Kyle Mueller, MD
Neurological Surgery · Philadelphia, PANPI 1275976540
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — consulting fees (48.2%), speaking fees and travel and lodging — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. KCI USA, Inc. accounts for 88.9% of it on its own, with 16 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2021 at $59,030 and has fallen 98.1% since, to $1,109 in 2025. Among neurological surgery clinicians in PA with any reported payments, this total sits in the top 10% — high for the specialty, which is a reason to read the composition above rather than the number alone.
Across 232 payments — averaging $595.87 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- KCI USA, Inc.$123K
- Stryker$6K
- Solventum Corporation$4K
- Spineart USA Inc$2K
- Globus Medical$2K
- Medtronic$330
- plus $1K from 11 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$66,69548%
- Speaking & faculty fees$39,69429%
- Travel & lodging$13,67610%
- Food & beverage$10,6768%
- Education$7,5005%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| KCI USA, Inc. | 100 | $122,865 |
| Stryker | 59 | $5,989 |
| Solventum Corporation | 2 | $3,520 |
| Spineart USA Inc | 20 | $2,239 |
| Globus Medical(2 entities) | 28 | $2,134 |
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 4 | $330 |
| Baxter Healthcare | 6 | $300 |
| Lemaitre Vascular, Inc. | 3 | $158 |
| Alphatec Spine, Inc | 1 | $132 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 1 | $125 |
| Carbofix Spine Inc | 1 | $113 |
| Augmedics Inc. | 1 | $89 |
| Carlsmed, Inc. | 1 | $79 |
| Axogen | 1 | $66 |
| Abbott | 2 | $44 |
| Lifenet Health | 1 | $32 |
| Ceribell, Inc. | 1 | $26 |
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.
- PREVENA$116,270
- V.A.C. VERAFLO$21,479
- PROMOGRAN PRISMA$20,910
- Bair Hugger$18,988
- V.A.C. ULTA$15,952
- V.A.C. DERMATAC$13,879
- V.A.C. VERAFLO CLEANSE CHOICE$10,075
- Prevena Restor Bella Form$9,638
- Tegaderm$9,375
- PREVENA RESTOR ARTHO-FORM$9,000
- PREVENA RESTOR AXIO-FORM$9,000
- PREVENA RESTOR ROTO-FORM$9,000
- Cavilon$7,755
- ACTIV.A.C.$7,238
- Curos$6,875
- V.A.C. INSTILL$5,625
- 3M Coban$5,000
- PREVENA RESTOR BELLAFORM$4,458
- PREVENA RESTOR ARTHROFORM$4,145
- PREVENA RESTOR AXIOFORM$4,145
How this compares
$138,241 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 390 neurological surgery providers in Pennsylvania.
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 Philadelphia
- Amer SamdaniPhiladelphia$4.4M
- Brian JankowitzPhiladelphia$823K
- Joshua HellerPhiladelphia$519K
- Srinivas PrasadPhiladelphia$513K
- Chengyuan WuPhiladelphia$377K
- John ShinPhiladelphia$306K
- Omar ChoudhriPhiladelphia$304K
- Pascal JabbourPhiladelphia$198K
- Casey HalpernPhiladelphia$186K
- Steven FulopPhiladelphia$140K
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.