Stephen Smith, MD
Neurological Surgery · South Bend, INNPI 1124050851
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — food and beverage (51.1%), royalties or licence payments and travel and lodging — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 19 manufacturers reported payments, led by Medtronic at 49.4% of the total. 2025 is the largest year on record at $18,760, 7.1 times the $2,632 reported in 2019.
Across 179 payments — averaging $173.12 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Medtronic$15K
- Happe Spine$14K
- Stryker$277
- Arteriocyte Medical Systems, Inc.$147
- Icotec Medical Inc.$147
- Astellas Pharma US Inc$135
- plus $544 from 13 others
Across 7 payments — averaging $134,090 each. An ownership or investment interest held by the physician or an immediate family member.
- Happe Spine$939K
What the payments were for
- Royalty or licence$14,00845%
- Travel & lodging$1,0233%
- Food & beverage$15,84451%
- Education$1140%
Most of this is food and beverage — typically meals provided during product presentations at a clinic or hospital. Nationally that is the single largest category of reported payments by count.
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) | 148 | $15,297 |
| Happe Spine | 4 | $14,441 |
| Stryker | 3 | $277 |
| Arteriocyte Medical Systems, Inc. | 1 | $147 |
| Icotec Medical Inc. | 1 | $147 |
| Astellas Pharma US Inc | 3 | $135 |
| Orthopediatrics Corp. | 2 | $125 |
| Biocomposites Inc | 1 | $122 |
| Globus Medical | 3 | $68 |
| Medicrea USA, Corp. | 1 | $40 |
| Orthofix Medical, Inc. | 2 | $32 |
| Si-bone, Inc. | 2 | $28 |
| Sunovion Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 2 | $26 |
| AbbVie | 1 | $21 |
| CSL Behring | 1 | $20 |
| Providence Medical Technology, Inc. | 1 | $19 |
| Zimmer Biomet | 1 | $17 |
| Sanara Medtech Inc. | 1 | $14 |
| Integra Lifesciences Corporation | 1 | $13 |
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.
- INTEGRATE-C$14,327
- UNID_PASS$1,903
- CATALYFT PL EXPANDABLE INTERBODY SYSTEM$1,169
- O-ARM-ST$703
- KYPHON EXPRESS II KYPHOPAK TRAY$601
- MAGNIFUSE BONE GRAFT$458
- FiberCel$274
- GRAFTONAND GRAFTON PLUSDEMINERALIZED BONE MATRIX (DBM)$259
- T2 STRATOSPHERE$248
- CD HORIZON$231
- Catalyft$175
- T2 STRATOSPHERE EXPANDABLE CORPECTOMY SYSTEM$175
- MASTERGRAFT$160
- Magellan$147
- KONG-TL VBR E, EXPANDABLE BODY, L, 19 MM X 27 - 37 MM$147
- VADER PEDICLE SYSTEM 6.0, SCREW, Carbon/PEEK, POLYAX., FEN., O 5.5 X 45 MM$147
- VADER PEDICLE SYSTEM, ROD, Carbon/PEEK, CURVED, 6.0 R450 X 200 MM$147
- KONG-TL VBR, END PLATE, RECTANGULAR, M AND SCREW, 12 X 33 MM$147
- KONG-TL VBR, END PLATE, ROUND, L AND SCREW, 12 X 43 MM$147
- GENERAL K2M PRODUCT DISCUSSION$144
How this compares
$30,989 in reported general payments places this provider in the 85th percentile of 112 neurological surgery providers in Indiana.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Methocarbamol | 32 | $353 |
| Dexamethasone | 28 | $342 |
| Methylprednisolone | 19 | $127 |
| Tizanidine Hcl | 23 | $103 |
| Tramadol Hcl | 14 | $71 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other neurological surgery in South Bend
- Daniel FulkersonSouth Bend$92K
- Richard FesslerSouth Bend$33K
- Walter LangheinrichSouth Bend$16K
- Neal PatelSouth Bend$12K
- Osmond WuSouth Bend$6K
- Jean-Pierre MobasserCarmel$3.5M
- Troy PaynerCarmel$803K
- Michael TurnerIndianapolis$522K
- Eric PottsCarmel$345K
- Souheil HaddadBloomington$161K
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.