Nicolas Khattar, MD
Neurological Surgery · Memphis, TNNPI 1326400060
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — travel and lodging (42.2%), food and beverage and consulting fees — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 18 manufacturers reported payments, led by Medical Device Business Services, Inc. at 47.9% of the total. 2025 is the largest year on record at $19,024, more than ten times the $119 reported in 2019.
Across 142 payments — averaging $181.65 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Medical Device Business Services, Inc.$12K
- Penumbra, Inc.$6K
- Globus Medical$1K
- Rapid Medical Ltd$1K
- Imperative Care, Inc$1K
- Medtronic$903
- plus $3K from 12 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$5,40021%
- Travel & lodging$10,88542%
- Food & beverage$8,92235%
- Education$5832%
- Gifts$40%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Medical Device Business Services, Inc. | 22 | $12,343 |
| Penumbra, Inc. | 30 | $5,836 |
| Globus Medical | 3 | $1,487 |
| Rapid Medical Ltd | 12 | $1,032 |
| Imperative Care, Inc | 25 | $1,022 |
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 15 | $903 |
| Stryker | 10 | $606 |
| Scientia Vascular | 3 | $543 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 7 | $353 |
| Balt USA, LLC | 2 | $307 |
| Microvention, Inc. | 3 | $287 |
| Qapel Medical Inc | 2 | $223 |
| Si-bone, Inc. | 2 | $191 |
| Baxter Healthcare | 2 | $189 |
| Route 92 Medical, Inc. | 1 | $167 |
| Perfuze Inc | 1 | $141 |
| Cerapedics Inc. | 1 | $138 |
| Terumo Medical Corporation | 1 | $26 |
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.
- SPOTLIGHT$9,045
- Penumbra System$2,820
- CALIBER$1,487
- Smart Coil$1,082
- Benchmark$967
- TIGERTRIEVER 17 REVASCULARIZATION DEVICE$709
- COMANECI 17$709
- TRUFILL$697
- CEREPAK UNIFORM$563
- Pulsar Vascular PulseRider Aneurysm Neck Reconstruction Device$563
- Embotrap$563
- Socrates 38$512
- ZOOM 88-T LARGE DISTAL PLATFORM$497
- Optima Coil System$296
- Pipeline$287
- WEB Aneurysm Embolization System$264
- TARGET$253
- SURPASS EVOLVE$250
- ACTIS$247
- Colossus$247
How this compares
$25,794 in reported general payments places this provider in the 75th percentile of 156 neurological surgery providers in Tennessee.
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 Memphis
- Kevin FoleyMemphis$162.4M
- Maurice SmithMemphis$4.4M
- Adam ArthurMemphis$1.9M
- Paul ParkMemphis$1.2M
- Daniel HoitMemphis$607K
- Jason GerrardMemphis$112K
- Earl JonesMemphis$59K
- Demi DawkinsMemphis$56K
- Isaac PomeraniecMemphis$56K
- Kyle SmithMemphis$48K
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.