Patrick Cindrich, MD
Neurological Surgery · Rupert, IDNPI 1821101395
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — travel and lodging (52.5%), consulting fees and food and beverage — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 10 manufacturers reported payments, led by Choice Spine, LLC at 36.7% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2022 at $5,637 and has fallen 99.3% since, to $38 in 2024.
Across 38 payments — averaging $226.24 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Choice Spine, LLC$3K
- Surgalign Spine Technologies, Inc.$2K
- Life Spine, Inc.$1K
- Medacta USA, Inc.$1K
- Centinel Spine, LLC$608
- Medtronic$64
- plus $97 from 4 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$2,92534%
- Travel & lodging$4,51753%
- Food & beverage$1,15513%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Choice Spine, LLC | 2 | $3,154 |
| Surgalign Spine Technologies, Inc. | 13 | $2,450 |
| Life Spine, Inc. | 5 | $1,145 |
| Medacta USA, Inc. | 7 | $1,079 |
| Centinel Spine, LLC | 4 | $608 |
| Medtronic | 2 | $64 |
| Nalu Medical, Inc. | 2 | $33 |
| Alphatec Spine, Inc | 1 | $29 |
| Si-bone, Inc. | 1 | $25 |
| Stimwave Technologies Incorporated | 1 | $11 |
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.
- Blackhawk Cervical Spacer System$3,154
- COFLEX INTERLAMINAR TECHNOLOGY, 10MM$1,881
- ALIF$1,058
- Dyna-Link$1,058
- MYSPINE$1,043
- COFIX IMPLANT 10 MM$1,010
- FORTILINK-L IBF SYSTEM WITH TETRAFUSE 3D TECHNOLOGY$902
- FORTILINK CAGES WITH TIPLUS TECHNOLOGY$902
- ARAI SURGICAL NAVIGATION SYSTEM$902
- PRODISC L$581
- Boomerang$229
- Tiger Shark C$229
- Raven Lumbar Plate System$229
- Stratofuse$229
How this compares
$8,597 in reported general payments places this provider in the 75th percentile of 43 neurological surgery providers in Idaho.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Methocarbamol | 18 | $197 |
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 12 | $122 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other neurological surgery in Rupert
- Donald BlaskiewiczBoise$2.1M
- Jeffrey LarsonCoeur D Alene$756K
- Abraham SchlauderaffIdaho Falls$43K
- Paul MontalbanoBoise$27K
- Evan JoyceBoise$25K
- John DickinsonIdaho Falls$17K
- Leonardo BrasilienseBoise$13K
- Brandon KellyIdaho Falls$12K
- Brent GreenwaldIdaho Falls$10K
- Michael RaberCoeur D Alene$8K
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.