Paul Schwartz, MD
Neurological Surgery · Hartford, CTNPI 1083888770
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by consulting fees: $7,000 of the $9,196 with a category attached, or 76.1%. Icotec Medical Inc. accounts for 88.2% of it on its own, with 6 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $5,566 and has fallen 88.9% since, to $617 in 2025.
Across 21 payments — averaging $437.91 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Icotec Medical Inc.$8K
- Johnson & Johnson$327
- Si-bone, Inc.$287
- Royal Biologics, Inc.$174
- Kerecis Limited$150
- Corelink, LLC$100
- plus $45 from 1 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$7,00076%
- Travel & lodging$4175%
- Food & beverage$1,67918%
- Gifts$1001%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Icotec Medical Inc. | 9 | $8,113 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 5 | $327 |
| Si-bone, Inc. | 2 | $287 |
| Royal Biologics, Inc. | 1 | $174 |
| Kerecis Limited | 1 | $150 |
| Corelink, LLC | 1 | $100 |
| Medtronic | 2 | $45 |
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.
- KONG-TL VBR System$5,150
- KONG-C VBR System$5,150
- Vader one Pedicle System MIS$2,000
- Kerecis Omega3 Marigen$450
- VADER PEDICLE SYSTEM 6.0, SCREW, Carbon/PEEK, POLYAX., FEN., O 5.5 X 45 MM$398
- VADER PEDICLE SYSTEM, ROD, Carbon/PEEK, CURVED, 6.0 R450 X 200 MM$398
- KONG-TL VBR E, EXPANDABLE BODY, L, 19 MM X 27 - 37 MM$398
- KONG-TL VBR, END PLATE, ROUND, L AND SCREW, 12 X 43 MM$398
- KONG-TL VBR, END PLATE, RECTANGULAR, M AND SCREW, 12 X 33 MM$398
- icotec Medical BlackArmor Spine Oncology System$281
- IFUSE IMPLANT SYSTEM$268
- icotec Cervical Cage$190
- icotec Interbody Cage System$190
- Kerecis Omega3 SurgiClose$150
- Kerecis Omega3 GraftGuide$150
- VIPER$127
How this compares
$9,196 in reported general payments places this provider in the 70th percentile of 94 neurological surgery providers in Connecticut.
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 Hartford
- Eric SussmanHartford$71K
- Shane BurkeHartford$55K
- David SpiroHartford$13K
- Kaveh BaramiHartford$8K
- Javed Khader EliyasHartford$7K
- Kristopher KahleHartford$4K
- Inam KureshiHartford$2K
- Murat GunelNew Haven$839K
- Sanjay RathiNorth Haven$541K
- Patrick SenatusSouth Windsor$309K
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.