Robert Heary
Neurological Surgery · Newark, NJNPI 1659407542
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by royalties or licence payments: $1,005,292 of the $1,007,697 with a category attached, or 99.8%. Depuy Synthes Products, Inc. accounts for 99.8% of it on its own, with 13 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2020 at $205,143 and has fallen 64.5% since, to $72,799 in 2025. Among neurological surgery clinicians in NJ with any reported payments, this total sits in the top 5% — high for the specialty, which is a reason to read the composition above rather than the number alone.
Across 56 payments — averaging $17,995 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Depuy Synthes Products, Inc.$1M
- Stryker$915
- Cerapedics Inc.$228
- Medtronic$221
- Augmedics Inc.$201
- Baxter Healthcare$164
- plus $676 from 8 others
Across 3 payments — averaging $2497.89 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.
- Pfizer$7K
What the payments were for
- Royalty or licence$1,005,292100%
- Food & beverage$2,4060%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Depuy Synthes Products, Inc. | 28 | $1,005,292 |
| Stryker | 7 | $915 |
| Cerapedics Inc. | 2 | $228 |
| Medtronic | 4 | $221 |
| Augmedics Inc. | 1 | $201 |
| Baxter Healthcare | 2 | $164 |
| Boston Scientific | 4 | $158 |
| Bioventus LLC | 2 | $157 |
| Zimmer Biomet | 1 | $111 |
| Precision Medical Products Inc. | 1 | $105 |
| Globus Medical | 1 | $75 |
| Providence Medical Technology, Inc. | 1 | $39 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 1 | $17 |
| Theragen, Inc. | 1 | $15 |
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.
- BENGAL$1,005,292
- VIPER$1,005,292
- Xvision$1,006
- TRITANIUM$426
- I-FACTOR PEPTIDE ENHANCED BONE GRAFT$228
- BIO4$166
- NONE$151
- GAMMA$148
- XIA$144
- VLIFT$144
- ES2$144
- MAZOR X SYSTEM$129
- Biomet SpinalPak$111
- Xstim Spinal Fusion Stimulator$105
How this compares
$1,007,697 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 174 neurological surgery providers in New Jersey.
Other neurological surgery in Newark
- John GillickNewark$90K
- Michael SchulderNewark$55K
- Antonios MammisNewark$44K
- Chirag GandhiNewark$16K
- Amit SinglaNewark$9K
- Harshpal SinghHackensack$677K
- Ira GoldsteinMontclair$344K
- Karthik MadhavanCherry Hill$291K
- Simon SalernoWall Township$275K
- Shabbar DanishNeptune$267K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.