Martin Rutkowski
Neurological Surgery · Seattle, WANPI 1780950923
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by consulting fees: $40,500 of the $62,095 with a category attached, or 65.2%. Collagen Matrix, Inc accounts for 95.4% of it on its own, with 19 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2023 at $38,682 and has fallen 94.8% since, to $2,000 in 2025. Among neurological surgery clinicians in WA 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 60 payments — averaging $1034.92 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Collagen Matrix, Inc$59K
- Stryker$1K
- Novocure Inc.$456
- Globus Medical$242
- 4web, Inc.$144
- UCB, Inc.$126
- plus $757 from 14 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$40,50065%
- Speaking & faculty fees$18,75030%
- Travel & lodging$7351%
- Food & beverage$2,1103%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Collagen Matrix, Inc | 6 | $59,250 |
| Stryker | 14 | $1,120 |
| Novocure Inc. | 4 | $456 |
| Globus Medical | 8 | $242 |
| 4web, Inc. | 1 | $144 |
| UCB, Inc. | 1 | $126 |
| AbbVie | 6 | $111 |
| Integra Lifesciences Corporation | 2 | $109 |
| Aesculap, Inc. | 2 | $108 |
| GT Medical Technologies, Inc | 1 | $92 |
| Medtronic | 3 | $58 |
| AstraZeneca | 3 | $58 |
| Omniscient Neurotechnology America Ltd | 1 | $52 |
| Jazz Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 2 | $36 |
| Brainlab, Inc. | 1 | $25 |
| Pfizer | 1 | $24 |
| Kuros Biosciences USA, Inc | 1 | $22 |
| Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. | 1 | $22 |
| Eisai Inc. | 1 | $21 |
| Tanabe Pharma America, Inc. | 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.
- NSE - HIGH SPEED DRILLS$969
- NAV - NAV3 NAVIGATION PLATFORM$244
- NAV - CRANIALMAP NUERO SOFTWARE AND INSTRUMENTATION$244
- NSE - ESSX HANDPIECE$244
- NSE - ESSX BLADES$244
- Oncology$229
- Optune$227
- SPINE TRUSS SYSTEM$144
- Briviact$126
- MAGEC$122
How this compares
$62,095 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 175 neurological surgery providers in Washington.
Other neurological surgery in Seattle
- Rod OskouianSeattle$2.4M
- Christoph HofstetterSeattle$768K
- Stephen MonteithSeattle$151K
- Jean-Christophe LevequeSeattle$120K
- Vijay YanamadalaSeattle$85K
- Hoan Vu TranSeattle$78K
- Bailey ZampellaSeattle$38K
- Melanie WalkerSeattle$38K
- Elias EliasSeattle$35K
- Ryder GwinnSeattle$35K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.