Richard Bucholz, MD
Neurological Surgery · Saint Louis, MONPI 1457455677
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — speaking fees (40.4%), consulting fees and travel and lodging — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 19 manufacturers reported payments, led by Boston Scientific at 46.6% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2021 at $8,205 and has fallen 96.4% since, to $297 in 2025.
Across 66 payments — averaging $298.79 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Boston Scientific$9K
- Medtronic$4K
- Corelink, LLC$3K
- Zimmer Biomet$895
- Ricoh USA, Inc$749
- Brainlab, Inc.$615
- plus $1K from 13 others
Across 1 payment — averaging $36,498 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.
- Functional Neuromodulation Inc$36K
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$7,23537%
- Speaking & faculty fees$7,97540%
- Travel & lodging$2,32312%
- Food & beverage$2,18711%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Boston Scientific | 14 | $9,182 |
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 14 | $3,812 |
| Corelink, LLC | 1 | $3,450 |
| Zimmer Biomet | 10 | $895 |
| Ricoh USA, Inc | 2 | $749 |
| Brainlab, Inc. | 5 | $615 |
| Abbott | 4 | $236 |
| GT Medical Technologies, Inc | 1 | $151 |
| Omniscient Neurotechnology America Ltd | 1 | $138 |
| NICO Corporation | 1 | $123 |
| Insightec,inc | 2 | $100 |
| Stryker | 4 | $98 |
| Clearpoint Neuro, Inc. | 1 | $75 |
| Livanova USA, Inc. | 1 | $22 |
| Arbor Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $17 |
| Pfizer | 1 | $17 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 1 | $16 |
| Integra Lifesciences Corporation | 1 | $14 |
| Covidien LP | 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.
- GENERAL DBS$6,325
- StealthStation$2,960
- ROSA$600
- VISUALASE$328
- GENERAL - THERAPIES$275
- GammaTile$151
- PERCEPT PC BRAINSENSE$148
- Quicktome$138
- NICO AUTOMATED PRESERVATION SYSTEM$123
- NICO BRAINPATH$123
- NICO MENIGLIDE$123
- NICO SECUREHOLD$123
- NICO FLUID SYSTEM$123
- VERCISE$120
- Infinity DBS Pulse Generators$105
How this compares
$19,720 in reported general payments places this provider in the 80th percentile of 172 neurological surgery providers in Missouri.
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 Saint Louis
- Neill WrightSaint Louis$1.1M
- Wilson RaySaint Louis$586K
- Camilo MolinaSaint Louis$412K
- Paul SantiagoSaint Louis$368K
- Daniel ScodarySaint Louis$278K
- Daniel HafezSaint Louis$273K
- John OgunladeSaint Louis$220K
- Joshua OsbunSaint Louis$98K
- Adewale BakareSaint Louis$81K
- Eric LeuthardtSaint Louis$78K
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.