Richard Stanger, MD
Neurological Surgery · Baton Rouge, LANPI 1659581601
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by food and beverage: $3,602 of the $5,669 with a category attached, or 63.5%. 27 manufacturers reported payments, led by Spine Wave, Inc. at 32.2% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $2,163 and has fallen 56.2% since, to $947 in 2025. That places this record below the midpoint for neurological surgery clinicians in LA, where the typical reported total is $5,328.
Across 150 payments — averaging $37.79 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Spine Wave, Inc.$2K
- Abbott$1K
- Boston Scientific$470
- Medtronic$433
- Si-bone, Inc.$270
- Nexus Spine, LLC$267
- plus $1K from 21 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$1,80032%
- Food & beverage$3,60264%
- Gifts$2675%
Most of this is food and beverage — typically meals provided during product presentations at a clinic or hospital. Nationally that is the single largest category of reported payments by count.
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. | 5 | $1,823 |
| Abbott | 66 | $1,064 |
| Boston Scientific | 19 | $470 |
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 9 | $433 |
| Si-bone, Inc. | 5 | $270 |
| Nexus Spine, LLC | 2 | $267 |
| Stryker | 8 | $256 |
| Carlsmed, Inc. | 2 | $184 |
| Nevro Corp. | 5 | $172 |
| Alphatec Spine, Inc | 1 | $154 |
| ALON Medical Technology | 1 | $79 |
| Pacira Pharmaceuticals Incorporated | 5 | $77 |
| Arbor Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 4 | $66 |
| Providence Medical Technology, Inc. | 2 | $48 |
| Baxter Healthcare | 2 | $48 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 2 | $43 |
| Innovation Technologies Inc | 1 | $27 |
| Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 2 | $27 |
| Globus Medical | 1 | $27 |
| Integrity Implants Inc. Dba Accelus | 1 | $23 |
| Merz Pharmaceuticals, LLC | 1 | $19 |
| Integrity Implants Inc. | 1 | $19 |
| Pfizer | 1 | $16 |
| Kerecis Limited | 1 | $15 |
| AstraZeneca | 1 | $14 |
| Vertex | 1 | $14 |
| Aesculap, Inc. | 1 | $13 |
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$1,600
- PressOn$267
- GENERAL PAIN MANAGEMENT$142
- Omnia$100
How this compares
$5,669 in reported general payments places this provider in the 50th percentile of 116 neurological surgery providers in Louisiana.
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 | 38 | $463 |
| Gabapentin | 41 | $241 |
| Tizanidine Hcl | 15 | $230 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other neurological surgery in Baton Rouge
- Eric OberlanderBaton Rouge$660K
- Kelly ScrantzBaton Rouge$128K
- Charles BowieBaton Rouge$60K
- Paul WaguespackBaton Rouge$43K
- Gregory FauthereeBaton Rouge$20K
- Brandon GaynorBaton Rouge$7K
- Garrett VenableBaton Rouge$6K
- Anthony SinShreveport$1.5M
- Sebastian KogaHammond$720K
- Najeeb ThomasMetairie$440K
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.