Kartik Kesavabhotla
Neurological Surgery · Milwaukee, WINPI 1548689144
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
11 manufacturers reported payments, led by Alphatec Spine, Inc at 45.3% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2024 at $3,605 and has fallen 85.1% since, to $538 in 2025.
Across 57 payments — averaging $147.74 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Alphatec Spine, Inc$4K
- Globus Medical$3K
- Stryker$974
- Synaptive Medical Inc.$161
- Riwospine, Inc.$143
- Kls-martin L.p.$130
- plus $431 from 5 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$4,68956%
- Food & beverage$3,73244%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Alphatec Spine, Inc | 17 | $3,816 |
| Globus Medical(2 entities) | 25 | $2,766 |
| Stryker | 6 | $974 |
| Synaptive Medical Inc. | 1 | $161 |
| Riwospine, Inc. | 1 | $143 |
| Kls-martin L.p. | 1 | $130 |
| Monteris Medical Corporation | 1 | $120 |
| Medtronic | 2 | $106 |
| Cerapedics Inc. | 1 | $78 |
| Bioventus LLC | 1 | $70 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 1 | $56 |
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.
- Other - Miscellaneous$3,240
- XLIF$779
- ES2 SPINAL SYSTEM$631
- RELINE$540
- Pulse$311
- Brightmatter Guide V$161
- Spine$143
- Neuroblate$120
- TLX$116
- EVEREST SPINAL SYSTEM$101
How this compares
$8,421 in reported general payments places this provider in the 80th percentile of 133 neurological surgery providers in Wisconsin.
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 Milwaukee
- Amin KassamMilwaukee$1M
- Max LeeMilwaukee$456K
- Kevin WojcikMilwaukee$58K
- Saman ShabaniMilwaukee$56K
- Marjorie WangMilwaukee$52K
- Nathan ZwagermanMilwaukee$34K
- Dan HeffezMilwaukee$31K
- Kunal GuptaMilwaukee$26K
- Walter JacobsenMilwaukee$19K
- Erickson TorioMilwaukee$11K
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.