Mark-Mina Ishak, DO
Neurological Surgery · Hickory, NCNPI 1356682652
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 92 payments — averaging $52.41 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Medacta USA, Inc.$1K
- Johnson & Johnson$1K
- Medtronic$622
- Globus Medical$573
- Spineology Inc.$204
- Abbott$132
- plus $799 from 21 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$77916%
- Food & beverage$3,90481%
- Education$1383%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Medacta USA, Inc. | 18 | $1,410 |
| Johnson & Johnson(2 entities) | 21 | $1,082 |
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 9 | $622 |
| Globus Medical(2 entities) | 12 | $573 |
| Spineology Inc. | 1 | $204 |
| Abbott | 4 | $132 |
| Portola Pharmaceuticals, LLC | 1 | $128 |
| Baxter Healthcare | 2 | $97 |
| Stryker | 2 | $96 |
| Aesculap, Inc. | 1 | $76 |
| Boston Scientific | 1 | $52 |
| Smith+Nephew | 3 | $51 |
| Intrinsic Therapeutics | 2 | $46 |
| Bioventus LLC | 2 | $33 |
| Zimmer Biomet | 1 | $30 |
| Kerecis Limited | 1 | $27 |
| Zimvie Inc. | 1 | $23 |
| Radius Health, Inc. | 1 | $17 |
| Curonix LLC | 1 | $17 |
| Integra Lifesciences Corporation | 1 | $17 |
| AstraZeneca | 1 | $15 |
| Eisai Inc. | 1 | $13 |
| Nevro Corp. | 1 | $13 |
| Livanova USA, Inc. | 1 | $13 |
| Nalu Medical, Inc. | 1 | $12 |
| Aprecia Pharmaceuticals, LLC | 1 | $11 |
| Orthofix Medical, Inc. | 1 | $11 |
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.
- MYSPINE$831
- EXPEDIUM$402
- ExcelsiusGPS Robotic Navigation System$233
- Rampart Duo Interbody Fusion System$204
- STEALTHSTATION S8 PLATFORM$174
- SYMPHONY$143
- ANDEXXA$128
- SYNCHROMED$127
- MUST$122
- Vivigen MIS Delivery System$120
- BRAINLAB$120
- XLIF$110
- Modulus$110
- PLIF$110
How this compares
$4,822 in reported general payments places this provider in the 45th percentile of 196 neurological surgery providers in North Carolina.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Methocarbamol | 58 | $741 |
| Tizanidine Hcl | 29 | $599 |
| Gabapentin | 29 | $252 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other neurological surgery in Hickory
- Robert IsaacsDurham$6.6M
- Christopher ShaffreyDurham$4.5M
- Domagoj CoricCharlotte$4.1M
- Kimberly LivingstonRaleigh$3.4M
- John ThomasWilmington$2.4M
- Paul KimCharlotte$1.8M
- Alexander PowersKernersville$1.7M
- Vibhor KrishnaChapel Hill$1.6M
- Charles BranchAdvance$1.6M
- Courtney GoodwinDurham$1.3M
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.