Paul Arnold, MD
Neurological Surgery · Urbana, ILNPI 1851486559
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — food and beverage (44.6%), travel and lodging and consulting fees — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 11 manufacturers reported payments, led by Spine Wave, Inc. at 32.5% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $2,478 and has fallen 76.1% since, to $593 in 2025.
Across 41 payments — averaging $102.62 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Spine Wave, Inc.$1K
- Medtronic$853
- Premia Spine, Ltd.$758
- Nanohive Medical LLC$500
- Johnson & Johnson$207
- Cerapedics Inc.$207
- plus $316 from 5 others
Across 68 payments — averaging $2659.60 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.$59K
- Cerapedics Inc.$40K
- Orthofix Medical, Inc.$30K
- Mitsubishi Tanabe Pharma Development America, Inc.$25K
- Pfizer$21K
- Ossdsign USA Incorporated$6K
Across 5 payments — averaging $27,807 each. An ownership or investment interest held by the physician or an immediate family member.
- Adcura, Inc.$139K
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$50012%
- Travel & lodging$1,83244%
- Food & beverage$1,87645%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Spine Wave, Inc. | 9 | $1,367 |
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 19 | $853 |
| Premia Spine, Ltd. | 1 | $758 |
| Nanohive Medical LLC | 1 | $500 |
| Johnson & Johnson(2 entities) | 3 | $207 |
| Cerapedics Inc. | 3 | $207 |
| Ossdsign USA Incorporated | 1 | $108 |
| Microvention, Inc. | 1 | $93 |
| Icotec Medical Inc. | 1 | $71 |
| Axonics, Inc. | 1 | $23 |
| Ulrich Medical USA, Inc. | 1 | $21 |
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.
- Spinal Implants$1,073
- TOPS$758
- Hive TL System$500
- MAZOR X SYSTEM$149
- UNID_PASS$130
- Posterior Fixation$110
- I-FACTOR PEPTIDE ENHANCED BONE GRAFT$109
- OssDsign Catalyst$108
- Teligen$103
- Spine & Trauma 3D Navigation$103
- FIBERGRAFT BG Morsels$103
How this compares
$4,207 in reported general payments places this provider in the 55th percentile of 302 neurological surgery providers in Illinois.
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 Urbana
- Tyler KoskiChicago$2.3M
- Vincent TraynelisChicago$1.8M
- Sergey NeckryshChicago$1.6M
- Russell NockelsArlington Heights$1.4M
- Bruce FrankelSpringfield$1.3M
- Richard FesslerChicago$910K
- Julian BailesEvanston$666K
- John OtooleChicago$593K
- Patrick SugruePark Ridge$571K
- Melissa MaciasRockford$529K
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.