Nicholas Brandmeir, MD
Neurological Surgery · Hershey, PANPI 1336469998
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by consulting fees: $30,200 of the $46,676 with a category attached, or 64.7%. Irras USA, Inc. accounts for 62.1% of it on its own, with 14 other manufacturers making up the rest. 2025 is the largest year on record at $28,771, more than ten times the $1,353 reported in 2019.
Across 241 payments — averaging $193.68 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Irras USA, Inc.$29K
- Zimmer Biomet$8K
- Abbott$4K
- Medtronic$4K
- Boston Scientific$350
- Stryker$313
- plus $948 from 9 others
Across 2 payments — averaging $2000.00 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.
- Irras USA, Inc.$4K
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$30,20065%
- Speaking & faculty fees$6211%
- Travel & lodging$5,69812%
- Food & beverage$10,15722%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Irras USA, Inc. | 32 | $29,002 |
| Zimmer Biomet | 18 | $8,121 |
| Abbott | 131 | $4,055 |
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 41 | $3,886 |
| Boston Scientific | 2 | $350 |
| Stryker | 2 | $313 |
| Si-bone, Inc. | 5 | $234 |
| Hyperfine Operations, Inc. | 1 | $126 |
| Cerapedics Inc. | 1 | $120 |
| Livanova USA, Inc. | 1 | $97 |
| MML US, Inc. | 1 | $87 |
| Kerecis Limited | 1 | $87 |
| Insightec,inc | 3 | $76 |
| Neuropace, Inc. | 1 | $63 |
| Nevro Corp. | 1 | $59 |
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.
- IRRAflow$26,418
- SYNCHROMEDII$1,069
- Traumaone$828
- Neuromodulation Dspsbls and Accs$625
- INTELLIS ADAPTIVESTIM$496
- SYNCHROMED$463
- Proclaim Family of SCS IPGs$275
- GENERAL - THERAPIES$275
- OCTRODE$272
- MAZOR X SYSTEM$246
- ACTIVA$173
- INCEPTIV$167
- SONOPET IQ$159
- N/A$154
- VISUALASE$150
- PROCLAIM$148
- STRATA$134
- Proclaim IPG$132
- Swoop$126
- PERCEPT PC BRAINSENSE$123
How this compares
$46,676 in reported general payments places this provider in the 85th percentile of 390 neurological surgery providers in Pennsylvania.
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 Hershey
- John KelleherHershey$225K
- Kevin CockroftHershey$86K
- Brad ZachariaHershey$73K
- Scott SimonHershey$68K
- George ReiterHershey$42K
- James McInerneyHershey$41K
- Amer SamdaniPhiladelphia$4.4M
- Steven FalowskiFountain Hill$3M
- Adam KanterPittsburgh$2.6M
- David OkonkwoPittsburgh$2.3M
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.