Bruce Frankel, MD
Neurological Surgery · Springfield, ILNPI 1831136605
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by royalties or licence payments: $1,239,744 of the $1,267,712 with a category attached, or 97.8%. Orthofix Medical, Inc. accounts for 95.6% of it on its own, with 8 other manufacturers making up the rest. Among neurological surgery clinicians in IL 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 109 payments — averaging $11,630 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Orthofix Medical, Inc.$1.2M
- Stryker$31K
- Joimax, Inc.$16K
- Integrity Implants Inc.$8K
- Medtronic$2K
- NICO Corporation$305
- plus $307 from 3 others
What the payments were for
- Royalty or licence$1,239,74498%
- Consulting fees$10,1001%
- Speaking & faculty fees$3,5500%
- Travel & lodging$10,9281%
- Food & beverage$3,2440%
- Entertainment$1470%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Orthofix Medical, Inc. | 33 | $1,211,304 |
| Stryker | 34 | $30,785 |
| Joimax, Inc. | 8 | $15,797 |
| Integrity Implants Inc. | 15 | $7,579 |
| Medtronic | 14 | $1,636 |
| NICO Corporation | 1 | $305 |
| Fujifilm Healthcare Americas Corporation | 1 | $157 |
| Spineart USA Inc | 2 | $101 |
| Kuros Biosciences USA, Inc | 1 | $49 |
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.
- Phoenix CDX$427,431
- PHOENIX Minimally Invasive Spinal Fixation System$427,431
- PHOENIX$326,275
- NAVIGATED INSTRUMENTS;PHOENIX SFS$305,241
- Physio-Stim$152,221
- EVEREST SPINAL SYSTEM$17,586
- EVEREST$12,195
- FlareHawk$7,485
- MAZOR X SYSTEM$1,368
- NICO AUTOMATED PRESERVATION SYSTEM$305
- NICO BRAINPATH$305
- NICO MENIGLIDE$305
- NICO SECUREHOLD$305
- NICO FLUID SYSTEM$305
- OZARK CERVICAL PLATE SYSTEM$169
- ARIETTA PRECISION$157
- CASCADIA INTERBODY SYSTEM$145
- CAPRI CORPECTOMY CAGE SYSTEM$115
- N/A$113
How this compares
$1,267,712 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 302 neurological surgery providers in Illinois.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 16 | $168 |
| Methocarbamol | 13 | $127 |
| Methylprednisolone | 16 | $58 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other neurological surgery in Springfield
- Tyler KoskiChicago$2.3M
- Vincent TraynelisChicago$1.8M
- Sergey NeckryshChicago$1.6M
- Russell NockelsArlington Heights$1.4M
- Richard FesslerChicago$910K
- Julian BailesEvanston$666K
- John OtooleChicago$593K
- Patrick SugruePark Ridge$571K
- Melissa MaciasRockford$529K
- Fady CharbelChicago$507K
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.