Howard Lantner, MD
Neurosurgery · Hartford, CTNPI 1730127382
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by royalties or licence payments: $145,451 of the $150,642 with a category attached, or 96.6%. Globus Medical accounts for 96.6% of it on its own, with 7 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $48,236 and has fallen 96.4% since, to $1,748 in 2025.
Across 50 payments — averaging $3012.83 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Globus Medical$145K
- Stryker$3K
- 4web, Inc.$1K
- Johnson & Johnson$506
- Cerapedics Inc.$350
- Zimvie Inc.$33
- plus $45 from 2 others
Across 3 payments — averaging $30,448 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.
- Cerapedics Inc.$91K
What the payments were for
- Royalty or licence$145,45197%
- Consulting fees$1,0001%
- Travel & lodging$2,4032%
- Food & beverage$1,7881%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Globus Medical | 15 | $145,451 |
| Stryker | 19 | $3,257 |
| 4web, Inc. | 1 | $1,000 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 10 | $506 |
| Cerapedics Inc. | 2 | $350 |
| Zimvie Inc. | 1 | $33 |
| Pacira Pharmaceuticals Incorporated | 1 | $25 |
| Kowa Pharmaceuticals America, Inc. | 1 | $20 |
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.
- CALIBER$145,437
- MAKO$1,352
- EVEREST SPINAL SYSTEM$1,157
- SPINE TRUSS SYSTEM$1,000
- I-FACTOR PEPTIDE ENHANCED BONE GRAFT$350
- N/A$278
- ARCH$123
- ALEUTIAN INTERBODY SYSTEMS$122
- CAPRI CORPECTOMY CAGE SYSTEM$109
How this compares
Too few neurosurgery providers in Connecticutto place this figure against a meaningful peer group, so we don't.
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 neurosurgery in Hartford
- Stephen CalderonHartford$3K
- Jung ParkNew Haven$0
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.