Omar Tanweer, MD
Neurological Surgery · Houston, TXNPI 1013235183
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — consulting fees (56.1%), speaking fees and travel and lodging — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 18 manufacturers reported payments, led by Balt USA, LLC at 25.3% of the total. 2025 is the largest year on record at $96,875, more than ten times the $1,723 reported in 2019. Among neurological surgery clinicians in TX 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 397 payments — averaging $640.25 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Balt USA, LLC$64K
- Imperative Care, Inc$51K
- Medtronic$43K
- Qapel Medical Inc$42K
- Microvention, Inc.$15K
- Stryker$13K
- plus $26K from 12 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$142,63256%
- Speaking & faculty fees$56,78822%
- Travel & lodging$33,67913%
- Food & beverage$20,9548%
- Entertainment$1270%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Balt USA, LLC | 89 | $64,274 |
| Imperative Care, Inc | 133 | $50,741 |
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 43 | $43,012 |
| Qapel Medical Inc | 6 | $42,349 |
| Microvention, Inc. | 39 | $14,660 |
| Stryker | 21 | $12,672 |
| Medical Device Business Services, Inc. | 12 | $11,009 |
| Rapid Medical Ltd | 13 | $9,435 |
| Penumbra, Inc. | 7 | $3,406 |
| Silk Road Medical, Inc. | 12 | $1,367 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 12 | $555 |
| Scientia Vascular | 1 | $148 |
| Route 92 Medical, Inc. | 1 | $142 |
| Kaneka Medical America LLC | 1 | $127 |
| Olympus America Inc. | 1 | $106 |
| Cordis US CORP. | 3 | $91 |
| Cardiva Medical, Inc. | 2 | $63 |
| Zimmer Biomet | 1 | $23 |
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.
- ZOOM 88-T LARGE DISTAL PLATFORM$44,599
- Pipeline$39,523
- Carrier Delivery Catheter$14,513
- Raptor Aspiration Catheter$14,501
- WEB Aneurysm Embolization System$13,010
- TIGERTRIEVER 17 REVASCULARIZATION DEVICE$9,328
- COMANECI 17$9,328
- SPOTLIGHT$9,000
- SYNCHRO SELECT$8,610
- Optima Coil System$8,341
- Penumbra System$2,968
- TARGET$2,911
- ONYX 18$2,100
- Prestige Coil System$1,914
- ZOOM CATHETER$1,782
- ZOOM REPERFUSION CATHETER$1,648
- ENROUTE Transcarotid Neuroprotection System$1,253
- HYBRID Guidewire$1,091
- ZOOM RDL RADIAL ACCESS SYSTEM, 103CM$938
- WEB$916
How this compares
$254,181 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 582 neurological surgery providers in Texas.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| ClopidogrelClopidogrel Bisulfate | 72 | $1,032 |
| Prednisone | 11 | $8 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other neurological surgery in Houston
- Andrew RoeserHouston$660K
- Paul HolmanHouston$516K
- Taylor GistHouston$447K
- Meng HuangHouston$324K
- Laurence RhinesHouston$322K
- Jeremy WangHouston$231K
- Alexander RopperHouston$208K
- Fangyi ZhangHouston$192K
- Ashwin ViswanathanHouston$185K
- Blake StaubHouston$171K
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.