Robert Spetzler
Neurological Surgery · Phoenix, AZNPI 1104812593
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by royalties or licence payments: $12,781,179 of the $12,781,230 with a category attached, or 100.0%. Stryker accounts for 99.8% of it on its own, with 5 other manufacturers making up the rest. Among neurological surgery clinicians in AZ 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 $228,236 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Stryker$12.8M
- Davol Inc.$15K
- BD$7K
- Steris Corporation$4K
- Integra Lifesciences Corporation$3K
- Mizuho America, Inc.$999
Across 6 payments — averaging $71,201 each. An ownership or investment interest held by the physician or an immediate family member.
- Phasor Health, LLC$427K
- RSB Spine, LLC$0
What the payments were for
- Royalty or licence$12,781,179100%
- Food & beverage$500%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Stryker | 36 | $12,751,303 |
| Davol Inc. | 7 | $15,039 |
| BD | 6 | $7,055 |
| Steris Corporation | 1 | $3,639 |
| Integra Lifesciences Corporation | 3 | $3,196 |
| Mizuho America, Inc. | 3 | $999 |
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.
- SONOPET IQ$9,618,655
- NSE - SONOPET$3,132,598
- SPETZLER-MALIS$1,452,058
- NSE - BIPOLAR FORCEPS/BIPOLAR GENERATOR$783,520
- V. MUELLER$22,093
- NA$3,639
- SPETZLER MALIS FORCEPS$3,196
How this compares
$12,781,230 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 173 neurological surgery providers in Arizona.
Other neurological surgery in Phoenix
- Juan UribePhoenix$6.7M
- Stephen PapadopoulosPhoenix$6M
- Volker SonntagPhoenix$2M
- Jay TurnerPhoenix$1.2M
- Michael LawtonPhoenix$761K
- Bryan LeePhoenix$441K
- Randall PorterPhoenix$410K
- Joseph ZabramskiPhoenix$381K
- Francisco PoncePhoenix$292K
- Curtis DickmanPhoenix$260K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.