Luis Gonzalez, MD
Neurological Surgery · Baltimore, MDNPI 1053591024
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — speaking fees (58.0%), travel and lodging and food and beverage — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 11 manufacturers reported payments, led by Medtronic at 52.5% of the total. 2025 is the largest year on record at $18,868, 8.1 times the $2,331 reported in 2019.
Across 96 payments — averaging $301.71 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Medtronic$15K
- Penumbra, Inc.$10K
- Microvention, Inc.$2K
- Route 92 Medical, Inc.$342
- Johnson & Johnson$311
- Siemens Medical Solutions USA, Inc.$190
- plus $353 from 5 others
Across 14 payments — averaging $10,600 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.
- Siemens Medical Solutions USA, Inc.$103K
- Medical Device Business Services, Inc.$25K
- Medtronic$20K
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$1,1004%
- Speaking & faculty fees$16,80058%
- Travel & lodging$6,11121%
- Food & beverage$4,95317%
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) | 63 | $15,203 |
| Penumbra, Inc. | 5 | $10,443 |
| Microvention, Inc. | 15 | $2,121 |
| Route 92 Medical, Inc. | 2 | $342 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 3 | $311 |
| Siemens Medical Solutions USA, Inc. | 1 | $190 |
| Balt USA, LLC | 2 | $173 |
| Imperative Care, Inc | 2 | $116 |
| GSK | 1 | $25 |
| Vanda Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 1 | $22 |
| ITI, Inc. (d/b/a Intra-cellular Therapies, Inc.) | 1 | $17 |
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.
- Pipeline$10,909
- Smart Coil$10,324
- WEB$1,590
- ONYX 18$800
- SOLITAIRE X$416
- ARTIS icono biplane$190
- 8F Base Camp Sheath System$172
- STENT$165
- WEB Aneurysm Embolization System$165
- LVIS Jr.$132
- Embotrap$124
- EMBOGUARD$124
- ENTERPRISE$117
- Rist-5F$114
- Optima Coil System$114
How this compares
$28,964 in reported general payments places this provider in the 80th percentile of 133 neurological surgery providers in Maryland.
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 Baltimore
- Alexander CoonBaltimore$2.7M
- Charles SansurBaltimore$1.8M
- Nicholas TheodoreBaltimore$833K
- Daniel SciubbaBaltimore$789K
- Henry BremBaltimore$353K
- Ira GaronzikBaltimore$297K
- James ConwayBaltimore$273K
- Gustavo PradillaBaltimore$164K
- Timothy WithamBaltimore$141K
- Charles ParkBaltimore$89K
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.