Laura Snyder, MD
Neurological Surgery · Phoenix, AZNPI 1366606212
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — consulting fees (51.5%), speaking fees and travel and lodging — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 14 manufacturers reported payments, led by Globus Medical at 43.4% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2023 at $77,940 and has fallen 77.9% since, to $17,196 in 2025.
Across 149 payments — averaging $1284.16 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Globus Medical$83K
- Aesculap Implant Systems, LLC$58K
- Medtronic$40K
- Alphatec Spine, Inc$6K
- Medical Device Business Services, Inc.$3K
- Impactortho, Inc.$617
- plus $452 from 8 others
Across 4 payments — averaging $9244.00 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.
- Biogen$37K
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$98,55952%
- Speaking & faculty fees$67,06935%
- Travel & lodging$23,28612%
- Food & beverage$2,4261%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Globus Medical(2 entities) | 76 | $82,978 |
| Aesculap Implant Systems, LLC | 13 | $58,140 |
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 36 | $39,720 |
| Alphatec Spine, Inc | 7 | $6,015 |
| Medical Device Business Services, Inc. | 4 | $3,419 |
| Impactortho, Inc. | 3 | $617 |
| Arthrex | 3 | $205 |
| Stryker | 1 | $52 |
| Merck | 1 | $52 |
| Integra Lifesciences Corporation | 1 | $41 |
| Augmedics Inc. | 1 | $34 |
| Spineology Inc. | 1 | $29 |
| Centinel Spine, LLC | 1 | $19 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 1 | $19 |
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.
- ABC$58,035
- Excelsius - GPS$30,078
- CD HORIZON SPINAL SYSTEM$17,936
- RISE-L . RISE-L A/L$12,364
- RISE-L$10,855
- ELSA$10,500
- Quartex$10,200
- Other - Miscellaneous$5,965
- STEALTHSTATION S8 PLATFORM$3,250
- CALIBER$2,550
- EXCELSIUS$2,019
- RISE$1,468
- ExcelsiusGPS Robotic Navigation System$1,275
- PIVOX Oblique Lateral Spinal System$606
- CoRoent$107
How this compares
$191,339 in reported general payments places this provider in the 85th percentile of 173 neurological surgery providers in Arizona.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Gabapentin | 43 | $379 |
| Meloxicam | 12 | $56 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other neurological surgery in Phoenix
- Robert SpetzlerPhoenix$12.8M
- Juan UribePhoenix$6.7M
- Stephen PapadopoulosPhoenix$6M
- Volker SonntagPhoenix$2M
- Jay TurnerPhoenix$1.2M
- Michael LawtonPhoenix$761K
- Bryan LeePhoenix$441K
- Randall PorterPhoenix$410K
- Joseph ZabramskiPhoenix$381K
- Francisco PoncePhoenix$292K
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.