Erik Hauck, MD
Neurological Surgery · Durham, NCNPI 1952505521
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — consulting fees (40.0%), speaking fees and travel and lodging — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 13 manufacturers reported payments, led by Stryker at 32.2% of the total. 2025 is the largest year on record at $32,080, 8.3 times the $3,863 reported in 2019.
Across 346 payments — averaging $272.21 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Stryker$30K
- Penumbra, Inc.$19K
- Microvention, Inc.$18K
- Medical Device Business Services, Inc.$16K
- Scientia Vascular$6K
- Medtronic$2K
- plus $2K from 7 others
Across 30 payments — averaging $3988.01 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.
- Medical Device Business Services, Inc.$88K
- Microvention, Inc.$32K
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$37,65040%
- Speaking & faculty fees$21,86823%
- Travel & lodging$18,72020%
- Food & beverage$15,94717%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Stryker | 88 | $30,366 |
| Penumbra, Inc. | 94 | $19,014 |
| Microvention, Inc. | 54 | $18,075 |
| Medical Device Business Services, Inc. | 22 | $16,409 |
| Scientia Vascular | 4 | $5,675 |
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 33 | $2,201 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 28 | $1,432 |
| Imperative Care, Inc | 10 | $351 |
| Viz.ai, Inc. | 1 | $198 |
| Rapid Medical Ltd | 6 | $169 |
| Aesculap, Inc. | 3 | $161 |
| Qapel Medical Inc | 2 | $108 |
| Siemens Medical Solutions USA, Inc. | 1 | $27 |
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.
- WEB Aneurysm Embolization System$16,975
- EMBOGUARD$14,417
- SYNCHRO SELECT$11,668
- Smart Coil$9,878
- Penumbra System$6,627
- SURPASS EVOLVE$5,543
- CEREPAK UNIFORM$1,376
- TRUFILL$1,146
- AXS CATALYST 7$1,010
- TREVO$982
- PELVIS II$966
- Pipeline$919
- TARGET$850
- AXS VECTA 71$800
- WEB$654
- Colossus$589
- Socrates 38$589
- STENT$490
- EVOLVE$475
- Cerenovus Enterprise$269
How this compares
$94,185 in reported general payments places this provider in the 85th percentile of 196 neurological surgery providers in North Carolina.
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 Durham
- Robert IsaacsDurham$6.6M
- Christopher ShaffreyDurham$4.5M
- Khoi ThanDurham$192K
- Michael HaglundDurham$163K
- Timothy MillerDurham$102K
- Courtney GoodwinDurham$97K
- Shivanand LadDurham$91K
- Emad HasanDurham$79K
- Kristen JonesDurham$48K
- Domagoj CoricCharlotte$2.3M
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.