Eric Potts, MD
Neurological Surgery · Carmel, INNPI 1265424543
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by royalties or licence payments: $330,819 of the $345,303 with a category attached, or 95.8%. Medtronic accounts for 99.9% of it on its own, with 7 other manufacturers making up the rest. Among neurological surgery clinicians in IN with any reported payments, this total sits in the top 5% — high for the specialty, which is a reason to read the composition above rather than the number alone.
Across 105 payments — averaging $3288.60 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Medtronic$345K
- Stryker$160
- Kuros Biosciences USA, Inc$89
- Johnson & Johnson$30
- Zimmer Biomet$23
- Vertex$22
- plus $33 from 2 others
Across 36 payments — averaging $20,443 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.
- Medtronic$609K
- Premia Spine, Ltd.$127K
What the payments were for
- Royalty or licence$330,81996%
- Consulting fees$12,7634%
- Food & beverage$1,7020%
- Education$200%
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) | 86 | $344,947 |
| Stryker | 13 | $160 |
| Kuros Biosciences USA, Inc | 1 | $89 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 1 | $30 |
| Zimmer Biomet | 1 | $23 |
| Vertex | 1 | $22 |
| CSL Behring | 1 | $20 |
| Centinel Spine, LLC | 1 | $13 |
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.
- VERTE-STACK$48,303
- T2 STRATOSPHERE EXPANDABLE CORPECTOMY SYSTEM$43,015
- VERTE-STACK SPINAL SYSTEM$10,936
- CD HORIZON SPINAL SYSTEM$3,850
- T2 STRATOSPHERE$1,100
- MIDAS REX$890
- O-ARM-ST$825
- StealthStation$288
- MAZOR X SYSTEM$148
- STEALTH AUTOGUIDE SYSTEM$131
How this compares
$345,303 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 112 neurological surgery providers in Indiana.
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 Carmel
- Jean-Pierre MobasserCarmel$3.5M
- Troy PaynerCarmel$803K
- Richard RodgersCarmel$45K
- Shahjehan AhmadCarmel$15K
- John DepowellCarmel$15K
- Charles KulwinCarmel$10K
- Daniel KimCarmel$7K
- Kenneth RenkensCarmel$7K
- Saad KhairiCarmel$6K
- Michael TurnerIndianapolis$522K
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.