Ammar Hawasli, MD
Neurological Surgery · North Kansas City, MONPI 1750519112
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — consulting fees (38.9%), food and beverage and travel and lodging — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 15 manufacturers reported payments, led by Medical Device Business Services, Inc. at 46.8% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $7,630 and has fallen 90.1% since, to $756 in 2025.
Across 57 payments — averaging $182.96 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Medical Device Business Services, Inc.$5K
- Cerapedics Inc.$2K
- Medtronic$1K
- Globus Medical$1K
- Highridge Medical LLC$314
- Stryker$234
- plus $752 from 9 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$4,05239%
- Speaking & faculty fees$1,50014%
- Travel & lodging$1,85918%
- Food & beverage$3,01729%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Medical Device Business Services, Inc. | 11 | $4,877 |
| Cerapedics Inc. | 3 | $1,664 |
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 13 | $1,336 |
| Globus Medical(2 entities) | 10 | $1,251 |
| Highridge Medical LLC | 3 | $314 |
| Stryker | 6 | $234 |
| Nevro Corp. | 2 | $194 |
| Integra Lifesciences Corporation | 2 | $138 |
| Acclarent, Inc | 1 | $134 |
| Centinel Spine, LLC | 1 | $76 |
| Biocomposites Inc | 1 | $64 |
| Alphatec Spine, Inc | 1 | $60 |
| GT Medical Technologies, Inc | 1 | $40 |
| VB Spine LLC | 1 | $32 |
| Orthofix Medical, Inc. | 1 | $14 |
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.
- SYMPHONY$4,690
- ACIS$4,052
- SYNAPSE$4,052
- MOUNTAINEER$4,052
- i-FACTOR Putty$1,500
- Excelsius - GPS$743
- INTELLIS ADAPTIVESTIM$484
- MazorX - Renaissance$340
- Virage$220
- PIVOX Oblique Lateral Spinal System$169
- Sable$144
- VECTRIS$140
- Acclarent Aera$134
- Acclarent Navwire$134
- ACCLARENT Balloon Inflation Device$134
- Omnia$123
- Hedron$107
- CASCADIA INTERBODY SYSTEM$102
How this compares
$10,429 in reported general payments places this provider in the 70th percentile of 172 neurological surgery providers in Missouri.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Tizanidine Hcl | 238 | $3,555 |
| Gabapentin | 198 | $2,464 |
| Oxycodone Hcl | 163 | $961 |
| Celecoxib | 50 | $927 |
| Meloxicam | 250 | $690 |
| Pregabalin | 55 | $594 |
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 48 | $500 |
| Methocarbamol | 31 | $450 |
| Cyclobenzaprine Hcl | 35 | $379 |
| Methylprednisolone | 31 | $201 |
| Baclofen | 16 | $175 |
| Tramadol Hcl | 26 | $90 |
| Lorazepam | 13 | $6 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other neurological surgery in North Kansas City
- Stephen ReintjesNorth Kansas City$49K
- Rohit KesarwaniNorth Kansas City$17K
- Neill WrightSaint Louis$1.1M
- Wilson RaySaint Louis$586K
- Carlos BagleyKansas City$532K
- Kaywan GamadiaCape Girardeau$458K
- Camilo MolinaSaint Louis$412K
- Paul SantiagoSaint Louis$368K
- Daniel ScodarySaint Louis$278K
- Daniel HafezSaint Louis$273K
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.