Mark Sneider, MD
Surgery · Saint Paul, MNNPI 1265488175
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — speaking fees (41.3%), consulting fees and education — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 9 manufacturers reported payments, led by Medtronic at 43.3% of the total. Among surgery clinicians in MN with any reported payments, this total sits in the top 5% — high for the specialty, which is a reason to read the composition above rather than the number alone.
Across 157 payments — averaging $761.59 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Medtronic$52K
- Intuitive Surgical$22K
- Covidien LP$22K
- Hologic Sales And Service, LLC$11K
- Bolder Surgical, LLC$10K
- Cytyc Surgical Products, LLC$717
- plus $726 from 3 others
What the payments were for
- Royalty or licence$7,6526%
- Consulting fees$34,38529%
- Speaking & faculty fees$49,35041%
- Travel & lodging$9,5568%
- Food & beverage$5,6275%
- Education$13,00011%
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 | 60 | $51,764 |
| Intuitive Surgical | 47 | $22,467 |
| Covidien LP | 16 | $22,333 |
| Hologic Sales And Service, LLC | 22 | $11,375 |
| Bolder Surgical, LLC | 3 | $10,188 |
| Cytyc Surgical Products, LLC | 3 | $717 |
| Davol Inc. | 4 | $446 |
| W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc. | 1 | $143 |
| Conmed Corporation | 1 | $136 |
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.
- PTEYE PARATHYROID DETECTION SYSTEM$26,791
- CoolSeal Generator$21,829
- Da Vinci Surgical System$21,430
- NIM Vital$8,438
- Dextile$8,400
- ProGrip$3,325
- TUBE-STAT$1,013
- Phasix Mesh$284
- LigaSure$195
- MYOSURE TISSUE REMOVAL DEVICE$149
- GORE SYNECOR Biomaterial$143
- AIRSEAL$136
How this compares
$119,569 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 498 surgery providers in Minnesota.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Levothyroxine Sodium | 21 | $339 |
| Oxycodone Hcl | 157 | $243 |
| Calcitriol | 19 | $115 |
| Tramadol Hcl | 13 | $16 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other surgery in Saint Paul
- Ryan ChuppSaint Paul$31K
- Juan Blondet-TeixeiraSaint Paul$26K
- Jennifer HaasSaint Paul$16K
- Jayson DockShakopee$266K
- Charles SvendsenMinneapolis$266K
- Michael MegalyMinneapolis$168K
- Andrew SurmakSaint Louis Park$167K
- William NorthrupWhite Bear Lake$160K
- Jolene SinghSt Cloud$150K
- Todd KelloggRochester$110K
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.