RxDoctor Payments Data

Craig Vanhorne

Neurological Surgery · Lexington, KYNPI 1780672816

Payments from drug & device makers

What this record shows

The money is spread across several categories — speaking fees (49.9%), consulting fees and travel and lodging — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. Boston Scientific accounts for 89.7% of it on its own, with 5 other manufacturers making up the rest. Among neurological surgery clinicians in KY 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.

$63,613in general payments, 2019–2025

Across 96 payments — averaging $662.64 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.

  • Boston Scientific$57K
  • Clearpoint Neuro, Inc.$4K
  • Brainlab, Inc.$3K
  • Medtronic$203
  • Stryker$174
  • Johnson & Johnson$24
$56,224in research payments, 2019–2025

Across 3 payments — averaging $18,741 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.

  • Sunovion Pharmaceuticals Inc.$52K
  • Medtronic$5K

What the payments were for

  • Consulting fees$20,25032%
  • Speaking & faculty fees$31,75050%
  • Travel & lodging$7,72912%
  • Food & beverage$3,8846%

General payments by program year

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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.

CompanyPaymentsTotal
Boston Scientific72$57,055
Clearpoint Neuro, Inc.14$3,587
Brainlab, Inc.5$2,570
Medtronic3$203
Stryker1$174
Johnson & Johnson1$24

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

$63,613 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 99 neurological surgery providers in Kentucky.

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Medicare billing

Part B allowed, 2024
$25,690
Medicare patients
27
Services billed
40

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.

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