Michael Kinsman, MD
Neurological Surgery · Kansas City, KSNPI 1740418235
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — food and beverage (39.3%), travel and lodging and speaking fees — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 13 manufacturers reported payments, led by Medtronic at 44.2% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2022 at $4,606 and has fallen 86.0% since, to $643 in 2025.
Across 154 payments — averaging $76.56 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Medtronic$5K
- Globus Medical$3K
- Insightec,inc$2K
- Abbott$504
- Nalu Medical, Inc.$221
- Nevro Corp.$203
- plus $707 from 7 others
Across 6 payments — averaging $4282.92 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.
- Insightec,ltd$26K
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$1,40012%
- Speaking & faculty fees$2,50021%
- Grants$3563%
- Travel & lodging$2,89625%
- Food & beverage$4,63939%
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) | 84 | $5,211 |
| Globus Medical | 14 | $2,816 |
| Insightec,inc | 7 | $2,128 |
| Abbott | 28 | $504 |
| Nalu Medical, Inc. | 6 | $221 |
| Nevro Corp. | 4 | $203 |
| Longeviti Neuro Solutions Inc | 2 | $195 |
| Titan Spine, LLC | 1 | $150 |
| Boston Scientific | 3 | $127 |
| Stryker | 2 | $76 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 1 | $64 |
| Cerapedics Inc. | 1 | $58 |
| Biotronik NRO, Inc. | 1 | $36 |
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.
- ACTIVA PC$2,500
- Exablate$1,930
- FORTIFY$838
- Excelsius Robotics System$818
- Excelsius - GPS$761
- VISUALASE$356
- PERCEPT PC BRAINSENSE$319
- INTELLIS$270
- nanoLOCK$150
- ACTIVA$133
- INTELLIS ADAPTIVESTIM$124
- Mazor X Stealth Edition$109
- CLEARFIT$102
- MAZOR X SYSTEM$100
How this compares
$11,791 in reported general payments places this provider in the 80th percentile of 63 neurological surgery providers in Kansas.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Celecoxib | 26 | $412 |
| Gabapentin | 14 | $299 |
| Oxycodone Hcl | 13 | $29 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
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- Sarah WoodrowKansas City$21K
- Christopher MillerKansas City$20K
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- Bailey YekzamanKansas City$3K
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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.