Bradley Schwack, MD
Surgery · Louisville, KYNPI 1457517740
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — education (34.1%), speaking fees and food and beverage — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 21 manufacturers reported payments, led by Intuitive Surgical at 45.9% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2023 at $8,266 and has fallen 98.2% since, to $148 in 2025. Among surgery clinicians in KY 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 136 payments — averaging $133.84 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Intuitive Surgical$8K
- Intra-sana Laboratories$7K
- Reshape Lifesciences Inc.$835
- Novo Nordisk$570
- Johnson & Johnson$443
- W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc.$223
- plus $678 from 15 others
What the payments were for
- Speaking & faculty fees$5,50030%
- Travel & lodging$1,2707%
- Food & beverage$5,10928%
- Education$6,20634%
- Entertainment$1181%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Intuitive Surgical | 28 | $8,354 |
| Intra-sana Laboratories | 28 | $7,099 |
| Reshape Lifesciences Inc. | 9 | $835 |
| Novo Nordisk | 36 | $570 |
| Johnson & Johnson(2 entities) | 7 | $443 |
| W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc. | 3 | $223 |
| Medtronic | 2 | $160 |
| Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 5 | $92 |
| BD | 2 | $72 |
| Teleflex LLC | 2 | $54 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 2 | $50 |
| GSK | 3 | $50 |
| Levita Magnetics International Corp | 1 | $37 |
| Covidien LP | 1 | $27 |
| Endo Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 1 | $25 |
| AbbVie | 1 | $25 |
| Heron Therapeutics, Inc. | 1 | $21 |
| Amgen | 1 | $20 |
| Shire North American Group Inc | 1 | $18 |
| Currax Pharmaceuticals LLC | 1 | $14 |
| Nalpropion Pharmaceuticals LLC | 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.
- Reltone 200 Mg$6,828
- Reltone 400 Mg$6,828
- GLYCATE$6,350
- DAVINCI XI$6,000
- Da Vinci Surgical System$1,995
- ECHELON FLEX Stapler$238
- Signia$133
- SEAMGUARD Bioabsorbable Staple Line Reinforcement$131
How this compares
$18,202 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 377 surgery providers in Kentucky.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Omeprazole | 19 | $118 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other surgery in Louisville
- John OldhamLouisville$515K
- Frank MillerLouisville$119K
- Jared DavisLouisville$89K
- Timothy DawsonLouisville$63K
- Gary VitaleLouisville$63K
- John OlsofkaLouisville$42K
- Keith MillerLouisville$38K
- Gerald CheadleLouisville$22K
- Farid KehdyLouisville$22K
- George MarshallLouisville$19K
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.