Gene Barnett, MD
Neurological Surgery · Cleveland, OHNPI 1053387647
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by consulting fees: $119,975 of the $135,128 with a category attached, or 88.8%. Monteris Medical Corporation accounts for 95.1% of it on its own, with 8 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $65,634 and has fallen 85.5% since, to $9,542 in 2025. Among neurological surgery clinicians in OH 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 95 payments — averaging $1422.40 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Monteris Medical Corporation$128K
- Zap Surgical Systems, Inc.$5K
- Elekta, Inc.$2K
- GT Medical Technologies, Inc$110
- Siemens Medical Solutions USA, Inc.$95
- Varian Medical Systems, Inc.$74
- plus $131 from 3 others
Across 12 payments — averaging $4041.67 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.
- Carl Zeiss Meditec, Inc.$33K
- Monteris Medical Corporation$16K
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$119,97589%
- Travel & lodging$12,89810%
- Food & beverage$2,2552%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Monteris Medical Corporation | 80 | $128,477 |
| Zap Surgical Systems, Inc. | 6 | $4,697 |
| Elekta, Inc. | 2 | $1,544 |
| GT Medical Technologies, Inc | 2 | $110 |
| Siemens Medical Solutions USA, Inc. | 1 | $95 |
| Varian Medical Systems, Inc. | 1 | $74 |
| Elekta Instrument AB | 1 | $63 |
| AbbVie | 1 | $52 |
| TMS Neurohealth Centers Inc. | 1 | $17 |
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.
- Neuroblate$126,892
- ZAP-X MV IMAGER$4,659
- ZAP-X TREATMENT PLANNING SOFTWARE$4,659
- ZAP-X TREATMENT DELIVERY SOFTWARE$4,659
- ZAP-X RADIOSURGERY SYSTEM$4,659
- LEKSELL GAMMA KNIFE ICON$1,500
- LEKSELL GAMMA KNIFE PERFEXION$1,500
- LEKSELL GAMMAPLAN$1,500
- Leksell Stereotactic System$1,500
- LEKSELL VANTAGE STEREOTACTIC SYSTEM$1,500
How this compares
$135,128 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 301 neurological surgery providers in Ohio.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Dexamethasone | 18 | $301 |
| Levetiracetam | 11 | $259 |
| Gabapentin | 19 | $131 |
| Famotidine | 14 | $53 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other neurological surgery in Cleveland
- Abdi MohitCleveland$884K
- Mark BainCleveland$242K
- Pablo RecinosCleveland$211K
- Michael SteinmetzCleveland$168K
- Josue Avecillas ChasinCleveland$144K
- Prakash KotagalCleveland$82K
- Ajit KrishnaneyCleveland$76K
- Gabriel SmithCleveland$72K
- Peter RasmussenCleveland$58K
- Tiffany HodgesCleveland$42K
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.