Christopher Seward, MD
Neurological Surgery · Seattle, WANPI 1457612194
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by food and beverage: $3,820 of the $4,720 with a category attached, or 80.9%. 19 manufacturers reported payments, led by Stryker at 45.7% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2020 at $1,942 and has fallen 96.2% since, to $73 in 2025.
Across 73 payments — averaging $64.66 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Stryker$2K
- Penumbra, Inc.$1K
- Monteris Medical Corporation$329
- Aesculap Implant Systems, LLC$174
- Providence Medical Technology, Inc.$124
- Livanova USA, Inc.$113
- plus $615 from 13 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$90119%
- Food & beverage$3,82081%
Most of this is food and beverage — typically meals provided during product presentations at a clinic or hospital. Nationally that is the single largest category of reported payments by count.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Stryker | 28 | $2,155 |
| Penumbra, Inc. | 8 | $1,210 |
| Monteris Medical Corporation | 5 | $329 |
| Aesculap Implant Systems, LLC | 3 | $174 |
| Providence Medical Technology, Inc. | 4 | $124 |
| Livanova USA, Inc. | 2 | $113 |
| Aegis Spine, Inc. | 1 | $108 |
| Boston Scientific | 5 | $103 |
| Medtronic | 4 | $97 |
| Nexxt Spine LLC | 3 | $68 |
| Globus Medical | 1 | $48 |
| Arbor Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 2 | $39 |
| Omniscient Neurotechnology America Ltd | 1 | $31 |
| Elevation Spine, Inc. | 1 | $26 |
| CSL Behring | 1 | $22 |
| Life Spine, Inc. | 1 | $22 |
| Radius Health, Inc. | 1 | $19 |
| Ceribell, Inc. | 1 | $16 |
| Kls-martin L.p. | 1 | $15 |
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.
- Penumbra System$1,098
- Neuroblate$209
- SURPASS EVOLVE$162
- YUKON OCT SPINAL SYSTEM$150
- TRITANIUM$149
- CHESAPEAKE$142
- CASCADIA INTERBODY SYSTEM$141
- ACTIVL$140
- EVEREST SPINAL SYSTEM$134
- TUMOR/TRAMA$128
- SPINE PRODUCT$108
- CAPRI$102
How this compares
$4,720 in reported general payments places this provider in the 65th percentile of 175 neurological surgery providers in Washington.
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.
Other neurological surgery in Seattle
- Rod OskouianSeattle$2.4M
- Christoph HofstetterSeattle$768K
- Stephen MonteithSeattle$151K
- Jean-Christophe LevequeSeattle$120K
- Vijay YanamadalaSeattle$85K
- Hoan Vu TranSeattle$78K
- Martin RutkowskiSeattle$62K
- Bailey ZampellaSeattle$38K
- Melanie WalkerSeattle$38K
- Elias EliasSeattle$35K
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.