Christopher Shank, MD
Neurological Surgery · Fort Worth, TXNPI 1336582246
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 100.0% of the total across 52 separate payments, which is the pattern of a clinician who attends manufacturer presentations rather than one with a consulting arrangement. 16 manufacturers reported payments, led by Medtronic at 57.6% of the total. 2025 is the largest year on record at $622, 3.5 times the $176 reported in 2020. That places this record below the midpoint for neurological surgery clinicians in TX, where the typical reported total is $3,746.
Across 52 payments — averaging $45.20 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Medtronic$1K
- GT Medical Technologies, Inc$252
- Icotec Medical Inc.$163
- Highridge Medical LLC$144
- Carbofix Spine Inc$142
- Si-bone, Inc.$57
- plus $240 from 10 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$2,351100%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 30 | $1,353 |
| GT Medical Technologies, Inc | 2 | $252 |
| Icotec Medical Inc. | 1 | $163 |
| Highridge Medical LLC | 3 | $144 |
| Carbofix Spine Inc | 2 | $142 |
| Si-bone, Inc. | 4 | $57 |
| Integra Lifesciences Corporation | 1 | $41 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 1 | $35 |
| Medacta USA, Inc. | 1 | $25 |
| Stryker | 1 | $24 |
| Nevro Corp. | 1 | $24 |
| Baxter Healthcare | 1 | $23 |
| Convatec Inc. | 1 | $20 |
| Aesculap, Inc. | 1 | $17 |
| Inspiremd Ltd | 1 | $15 |
| Davol Inc. | 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.
How this compares
$2,351 in reported general payments places this provider in the 40th percentile of 582 neurological surgery providers in Texas.
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 Fort Worth
- Gregory SmithFort Worth$206K
- Grant BooherFort Worth$167K
- Brent AlfordFort Worth$143K
- Koijan KainthThe Woodlands$1.3M
- Luis DuarteSan Angelo$1.2M
- Douglas FoxAustin$948K
- Richard MeyratDallas$883K
- Adam LewisCorpus Christi$792K
- Arnold VardimanSan Antonio$687K
- Andrew RoeserHouston$660K
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.