Physician profile

Shawn William Adams

Neurological Surgery · Louisville, KY

NPI 1265827471

$73,073.73

in general payments reported to CMS, 2019-2025

25 companies · $27K in 2025

The $27K reported for 2025 was more than what 91% of Neurological Surgery providers received nationally (typical 2025 total: $604).

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Payments by year

General payments by program year, as reported to CMS.

What the payments were for

Nature of payment as categorized by the reporting companies: meals, consulting, travel, and so on.

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Payment typeAmount (2023-2025)
Consulting Fee$31,535.85
Travel and Lodging$23,908.29
Food and Beverage$13,648.82
Education$279.44

Payment-type detail covers 2023-2025; earlier years are included in totals but not broken out here.

Who reported paying

General payments only, as reported to CMS. Product names cover 2023-2025.

CompanyGeneral paymentsYearsTop products
Medical Device Business Services, INC. $32,738.10 2023-2025 Velys, Conduit, Viper
Globus Medical, INC. $10,404.27 2023-2025 Excelsius Gps, Caliber, Xlif
Medtronic, INC. $9,221.24 2022-2025 Mazor X System, Cd Horizon Spinal System, Unid_pass
Depuy Synthes Products, INC. $7,095.10 2024
Alphatec Spine, INC $4,351.43 2023-2024 Other - Miscellaneous, Lif, Invictus Mis
Icotec Medical INC. $2,904.92 2023-2025 Icotec Blackarmor Spine System, Vader Pedicle System, Rod, Carbon/Peek, Curved, 6.0 R450 X 200 Mm, Kong-Tl Vbr, End Plate, Round, L and Screw, 12 X 43 Mm
Nuvasive, INC. $1,866.68 2023 Versatie, Reline
Depuy Synthes Sales INC. $1,143.51 2023-2025 Teligen, Velys, Vivigen Mis Delivery System
Si-Bone, INC. $589.48 2021-2025
Cerapedics INC. $446.39 2022-2025 I-Factor Peptide Enhanced Bone Graft
Bioventus LLC $380.11 2023-2025 Bonescalpel & Sonicone (O.R.), Bonescalpel
Baxter Healthcare $324.25 2023-2024 Floseal
4web, INC. $222.86 2024-2025 Spine Truss System
Sanara Medtech INC. $219.60 2024-2025 Celleraterx, Biasurge
Stryker Corporation $170.55 2022-2024
Show all 25 companies
CompanyGeneral paymentsYearsTop products
Ebi, LLC $145.70 2025
Pacira Pharmaceuticals Incorporated $124.99 2025 Exparel
Spine Wave, INC. $120.42 2024 Spinal Implant
Amgen INC. $119.70 2024 Evenity
Boston Scientific Corporation $113.26 2024
Carlsmed, INC. $112.93 2024 Aprevo
Medacta USA, INC. $104.25 2024
Acuity Surgical Devices, LLC $99.65 2023
Vb Spine LLC $30.24 2025 Capri Corpectomy Cage System
Intrinsic Therapeutics $24.10 2025 Barricaid Acd (Annular Closure Device)

Drugs and devices associated with these payments

Velys $3,582Icotec Blackarmor Spine System $3,287Other - Miscellaneous $3,084Conduit $3,016Viper $2,543Mazor X System $2,185Teligen $1,919Excelsius Gps $1,614Expedium Verse $1,454Kong-Tl Vbr, End Plate, Round, L and Screw, 12 X 43 Mm $816Vader Pedicle System 6.0, Screw, Carbon/Peek, Polyax., Fen., O 5.5 X 45 Mm $816Kong-Tl Vbr E, Expandable Body, L, 19 Mm X 27 - 37 Mm $816Kong-Tl Vbr, End Plate, Rectangular, M and Screw, 12 X 33 Mm $816Vader Pedicle System, Rod, Carbon/Peek, Curved, 6.0 R450 X 200 Mm $816Caliber $806Xlif $775Sable $548Cd Horizon Spinal System $448Unid_pass $432Excelsiusgps Robotic Navigation System $348Stealthstation S8 Platform $339Vivigen Mis Delivery System $333Spine & Trauma 3d Navigation $325Floseal $324I-Factor Peptide Enhanced Bone Graft $308Expedium $237Spine Truss System $223Lif $203Celleraterx $202Divergence-L Anterior/Oblique Lumbar Fusion System $194Pulse $174Endoskeleton Tl Nanolock Surface Technology $173Bonescalpel & Sonicone (O.R.) $150Vader Pedicle System $142Hedron $135Medtronic Reusable Instruments $128Exparel $125Spinal Implant $120Evenity $120Aprevo $113Capstone Ptc Spinal System $110Myspine $104Bonescalpel $101Clydesdale Ptc Spinal System $97.45Catalyft Pl Expandable Interbody System $75.67Fibergraft Bg Morsels $52.71O-Arm $48.90Barricaid Acd (Annular Closure Device) $48.20Invictus Mis $40.22Excelsius3d Imaging System $31.10Capri Corpectomy Cage System $30.24Versatie $26.11Acis $19.62Reline $19.17Midas Rex $18.65Biasurge $18.00Zevo Anterior Cervical Plate System $17.95Aquamantys(Tm) $14.79Plasmablade(Tm) $9.53

CMS records which products a payment was associated with, not how the money was allocated. Association is not allocation: one payment can be associated with several products, and a product listing does not mean the payment was made because of that product. Product detail covers 2023-2025.

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Payment summary

Shawn William Adams

$73,073.73

in general payments reported 2019-2025

Years
2021-2025
Top company
Medical Device Business Services, INC.
Context
The $27K reported for 2025 was more than what 91% of Neurological Surgery providers received nationally (typical 2025 total: $604).

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Source: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019-2025. Payments are legal and often routine.

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Source: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019-2025, as reported to CMS by drug and device makers (published June 30, 2026). Drug and device detail covers 2023-2025.