Stephen Reintjes, MD
Neurological Surgery · North Kansas City, MONPI 1356630735
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by consulting fees: $32,099 of the $48,568 with a category attached, or 66.1%. 14 manufacturers reported payments, led by Kuros Biosciences USA, Inc at 43.6% of the total. 2025 is the largest year on record at $37,053, more than ten times the $653 reported in 2019. Among neurological surgery clinicians in MO with any reported payments, this total sits in the top 10% — high for the specialty, which is a reason to read the composition above rather than the number alone.
Across 89 payments — averaging $545.70 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Kuros Biosciences USA, Inc$21K
- Medtronic$12K
- Globus Medical$11K
- Alphatec Spine, Inc$4K
- Stryker$130
- Boston Scientific$125
- plus $341 from 8 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$32,09966%
- Travel & lodging$13,05927%
- Food & beverage$3,3937%
- Entertainment$160%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kuros Biosciences USA, Inc | 21 | $21,180 |
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 20 | $12,357 |
| Globus Medical(2 entities) | 25 | $10,835 |
| Alphatec Spine, Inc | 8 | $3,599 |
| Stryker | 5 | $130 |
| Boston Scientific | 1 | $125 |
| Carlsmed, Inc. | 1 | $109 |
| Integra Lifesciences Corporation | 2 | $85 |
| Microtransponder, Inc. | 1 | $51 |
| Biocomposites Inc | 1 | $25 |
| Livanova USA, Inc. | 1 | $25 |
| Radius Health, Inc. | 1 | $21 |
| Orthofix Medical, Inc. | 1 | $14 |
| Brainlab, Inc. | 1 | $12 |
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.
- MagnetOs$20,703
- STEALTHSTATION S8 PLATFORM$10,481
- Quartex$7,500
- Other - Miscellaneous$3,148
- COALITION AGX$1,239
- MARS 3V/3VL$1,207
- CATALYFT PL EXPANDABLE INTERBODY SYSTEM$675
- LIF$324
- INTELLIS ADAPTIVESTIM$220
- VECTRIS$140
- MazorX - Renaissance$133
- Excelsius3D Imaging System$130
- MAZOR X SYSTEM$124
- Excelsius - GPS$114
- aprevo$109
- TLIF$102
How this compares
$48,568 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 172 neurological surgery providers in Missouri.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| ForteoTeriparatide | 19 | $80,223 |
| TymlosAbaloparatide | 30 | $79,746 |
| Teriparatide | 15 | $31,731 |
| Methocarbamol | 537 | $4,529 |
| Gabapentin | 316 | $4,006 |
| Pregabalin | 185 | $2,835 |
| Oxycodone Hcl | 342 | $2,117 |
| Meloxicam | 494 | $1,080 |
| Lidocaine | 16 | $951 |
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 55 | $509 |
| Tizanidine Hcl | 39 | $482 |
| Tramadol Hcl | 85 | $288 |
| Baclofen | 12 | $236 |
| Methylprednisolone | 28 | $213 |
| Cyclobenzaprine Hcl | 22 | $173 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Companies that both paid and supply prescribed drugs
These companies both reported payments to this provider and make drugs the provider prescribed under Medicare Part D in 2024. For most specialties this overlap is expected — a cardiologist who is paid by a cardiology drugmaker also treats heart disease. It is shown so the reader can see it, not because it implies anything on its own.
| Company | Paid to this provider | Part D cost of their drugs |
|---|---|---|
| Radius Health, Inc.Tymlos | $21 | $79,74630 claims |
Reading this fairly. The Part D column is what drug plans and patients paid pharmacies — this provider received none of it, and it reflects how many patients they treat and what those drugs cost. Against peers, this provider's reported payments sit in the 90th percentile of 172 neurological surgery providers in Missouri.
Other neurological surgery in North Kansas City
- Rohit KesarwaniNorth Kansas City$17K
- Ammar HawasliNorth Kansas City$10K
- Neill WrightSaint Louis$1.1M
- Wilson RaySaint Louis$586K
- Carlos BagleyKansas City$532K
- Kaywan GamadiaCape Girardeau$458K
- Camilo MolinaSaint Louis$412K
- Paul SantiagoSaint Louis$368K
- Daniel ScodarySaint Louis$278K
- Daniel HafezSaint Louis$273K
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.