Robert Louis, MD
Neurological Surgery · Newport Beach, CANPI 1033312608
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by consulting fees: $654,624 of the $931,515 with a category attached, or 70.3%. Surgical Theater. Inc. accounts for 85.1% of it on its own, with 17 other manufacturers making up the rest. Among neurological surgery clinicians in CA 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 396 payments — averaging $2352.31 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Surgical Theater. Inc.$793K
- Medtronic$114K
- Penumbra, Inc.$21K
- KARL Storz Endoscopy-america$3K
- Abbott$281
- Integra Lifesciences Corporation$198
- plus $744 from 12 others
Across 1 payment — averaging $1549.38 each. An ownership or investment interest held by the physician or an immediate family member.
- Appliedvr Inc$2K
What the payments were for
- Royalty or licence$111,25012%
- Consulting fees$654,62470%
- Speaking & faculty fees$93,00010%
- Travel & lodging$54,0006%
- Food & beverage$18,1972%
- Education$4430%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Surgical Theater. Inc. | 141 | $792,549 |
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 224 | $113,944 |
| Penumbra, Inc. | 2 | $20,800 |
| KARL Storz Endoscopy-america | 2 | $3,000 |
| Abbott | 7 | $281 |
| Integra Lifesciences Corporation | 3 | $198 |
| Monteris Medical Corporation | 1 | $185 |
| AbbVie | 5 | $148 |
| NX Development Corp. | 1 | $115 |
| Longeviti Neuro Solutions Inc | 2 | $68 |
| Cerapedics Inc. | 1 | $51 |
| Carl Zeiss Meditec USA, Inc. | 1 | $43 |
| Centinel Spine, LLC | 1 | $26 |
| Insightec,inc | 1 | $26 |
| Analogic Corporation | 1 | $25 |
| Stryker | 1 | $25 |
| Boston Scientific | 1 | $19 |
| Lemaitre Vascular, 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.
- STEALTHSTATION S8 PLATFORM$34,416
- StealthStation$22,672
- STEALTH AUTOGUIDE SYSTEM$21,801
- Real Immersive System$10,400
- Indigo System$10,400
- MAZOR X SYSTEM$3,121
- HOPKINS II TELESCOPE 0, 2MM X 26CM$1,000
- ELEVATE SPINAL SYSTEM$581
- STRATA$261
- Neuroblate$185
- Mazor X Stealth Edition$164
- CODMAN CERTAS$123
- CUSA CLARITY$123
- DURAGEN$123
- DURASEAL EXACT$123
- CODMAN HAKIM PRECISION VALVE$123
- Gleolan$115
- Covidien-Intrasaccular$106
- AQUAMANTYS$103
- O-ARM-ST$103
How this compares
$931,515 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 773 neurological surgery providers in California.
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 Newport Beach
- Christopher AmesSan Francisco$7.1M
- Larry KhooLos Angeles$2.8M
- Samy AbdouSan Diego$2.4M
- Bret AbshireMurrieta$2.3M
- William TaylorSan Diego$2.1M
- Tooraj GravoriEncino$2M
- Ali MesiwalaRancho Cucamonga$1.5M
- Joseph OsorioSan Diego$1.3M
- Ian JohnsonFresno$1.3M
- Aaron Cohen-GadolLos Angeles$1.3M
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.