Brian Dalm, MD
Neurological Surgery · Columbus, OHNPI 1568699551
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — consulting fees (36.3%), food and beverage and speaking fees — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 13 manufacturers reported payments, led by Medtronic at 34.3% of the total. 2025 is the largest year on record at $17,331, 5.0 times the $3,480 reported in 2019.
Across 276 payments — averaging $157.32 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Medtronic$15K
- Abbott$11K
- Siemens Medical Solutions USA, Inc.$9K
- Clearpoint Neuro, Inc.$2K
- Surgical Information Sciences, Inc.$2K
- Boston Scientific$1K
- plus $3K from 7 others
Across 111 payments — averaging $3450.64 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.
- Insightec,ltd$154K
- Boston Scientific$147K
- Abbott$71K
- Medtronic$11K
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$15,77636%
- Speaking & faculty fees$8,77520%
- Travel & lodging$8,71920%
- Food & beverage$10,14923%
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) | 159 | $14,890 |
| Abbott | 30 | $10,569 |
| Siemens Medical Solutions USA, Inc. | 7 | $9,036 |
| Clearpoint Neuro, Inc. | 14 | $2,420 |
| Surgical Information Sciences, Inc. | 2 | $2,250 |
| Boston Scientific | 50 | $1,457 |
| Biogen | 1 | $1,226 |
| Biotronik NRO, Inc. | 5 | $1,217 |
| Nevro Corp. | 4 | $222 |
| KCI USA, Inc. | 1 | $53 |
| MML US, Inc. | 1 | $50 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 1 | $21 |
| Elutia, 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.
- INFINITY$9,707
- INTELLIS ADAPTIVESTIM$6,189
- KYPHON EXPRESS II KYPHOPAK TRAY$2,700
- CLEARPOINT$2,009
- SIS System$1,750
- Prospera$1,217
- O-ARM-ST$924
- SenSight$176
- Varian Treatment$176
- NAVLOCK$175
- Axium INS DRG IPG$160
- MAZOR X SYSTEM$150
- Omnia$144
- SYNCHROMED$136
- INTELLIS$133
- STEALTHSTATION S8 PLATFORM$131
- Neuromodulation Dspsbls and Accs$130
- ACTIVA$128
- ETERNA$125
- SYNCHROMEDII$118
How this compares
$43,419 in reported general payments places this provider in the 85th 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Doxycycline Hyclate | 60 | $209 |
| Oxycodone-AcetaminophenOxycodone Hcl/Acetaminophen | 43 | $179 |
| Tramadol Hcl | 13 | $20 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other neurological surgery in Columbus
- Christian BonassoColumbus$656K
- Russell LonserColumbus$419K
- Chris KarasColumbus$339K
- David XuColumbus$263K
- Andrew GrossbachColumbus$213K
- Stephanus ViljoenColumbus$115K
- Patrick YoussefColumbus$96K
- Daniel PrevedelloColumbus$93K
- Shahid NimjeeColumbus$81K
- Vikram ChakravarthyColumbus$77K
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.