Claudio Tatsui, MD
Neurological Surgery · Houston, TXNPI 1013178425
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by consulting fees: $68,164 of the $82,446 with a category attached, or 82.7%. 10 manufacturers reported payments, led by Icotec Medical Inc. at 51.3% of the total. Among neurological surgery clinicians in TX 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 132 payments — averaging $624.59 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Icotec Medical Inc.$42K
- Medical Device Business Services, Inc.$36K
- Medtronic$2K
- Novocure Inc.$661
- Stryker$576
- Kuros Biosciences USA, Inc$395
- plus $827 from 4 others
Across 18 payments — averaging $38,685 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.
- Icotec Medical Inc.$389K
- Medtronic$193K
- Novocure Inc.$112K
- GT Medical Technologies, Inc$2K
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$68,16483%
- Travel & lodging$8,21110%
- Food & beverage$6,0727%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Icotec Medical Inc. | 71 | $42,325 |
| Medical Device Business Services, Inc. | 25 | $35,762 |
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 16 | $1,902 |
| Novocure Inc. | 3 | $661 |
| Stryker | 7 | $576 |
| Kuros Biosciences USA, Inc | 2 | $395 |
| Sanara Medtech Inc. | 2 | $343 |
| Carbofix Spine Inc | 1 | $217 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 4 | $164 |
| Prosidyan, Inc | 1 | $103 |
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.
- VIPER$35,401
- CONCORDE$28,528
- ViviGen$27,499
- COUGAR$27,499
- VADER PEDICLE SYSTEM 6.0, SCREW, Carbon/PEEK, POLYAX., FEN., O 5.5 X 45 MM$18,572
- VADER PEDICLE SYSTEM, ROD, Carbon/PEEK, CURVED, 6.0 R450 X 200 MM$18,572
- KONG-TL VBR E, EXPANDABLE BODY, L, 19 MM X 27 - 37 MM$18,572
- KONG-TL VBR, END PLATE, ROUND, L AND SCREW, 12 X 43 MM$18,572
- KONG-TL VBR, END PLATE, RECTANGULAR, M AND SCREW, 12 X 33 MM$18,572
- icotec BlackArmor Spine System$16,860
- Spine & Trauma 3D Navigation$5,265
- CONDUIT$5,265
- KONG-TL VBR System$5,000
- KONG-C VBR System$5,000
- Vader one Pedicle System MIS$2,661
- VISUALASE$1,361
- icotec Cervical Cage$481
- icotec Interbody Cage System$481
- CellerateRx$343
- IVS - VERTEBRAL AUGMENTATION PRODUCTS$278
How this compares
$82,446 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th 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 Houston
- Andrew RoeserHouston$660K
- Paul HolmanHouston$516K
- Taylor GistHouston$447K
- Meng HuangHouston$324K
- Laurence RhinesHouston$322K
- Omar TanweerHouston$254K
- Jeremy WangHouston$231K
- Alexander RopperHouston$208K
- Fangyi ZhangHouston$192K
- Ashwin ViswanathanHouston$185K
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.