Jonathan Carlson, MD
Neurological Surgery · Spokane, WANPI 1922219500
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — speaking fees (50.8%), food and beverage and travel and lodging — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 19 manufacturers reported payments, led by Medtronic at 57.8% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $5,547 and has fallen 68.9% since, to $1,727 in 2025.
Across 170 payments — averaging $117.70 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Medtronic$12K
- Abbott$4K
- Boston Scientific$2K
- Painteq LLC$773
- Spinal Simplicity, LLC$715
- Bioventus LLC$318
- plus $1K from 13 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$4352%
- Speaking & faculty fees$10,16551%
- Travel & lodging$1,2736%
- Food & beverage$8,05740%
- Education$790%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 19 | $11,569 |
| Abbott | 63 | $3,835 |
| Boston Scientific | 39 | $1,505 |
| Painteq LLC | 4 | $773 |
| Spinal Simplicity, LLC | 8 | $715 |
| Bioventus LLC | 4 | $318 |
| Globus Medical | 9 | $293 |
| Stryker | 4 | $191 |
| Biotronik NRO, Inc. | 4 | $156 |
| Relievant Medsystems, Inc. | 1 | $136 |
| Neurocrine Biosciences, Inc. | 1 | $120 |
| Nevro Corp. | 6 | $100 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 2 | $85 |
| Stimwave Technologies Incorporated | 1 | $62 |
| MML US, Inc. | 1 | $55 |
| AbbVie | 1 | $30 |
| Kyowa Kirin, Inc. | 1 | $27 |
| Avanos Medical | 1 | $22 |
| Kowa Pharmaceuticals America, Inc. | 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.
- ACTIVA$9,691
- O-ARM$1,015
- PAINTEQ$753
- HA MINUTEMAN G3-R$533
- PROCLAIM$366
- PERCEPT PC BRAINSENSE$317
- Intracept$272
- GENERAL DBS$143
- Stimrouter Implantable Kit$136
- mild Device Kit$136
- Proclaim IPG$121
- VERCISE$121
- ONGENTYS$120
- Prospera$110
- BIONIC NAVIGATOR$109
How this compares
$20,009 in reported general payments places this provider in the 80th percentile of 175 neurological surgery providers in Washington.
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 Spokane
- Allan HellerSpokane$132K
- Nathaniel WhitneySpokane$14K
- Rod OskouianSeattle$2.4M
- Christoph HofstetterSeattle$768K
- David YamBrush Prairie$471K
- Stephen MonteithSeattle$151K
- Jean-Christophe LevequeSeattle$120K
- Vijay YanamadalaSeattle$85K
- Hoan Vu TranSeattle$78K
- Martin RutkowskiSeattle$62K
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.