Steven Falowski, MD
Neurological Surgery · Fountain Hill, PANPI 1720272800
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — speaking fees (40.6%), consulting fees and royalties or licence payments — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 48 manufacturers reported payments, led by Abbott at 55.5% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $661,281 and has fallen 53.9% since, to $304,945 in 2025. Among neurological surgery clinicians in PA 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 3,016 payments — averaging $980.66 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Abbott$1.6M
- Aurora Spine, Inc.$623K
- Vertiflex, Inc.$163K
- Boston Scientific$123K
- Saluda Medical Americas, Inc.$121K
- Medtronic$91K
- plus $195K from 42 others
Across 207 payments — averaging $2088.97 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.
- Abbott$179K
- Saluda Medical Americas, Inc.$161K
- Medtronic$50K
- Nevro Corp.$25K
- Boston Scientific$7K
- Biotronik Inc.$6K
- plus $4K from 2 others
Across 8 payments — averaging $2141.63 each. An ownership or investment interest held by the physician or an immediate family member.
- SPR Therapeutics, Inc$17K
- Foundation Fusion Solutions, LLC$0
What the payments were for
- Royalty or licence$302,78910%
- Consulting fees$1,168,94340%
- Speaking & faculty fees$1,201,20641%
- Travel & lodging$199,9717%
- Food & beverage$84,6293%
- Education$550%
- Entertainment$910%
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.
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.
- PROCLAIM$765,629
- ZIP$623,179
- Proclaim Family of SCS IPGs$381,393
- Neuromodulation Dspsbls and Accs$235,890
- Superion ISS$161,267
- Proclaim DRG IPG$88,916
- SUPERION$84,531
- Evoke SCS$79,316
- IonicRF Generator$67,563
- Proclaim IPG$40,186
- mild Device Kit$37,877
- Evoke study$37,043
- ReActiv8$35,256
- INTELLIS$31,926
- VERIFLEX$27,441
- Intracept$21,600
- 3D GraftRasp System$15,244
- COOLIEF$11,318
- Infinity DBS Pulse Generators$7,920
- BIOTRONIK$7,301
How this compares
$2,957,684 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 390 neurological surgery providers in Pennsylvania.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Tizanidine Hcl | 14 | $125 |
| Tramadol Hcl | 18 | $56 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other neurological surgery in Fountain Hill
- Amer SamdaniPhiladelphia$4.4M
- Adam KanterPittsburgh$2.6M
- David OkonkwoPittsburgh$2.3M
- Brian JankowitzPhiladelphia$823K
- Gaurav JainWynnewood$599K
- Joshua HellerPhiladelphia$519K
- Srinivas PrasadPhiladelphia$513K
- Constantinos HadjipanayisPittsburgh$484K
- Oded GorenDanville$448K
- Sanjay KonakondlaDanville$389K
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.