John Hawkins, DO
Neurological Surgery · Lincoln, NENPI 1639585920
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by travel and lodging: $7,863 of the $12,265 with a category attached, or 64.1%. 14 manufacturers reported payments, led by Stryker at 26.1% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2024 at $4,547 and has fallen 55.7% since, to $2,014 in 2025.
Across 84 payments — averaging $146.01 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Stryker$3K
- Balt USA, LLC$3K
- Medtronic$2K
- Penumbra, Inc.$2K
- Medical Device Business Services, Inc.$703
- CTL Medical Corporation$311
- plus $884 from 8 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$7,86364%
- Food & beverage$3,69930%
- Education$7036%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Stryker | 24 | $3,200 |
| Balt USA, LLC | 15 | $2,629 |
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 19 | $2,390 |
| Penumbra, Inc. | 8 | $2,148 |
| Medical Device Business Services, Inc. | 5 | $703 |
| CTL Medical Corporation | 1 | $311 |
| Globus Medical | 2 | $297 |
| Imperative Care, Inc | 2 | $177 |
| Life Spine, Inc. | 1 | $148 |
| Route 92 Medical, Inc. | 1 | $102 |
| Zimmer Biomet | 1 | $54 |
| Microvention, Inc. | 3 | $49 |
| Carlsmed, Inc. | 1 | $44 |
| Integra Lifesciences Corporation | 1 | $14 |
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.
- Optima Coil System$4,228
- Penumbra System$2,045
- TARGET$1,365
- PIVOX Oblique Lateral Spinal System$1,275
- Eclipse 2L$746
- CASCADIA INTERBODY SYSTEM$676
- EVEREST SPINAL SYSTEM$549
- ANTERALIGN SPINAL SYSTEM WITH TITAN NANOLOCK SURFACE TECHNOLOGY$358
- Spinal$311
- STRYKER NAV3I$169
- ProLift$148
- AVATAR MINIMALLY INVASIVE SPINAL SYSTEM$148
- NAUTILUS SPINAL SYSTEM$148
- SIMpact$148
- ZOOM 88-T LARGE DISTAL PLATFORM$118
- CATALYFT PL EXPANDABLE INTERBODY SYSTEM$118
- RELINE$115
- 8F Base Camp Sheath System$102
How this compares
$12,265 in reported general payments places this provider in the 85th percentile of 49 neurological surgery providers in Nebraska.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| ClopidogrelClopidogrel Bisulfate | 20 | $124 |
| Gabapentin | 11 | $94 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other neurological surgery in Lincoln
- Andrew LivingstonLincoln$44K
- Steven GogelaLincoln$24K
- Jeremy HoseinLincoln$2K
- Marco ParesLincoln$1K
- Benjamin GelberLincoln$1K
- Eric PiersonLincoln$460
- Benjamin BixenmannLincoln$102
- Daniel TomesLincoln$91
- Omar JimenezScottsbluff$33K
- Miki KatzirOmaha$20K
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.