Andrew Grossbach, MD
Neurological Surgery · Columbus, OHNPI 1033439047
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — speaking fees (37.8%), consulting fees and travel and lodging — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. Medtronic accounts for 75.5% of it on its own, with 19 other manufacturers making up the rest. 2025 is the largest year on record at $55,940, 7.9 times the $7,076 reported in 2019. Among neurological surgery clinicians in OH with any reported payments, this total sits in the top 5% — high for the specialty, which is a reason to read the composition above rather than the number alone.
Across 597 payments — averaging $356.67 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Medtronic$161K
- Kuros Biosciences USA, Inc$16K
- Depuy Synthes Products, Inc.$9K
- KCI USA, Inc.$8K
- Johnson & Johnson$7K
- Medical Device Business Services, Inc.$5K
- plus $7K from 14 others
Across 57 payments — averaging $10,544 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.
- Medtronic$286K
- Medical Device Business Services, Inc.$277K
- KCI USA, Inc.$29K
- Tyber Medical, LLC$8K
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$76,48236%
- Speaking & faculty fees$80,58338%
- Travel & lodging$34,07116%
- Food & beverage$21,78610%
- Entertainment$70%
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) | 463 | $160,844 |
| Kuros Biosciences USA, Inc | 13 | $16,224 |
| Depuy Synthes Products, Inc. | 12 | $9,426 |
| KCI USA, Inc. | 9 | $7,583 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 8 | $7,042 |
| Medical Device Business Services, Inc. | 21 | $5,076 |
| Globus Medical(2 entities) | 41 | $3,072 |
| Solventum Corporation | 2 | $1,406 |
| Alphatec Spine, Inc | 10 | $649 |
| Arteriocyte Medical Systems, Inc. | 3 | $422 |
| Orthofix Medical, Inc. | 3 | $371 |
| Spinal Elements, Inc. | 3 | $254 |
| Augmedics Inc. | 1 | $128 |
| Cerapedics Inc. | 1 | $85 |
| Penumbra, Inc. | 1 | $79 |
| Stryker | 1 | $76 |
| Clearpoint Neuro, Inc. | 1 | $68 |
| Aesculap, Inc. | 2 | $63 |
| Intrinsic Therapeutics | 1 | $53 |
| Ulrich Medical USA, Inc. | 1 | $7 |
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.
- MAZOR X SYSTEM$50,206
- UNID_PASS$36,170
- SYNAPSE$16,837
- MagnetOs$16,034
- INFINITY OCCIPITOCERVICAL UPPER THORACIC SYSTEM$14,192
- ENDOSKELETON TC NANOLOCK SURFACE TECHNOLOGY$13,669
- Mazor X Stealth Edition$12,634
- PREVENA$7,269
- PREVENA RESTOR ARTHO-FORM$5,250
- PREVENA RESTOR AXIO-FORM$5,250
- PIVOX Oblique Lateral Spinal System$2,834
- VIPER$2,091
- STEALTHSTATION S8 PLATFORM$1,849
- BRAINLAB$1,702
- MazorX - Renaissance$1,432
- 3M Ioban$1,406
- Velys$1,168
- ANATOMIC PEEK PTC CERVICAL FUSION SYSTEM$1,080
- PRESTIGE LP CERVICAL DISC SYSTEM$1,080
- Excelsius - GPS$983
How this compares
$212,930 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 301 neurological surgery providers in Ohio.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Gabapentin | 72 | $972 |
| Pregabalin | 37 | $771 |
| Meloxicam | 30 | $66 |
| Tramadol Hcl | 12 | $43 |
| Oxycodone Hcl | 13 | $41 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other neurological surgery in Columbus
- Christian BonassoColumbus$656K
- Russell LonserColumbus$419K
- Chris KarasColumbus$339K
- David XuColumbus$263K
- Stephanus ViljoenColumbus$115K
- Patrick YoussefColumbus$96K
- Daniel PrevedelloColumbus$93K
- Shahid NimjeeColumbus$81K
- Vikram ChakravarthyColumbus$77K
- Taylor SommerColumbus$56K
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.