Donald Whiting, MD
Neurological Surgery · Washington, PANPI 1194710608
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Medtronic accounts for 60.9% of it on its own, with 7 other manufacturers making up the rest. 2025 is the largest year on record at $2,146, 6.6 times the $327 reported in 2019. That places this record below the midpoint for neurological surgery clinicians in PA, where the typical reported total is $3,234.
Across 28 payments — averaging $114.25 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Medtronic$2K
- Boston Scientific$406
- Stryker$372
- Retropsoas Technologies, LLC$215
- Carl Zeiss Meditec, Inc.$183
- Johnson & Johnson$27
- plus $46 from 2 others
Across 122 payments — averaging $3646.00 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.
- Premia Spine, Ltd.$234K
- Boston Scientific$166K
- Functional Neuromodulation Inc$32K
- Medtronic$13K
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$1,59450%
- Food & beverage$1,60550%
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) | 15 | $1,949 |
| Boston Scientific | 3 | $406 |
| Stryker | 5 | $372 |
| Retropsoas Technologies, LLC | 1 | $215 |
| Carl Zeiss Meditec, Inc. | 1 | $183 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 1 | $27 |
| Surgalign Spine Technologies, Inc. | 1 | $26 |
| Integra Lifesciences Corporation | 1 | $20 |
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.
- MAZOR X SYSTEM$1,470
- GENERAL DBS$254
- KINEVO$183
- SPINEMAP$165
- GENERAL PAIN MANAGEMENT$153
- UNID_PASS$118
- CD HORIZON$112
How this compares
$3,199 in reported general payments places this provider in the 45th percentile of 390 neurological surgery providers in Pennsylvania.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Mupirocin | 11 | $40 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other neurological surgery in Washington
- Nestor TomyczWashington$64K
- Amer SamdaniPhiladelphia$4.4M
- Steven FalowskiFountain Hill$3M
- Adam KanterPittsburgh$2.6M
- David OkonkwoPittsburgh$2.3M
- Brian JankowitzPhiladelphia$823K
- Gaurav JainWynnewood$599K
- Joshua HellerPhiladelphia$519K
- Srinivas PrasadPhiladelphia$513K
- Constantinos HadjipanayisPittsburgh$484K
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.