836,199 in total — an average of $204,921 each, of which $203,717 was for services and the rest for drugs administered in the office.
This is not a salary. The rest is what Medicare allowed for services these clinicians billed — Original Medicare fee-for-service only. It excludes Medicare Advantage, which now covers more than half of Medicare enrollees, along with Medicaid and every commercial insurer, so for most clinicians it is a fraction of their practice. It is also gross revenue: staff, rent, supplies and malpractice premiums all come out of it before anyone is paid. Anyone quoting a figure like this as physician pay is misreading it.
Ranked by reported payments
- 1George FreyDenver$5,290,001
- 2Christopher CainAurora$3,323,901
- 3Edward DonnerJohnstown$2,470,892
- 4Jim YoussefDurango$2,297,576
- 5Scott StanleyParker$1,713,767
- 6Timothy KukloDenver$1,333,763
- 7Michael GallizziLone Tree$1,153,748
- 8Douglas BeardFort Collins$583,125
- 9Robert BenzFort Collins$580,642
- 10William BiggsFort Collins$580,574
- 11Christopher KleckAurora$468,925
- 12Henry FabianSteamboat Springs$445,536
- 13David Ou-YangAurora$339,266
- 14Mark EricksonAurora$257,245
- 15Vikas PatelAurora$223,936
- 16Lonnie LoutzenhiserGolden$201,477
- 17Michael JanssenThornton$172,755
- 18Sanjitpal GillVail$153,558
- 19Amber PriceDurango$141,796
- 20Hugh McPhersonLone Tree$120,436
- 21Roger SungColorado Springs$111,866
- 22Evalina BurgerAurora$89,725
- 23Clinton DevinSteamboat Springs$58,564
- 24Evan FeneAurora$57,047
- 25Kendra LastowkaAurora$51,276
- 26Keith JacksonColorado Springs$50,323
- 27Joseph MorrealeWestminster$47,738
- 28Kirk CliffordGrand Junction$47,419
- 29Philip YorkGreenwood Village$46,290
- 30Stephen PehlerAurora$42,032
- 31Gary GhiselliGreenwood Village$37,870
- 32Patrick YoungVail$33,329
- 33Anant KumarLittleton$31,512
- 34Christopher JohnsonEnglewood$28,788
- 35Paul StantonColorado Springs$28,402
- 36Fernando TechyJohnstown$28,032
- 37Nolan WessellAurora$25,521
- 38Gregory Fasani-FeldbergWestminster$24,523
- 39Nicole LookBroomfield$23,226
- 40Paul Al-AttarThornton$17,586
- 41John SielatyckiSteamboat Springs$17,116
- 42Christopher GallusLone Tree$16,476
- 43Kenneth PettineJohnstown$15,282
- 44Stuart KinsellaAspen$12,690
- 45Keemia Soraya HeidariGreeley$12,635
- 46William StollGolden$11,073
- 47Benjamin MitchellEnglewood$9,357
- 48Collin WalshAurora$8,529
- 49Peter ShortenGrand Junction$8,370
- 50Parker PrusickAurora$7,740
- 51Michael MousselliThornton$6,801
- 52John RayFort Collins$6,347
- 53Matthew GerlachLongmont$6,275
- 54Sanjay JatanaEnglewood$4,322
- 55Dillon BensonAurora$3,489
- 56Amit AgarwalaGolden$3,383
- 57Samuel SmithDenver$3,240
- 58David WongGreenwood Village$2,777
- 59James BeeColorado Springs$2,356
- 60Todd VanderheidenDenver$2,182