Michael Steinmetz, MD
Neurological Surgery · Cleveland, OHNPI 1689647422
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — royalties or licence payments (33.7%), consulting fees and speaking fees — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 9 manufacturers reported payments, led by Globus Medical at 43.9% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $73,548 and has fallen 82.5% since, to $12,880 in 2025. Among neurological surgery clinicians in OH 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 201 payments — averaging $836.76 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Globus Medical$74K
- Zimmer Biomet$51K
- Stryker$22K
- Cerapedics Inc.$9K
- Medtronic$7K
- Zimvie Inc.$4K
- plus $2K from 3 others
Across 58 payments — averaging $8036.18 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.
- Premia Spine, Ltd.$323K
- Cerapedics Inc.$143K
What the payments were for
- Royalty or licence$56,68434%
- Consulting fees$43,85626%
- Speaking & faculty fees$40,24424%
- Travel & lodging$19,40312%
- Food & beverage$6,8894%
- Education$650%
- Other$1,0481%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Globus Medical(2 entities) | 79 | $73,762 |
| Zimmer Biomet | 9 | $50,695 |
| Stryker | 75 | $22,008 |
| Cerapedics Inc. | 15 | $8,921 |
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 16 | $6,881 |
| Zimvie Inc. | 3 | $3,747 |
| DJO, LLC | 1 | $1,048 |
| Premia Spine, Ltd. | 1 | $1,000 |
| Bioventus LLC | 2 | $127 |
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.
- Cypher Mis Screw System$50,695
- I-FACTOR PEPTIDE ENHANCED BONE GRAFT$15,739
- TRITANIUM$14,802
- XIA$14,376
- AERO$13,700
- ES2$13,700
- SERRATO$13,700
- FORTIFY$11,685
- Sable$11,095
- ELSA ATP$10,206
- XLIF$10,200
- RISE$8,773
- RISE Intra LIF$6,033
- PIVOX Oblique Lateral Spinal System$5,400
- CYPHER MIS SYSTEM$3,747
- ELSA$2,229
- Precision TLIF$1,969
- CASCADIA INTERBODY SYSTEM$1,910
- EVEREST SPINAL SYSTEM$1,629
- RISE-L . RISE-L A/L$1,255
How this compares
$168,189 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 301 neurological surgery providers in Ohio.
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 Cleveland
- Abdi MohitCleveland$884K
- Mark BainCleveland$242K
- Pablo RecinosCleveland$211K
- Josue Avecillas ChasinCleveland$144K
- Gene BarnettCleveland$135K
- Prakash KotagalCleveland$82K
- Ajit KrishnaneyCleveland$76K
- Gabriel SmithCleveland$72K
- Peter RasmussenCleveland$58K
- Tiffany HodgesCleveland$42K
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.