Robert Stuart, MD
Neurological Surgery · Charleston, SCNPI 1770734675
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by consulting fees: $7,080 of the $10,064 with a category attached, or 70.4%. Medtronic accounts for 94.3% of it on its own, with 10 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2021 at $7,343 and has fallen 75.1% since, to $1,828 in 2025.
Across 45 payments — averaging $223.64 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Medtronic$9K
- Abbott$168
- Si-bone, Inc.$79
- Relievant Medsystems, Inc.$75
- Providence Medical Technology, Inc.$55
- Kuros Biosciences USA, Inc$49
- plus $146 from 5 others
Across 2 payments — averaging $11,571 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.
- Medtronic$23K
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$7,08070%
- Travel & lodging$1,46315%
- Food & beverage$1,52015%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 24 | $9,492 |
| Abbott | 5 | $168 |
| Si-bone, Inc. | 2 | $79 |
| Relievant Medsystems, Inc. | 3 | $75 |
| Providence Medical Technology, Inc. | 3 | $55 |
| Kuros Biosciences USA, Inc | 1 | $49 |
| Surgalign Spine Technologies, Inc. | 2 | $43 |
| Zimmer Biomet | 2 | $38 |
| Stryker | 1 | $30 |
| Boston Scientific | 1 | $18 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 1 | $17 |
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.
How this compares
$10,064 in reported general payments places this provider in the 70th percentile of 114 neurological surgery providers in South Carolina.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Gabapentin | 32 | $324 |
| Pregabalin | 11 | $89 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other neurological surgery in Charleston
- Alejandro SpiottaCharleston$894K
- Jonathan LenaCharleston$110K
- Matthew NealCharleston$65K
- Ramin EskandariCharleston$22K
- Istvan TakacsCharleston$13K
- Nathan RowlandCharleston$13K
- Clayton HaldemanCharleston$9K
- Brian CuddyCharleston$9K
- George KhouryCharleston$8K
- Roberta SefcikCharleston$7K
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.