Joseph Schnittker, MD
Neurological Surgery · Elkhart, INNPI 1629073853
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — food and beverage (55.3%), travel and lodging and gifts — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 33 manufacturers reported payments, led by Medtronic at 36.2% of the total.
Across 180 payments — averaging $72.46 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Medtronic$5K
- Globus Medical$3K
- Medicrea USA, Corp.$2K
- Si-bone, Inc.$767
- Providence Medical Technology, Inc.$697
- Orthofix Medical, Inc.$406
- plus $2K from 27 others
Across 10 payments — averaging $2182.50 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.
- Arbor Pharmaceuticals, Inc.$22K
- Azurity Pharmaceuticals, Inc.$300
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$5,77144%
- Food & beverage$7,20855%
- Education$200%
- Gifts$440%
Most of this is food and beverage — typically meals provided during product presentations at a clinic or hospital. Nationally that is the single largest category of reported payments by count.
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) | 57 | $4,719 |
| Globus Medical(2 entities) | 33 | $2,970 |
| Medicrea USA, Corp. | 1 | $1,688 |
| Si-bone, Inc. | 11 | $767 |
| Providence Medical Technology, Inc. | 9 | $697 |
| Orthofix Medical, Inc. | 18 | $406 |
| Stryker | 11 | $304 |
| Aesculap, Inc. | 4 | $253 |
| Bioventus LLC | 2 | $197 |
| Augmedics Inc. | 1 | $122 |
| Kuros Biosciences USA, Inc | 2 | $97 |
| Ulrich Medical USA, Inc. | 2 | $95 |
| Alphatec Spine, Inc | 1 | $84 |
| Integra Lifesciences Corporation | 2 | $61 |
| Abbott | 1 | $58 |
| Zimmer Biomet | 3 | $55 |
| Boston Scientific | 1 | $53 |
| Sanara Medtech Inc. | 3 | $45 |
| Integrity Implants Inc. | 1 | $44 |
| Vertex | 2 | $39 |
| Lemaitre Vascular, Inc. | 1 | $36 |
| SPR Therapeutics, Inc | 2 | $33 |
| Livanova USA, Inc. | 2 | $32 |
| DJO, LLC | 1 | $27 |
| Surgalign Spine Technologies, Inc. | 1 | $24 |
| Spine Wave, Inc. | 1 | $23 |
| Arbor Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $21 |
| CSL Behring | 1 | $20 |
| Amgen | 1 | $17 |
| Nevro Corp. | 1 | $16 |
| Hospira, Inc. | 1 | $15 |
| Spineology Inc. | 1 | $12 |
| Pfizer | 1 | $12 |
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.
- Excelsius - GPS$1,947
- SYNCHROMEDII$1,813
- PASS-LP$1,688
- UNiD$1,688
- iFuse Implant$647
- Xvision$609
- Mazor X Stealth Edition$337
- UNID_PASS$251
- T2 STRATOSPHERE$182
- CATALYFT PL EXPANDABLE INTERBODY SYSTEM$175
- Excelsius3D Imaging System$174
- GRAFTON$171
- MazorX - Renaissance$164
- Trinity ELITE$157
- CREO$149
- AESCULAP$123
- O-ARM$122
- Catalyft$117
- T2 XVBR$100
How this compares
$13,043 in reported general payments places this provider in the 75th percentile of 112 neurological surgery providers in Indiana.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 42 | $424 |
| Gabapentin | 24 | $301 |
| Tramadol Hcl | 23 | $37 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other neurological surgery in Elkhart
- Jean-Pierre MobasserCarmel$3.5M
- Troy PaynerCarmel$803K
- Michael TurnerIndianapolis$522K
- Eric PottsCarmel$345K
- Souheil HaddadBloomington$161K
- Mitesh ShahIndianapolis$133K
- Bradley BohnstedtIndianapolis$122K
- Daniel FulkersonSouth Bend$92K
- David StockwellIndianapolis$75K
- Daniel EddelmanIndianapolis$49K
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.