Adewale Bakare
Neurological Surgery · Saint Louis, MONPI 1679065569
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by grants: $70,000 of the $81,237 with a category attached, or 86.2%. Medtronic accounts for 89.9% of it on its own, with 21 other manufacturers making up the rest. 2025 is the largest year on record at $75,412, more than ten times the $374 reported in 2019. Among neurological surgery clinicians in MO 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 85 payments — averaging $955.73 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Medtronic$73K
- Icotec Medical Inc.$1K
- Synthes GmbH$1K
- Alphatec Spine, Inc$1K
- Globus Medical$902
- Johnson & Johnson$675
- plus $3K from 16 others
What the payments were for
- Grants$70,00086%
- Travel & lodging$4,9506%
- Food & beverage$6,2878%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 25 | $72,996 |
| Icotec Medical Inc. | 8 | $1,205 |
| Synthes GmbH | 2 | $1,195 |
| Alphatec Spine, Inc | 4 | $1,031 |
| Globus Medical(2 entities) | 7 | $902 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 7 | $675 |
| Si-bone, Inc. | 4 | $484 |
| Arthrex | 2 | $420 |
| Smaio USA Corporation | 2 | $416 |
| Integra Lifesciences Corporation | 4 | $257 |
| Kuros Biosciences USA, Inc | 3 | $230 |
| GT Medical Technologies, Inc | 2 | $223 |
| Augmedics Inc. | 2 | $214 |
| Orthofix Medical, Inc. | 2 | $212 |
| Stryker | 3 | $182 |
| Boston Scientific | 2 | $167 |
| Qapel Medical Inc | 1 | $142 |
| Spinal Elements, Inc. | 1 | $131 |
| Zimmer Biomet | 1 | $107 |
| Spineology Inc. | 1 | $17 |
| Monteris Medical Corporation | 1 | $16 |
| Livanova USA, Inc. | 1 | $15 |
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.
- UNID_PASS$70,277
- CD HORIZON$1,111
- Other - Miscellaneous$944
- VADER PEDICLE SYSTEM 6.0, SCREW, Carbon/PEEK, POLYAX., FEN., O 5.5 X 45 MM$899
- VADER PEDICLE SYSTEM, ROD, Carbon/PEEK, CURVED, 6.0 R450 X 200 MM$899
- KONG-TL VBR E, EXPANDABLE BODY, L, 19 MM X 27 - 37 MM$899
- KONG-TL VBR, END PLATE, ROUND, L AND SCREW, 12 X 43 MM$899
- KONG-TL VBR, END PLATE, RECTANGULAR, M AND SCREW, 12 X 33 MM$899
- Xvision$760
- iFuse Implant$425
- ELSA$347
- Teligen$273
- Medical Devices$262
- INTELLIS ADAPTIVESTIM$250
- PCM$180
- MLX$180
- GammaTile$170
- M6-C$167
- icotec BlackArmor Spine System$155
- FIBERGRAFT Aeridyan Matrix$141
How this compares
$81,237 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 172 neurological surgery providers in Missouri.
Other neurological surgery in Saint Louis
- Neill WrightSaint Louis$1.1M
- Wilson RaySaint Louis$586K
- Camilo MolinaSaint Louis$412K
- Paul SantiagoSaint Louis$368K
- Daniel ScodarySaint Louis$278K
- Daniel HafezSaint Louis$273K
- John OgunladeSaint Louis$220K
- Joshua OsbunSaint Louis$98K
- Eric LeuthardtSaint Louis$78K
- Nitin AgarwalSaint Louis$68K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.