Erika Petersen, MD
Neurological Surgery · Little Rock, ARNPI 1780886192
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by consulting fees: $444,676 of the $663,082 with a category attached, or 67.1%. 14 manufacturers reported payments, led by Saluda Medical Americas, Inc. at 42.8% of the total. Among neurological surgery clinicians in AR 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 535 payments — averaging $1239.41 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Saluda Medical Americas, Inc.$284K
- Nevro Corp.$223K
- Medtronic$107K
- Abbott$19K
- Nalu Medical, Inc.$9K
- Biotronik NRO, Inc.$9K
- plus $13K from 8 others
Across 109 payments — averaging $11,849 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.
- Nevro Corp.$1.2M
- SPR Therapeutics, Inc$77K
- Nalu Medical, Inc.$19K
- Surgical Information Sciences, Inc.$13K
- Globus Medical$650
- Saluda Medical Americas, Inc.$183
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$444,67667%
- Speaking & faculty fees$153,56723%
- Travel & lodging$46,7027%
- Food & beverage$18,0013%
- Education$1370%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Saluda Medical Americas, Inc. | 157 | $284,085 |
| Nevro Corp. | 234 | $222,728 |
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 85 | $106,519 |
| Abbott | 22 | $18,661 |
| Nalu Medical, Inc. | 13 | $9,294 |
| Biotronik NRO, Inc. | 9 | $9,282 |
| Globus Medical | 6 | $7,266 |
| Biotronik Inc. | 1 | $2,450 |
| Vertos Medical, Inc. | 2 | $2,250 |
| Stimwave Technologies Incorporated | 1 | $180 |
| MML US, Inc. | 1 | $171 |
| Boston Scientific | 2 | $97 |
| Curonix LLC | 1 | $91 |
| Omniscient Neurotechnology America Ltd | 1 | $9 |
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.
- Evoke$175,299
- Omnia$122,522
- Evoke SCS$106,638
- Senza Spinal Cord Stimulation System$79,106
- Senza$25,182
- SYNCHROMEDII$20,590
- Neuromodulation Dspsbls and Accs$15,997
- ACTIVA$14,538
- SYNCHROMED$11,164
- Prospera$9,077
- Nalu Neurostimulation System$9,022
- PERCEPT PC BRAINSENSE$7,633
- INTELLIS ADAPTIVESTIM$3,480
- mild Device Kit$2,250
- RESTORE$2,030
- Percept$1,740
- IonicRF Generator$1,150
- Infinity DBS Pulse Generators$1,100
- Vanta$621
- Senza II$221
How this compares
$663,082 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 64 neurological surgery providers in Arkansas.
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 Little Rock
- John DayLittle Rock$44K
- Dominic MaggioLittle Rock$34K
- Viktoras PalysLittle Rock$14K
- Analiz RodriguezLittle Rock$13K
- Gautam GandhiLittle Rock$11K
- Blake PhillipsLittle Rock$10K
- Hector Soriano-BaronLittle Rock$10K
- Deanna Sasaki AdamsLittle Rock$7K
- Brad ThomasLittle Rock$3K
- Bryan LieberLittle Rock$3K
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.