Gary Steinberg, MD
Neurological Surgery · Palo Alto, CANPI 1013074277
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by consulting fees: $210,625 of the $277,874 with a category attached, or 75.8%. 6 manufacturers reported payments, led by Surgical Theater. Inc. at 51.7% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2021 at $102,547 and has fallen 91.4% since, to $8,823 in 2025. Among neurological surgery clinicians in CA 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.
Across 36 payments — averaging $7718.71 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Surgical Theater. Inc.$144K
- Carl Zeiss Meditec, Inc.$52K
- Medtronic$43K
- Carl Zeiss Meditec USA, Inc.$38K
- Medical Device Business Services, Inc.$1K
- Johnson & Johnson$30
Across 10 payments — averaging $20,860 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.$209K
What the payments were for
- Royalty or licence$29,47611%
- Consulting fees$210,62576%
- Speaking & faculty fees$15,1255%
- Travel & lodging$8090%
- Food & beverage$7420%
- Other$21,0978%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Surgical Theater. Inc. | 8 | $143,625 |
| Carl Zeiss Meditec, Inc. | 7 | $52,125 |
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 4 | $43,301 |
| Carl Zeiss Meditec USA, Inc. | 6 | $37,500 |
| Medical Device Business Services, Inc. | 10 | $1,292 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 1 | $30 |
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.
- KINEVO$39,750
- INFRARED 800$17,250
- INFRARED 800 with Flow 800 Option$15,000
- INTRABEAM$1,125
- AQUAMANTYS$153
How this compares
$277,874 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 773 neurological surgery providers in California.
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 Palo Alto
- Anand VeeravaguPalo Alto$1.2M
- Atman DesaiPalo Alto$305K
- Christopher AmesSan Francisco$7.1M
- Larry KhooLos Angeles$2.8M
- Samy AbdouSan Diego$2.4M
- Bret AbshireMurrieta$2.3M
- William TaylorSan Diego$2.1M
- Tooraj GravoriEncino$2M
- Ali MesiwalaRancho Cucamonga$1.5M
- Joseph OsorioSan Diego$1.3M
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.