Jason Schwalb, MD
Neurological Surgery · Detroit, MINPI 1366497950
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — travel and lodging (53.1%), food and beverage and grants — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 12 manufacturers reported payments, led by Insightec,inc at 50.8% of the total. 2025 is the largest year on record at $4,762, 3.2 times the $1,497 reported in 2019.
Across 85 payments — averaging $126.10 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Insightec,inc$5K
- Medtronic$2K
- Neuropace, Inc.$994
- Boston Scientific$686
- Livanova USA, Inc.$482
- Abbott$368
- plus $476 from 6 others
Across 34 payments — averaging $3140.96 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.
- Medtronic$94K
- Nevro Corp.$12K
- Saluda Medical Americas, Inc.$128
What the payments were for
- Grants$3563%
- Travel & lodging$5,68853%
- Food & beverage$4,67344%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Insightec,inc | 23 | $5,444 |
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 24 | $2,269 |
| Neuropace, Inc. | 4 | $994 |
| Boston Scientific | 9 | $686 |
| Livanova USA, Inc. | 11 | $482 |
| Abbott | 7 | $368 |
| FHC, Inc. | 1 | $166 |
| Nalu Medical, Inc. | 1 | $106 |
| SK Life Science, Inc. | 1 | $97 |
| Aesculap, Inc. | 2 | $58 |
| Nevro Corp. | 1 | $32 |
| Stimwave Technologies Incorporated | 1 | $18 |
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.
- Exablate$4,717
- ACTIVA$1,051
- RNS Neurostimulator Kit$908
- VISUALASE$356
- GENERAL DBS$262
- PERCEPT PC BRAINSENSE$257
- SYNCHROMED$163
- PROCLAIM$144
- VNS Therapy$133
- SYNCHROMEDII$124
- Nalu Neurostimulation System$106
- GENERAL PAIN MANAGEMENT$103
How this compares
$10,718 in reported general payments places this provider in the 70th percentile of 256 neurological surgery providers in Michigan.
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 Detroit
- Azam BasheerDetroit$405K
- Sonia EdenDetroit$329K
- Victor ChangDetroit$206K
- Mokbel ChedidDetroit$70K
- Marc MoisiDetroit$64K
- Ian LeeDetroit$44K
- Efstathios KondylisDetroit$31K
- Ellen AirDetroit$22K
- Frank LamarcaAnn Arbor$4.8M
- Justin SingerGrand Rapids$944K
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.