Paul Gardner
Neurological Surgery · Pittsburgh, PANPI 1407936271
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — consulting fees (59.1%), travel and lodging and food and beverage — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 10 manufacturers reported payments, led by Stryker at 54.4% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2024 at $14,119 and has fallen 96.0% since, to $569 in 2025.
Across 58 payments — averaging $469.00 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Stryker$15K
- Carl Zeiss Meditec, Inc.$5K
- Medexus Pharma, Inc.$4K
- Medtronic$2K
- KARL Storz Endoscopy-america$887
- Zimmer Biomet$246
- plus $355 from 4 others
Across 23 payments — averaging $6614.33 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.
- NX Development Corp.$107K
- KARL Storz Endoscopy-america$45K
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$16,08059%
- Speaking & faculty fees$3,00011%
- Travel & lodging$5,09419%
- Food & beverage$3,00811%
- Education$200%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Stryker | 25 | $14,801 |
| Carl Zeiss Meditec, Inc. | 4 | $5,061 |
| Medexus Pharma, Inc. | 2 | $4,290 |
| Medtronic | 18 | $1,562 |
| KARL Storz Endoscopy-america | 2 | $887 |
| Zimmer Biomet | 3 | $246 |
| Microvention, Inc. | 1 | $150 |
| Longeviti Neuro Solutions Inc | 1 | $102 |
| Integra Lifesciences Corporation | 1 | $83 |
| CSL Behring | 1 | $20 |
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.
- CORE$13,437
- SONOPET IQ$12,000
- KINEVO$4,973
- Gleolan$4,290
- MAZOR X SYSTEM$769
- VENTRICULOSCOPE LOTTA$580
- CRANIALMASK TRACKER$418
- BIPOLAR FORCEPS INSERT, STERILE, 2/PKG$307
- NSE - SONOPET$171
- PROPEL$167
- WEB$150
- HydroSoft 3D Coil$150
- HydroFrame Coil$150
- HydroFill Coil$150
- STEALTH AUTOGUIDE SYSTEM$139
- N/A$131
- NSE - NEW PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT$117
- Thinflap$105
- CLEARFIT$102
How this compares
$27,202 in reported general payments places this provider in the 80th 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.
Most prescribed under Part D
| Drug | Claims | Cost to plans & patients |
|---|---|---|
| Acetazolamide ErAcetazolamide | 12 | $786 |
| Prednisone | 14 | $11 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other neurological surgery in Pittsburgh
- Adam KanterPittsburgh$2.6M
- David OkonkwoPittsburgh$2.3M
- Constantinos HadjipanayisPittsburgh$484K
- Bradley GrossPittsburgh$135K
- Jody LeonardoPittsburgh$116K
- Dorian KusykPittsburgh$77K
- David HamiltonPittsburgh$66K
- Jorge Gonzalez-MartinezPittsburgh$65K
- Alejandro CastellviPittsburgh$61K
- Ivo PetoePittsburgh$56K
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.