Steven Schopick, MD
Neurological Surgery · Cedar Rapids, IANPI 1205816998
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — travel and lodging (41.1%), consulting fees and food and beverage — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. Medtronic accounts for 72.7% of it on its own, with 11 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2024 at $16,733 and has fallen 90.4% since, to $1,599 in 2025. Among neurological surgery clinicians in IA 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 280 payments — averaging $119.70 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Medtronic$24K
- Globus Medical$3K
- Stryker$2K
- Life Spine, Inc.$2K
- Aesculap Implant Systems, LLC$1K
- Spine Wave, Inc.$326
- plus $449 from 6 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$10,20030%
- Travel & lodging$13,76441%
- Food & beverage$9,53128%
- Education$230%
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 | 166 | $24,381 |
| Globus Medical(2 entities) | 54 | $2,855 |
| Stryker | 23 | $2,319 |
| Life Spine, Inc. | 15 | $2,120 |
| Aesculap Implant Systems, LLC | 8 | $1,067 |
| Spine Wave, Inc. | 4 | $326 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 3 | $149 |
| Abbott | 3 | $148 |
| Medacta USA, Inc. | 1 | $72 |
| Zimmer Biomet | 1 | $46 |
| Lifenet Health | 1 | $17 |
| Vertex | 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.
- MAZOR X SYSTEM$13,895
- O-ARM$6,331
- TruLift$1,713
- ProLift$1,412
- XLIF$1,291
- ACTIVL$928
- RAVINE LATERAL ACCESS SYSTEM$753
- ProLift Micro$464
- TRITANIUM$415
- ARx$311
- GRUVE ANTERIOR CERVICAL PLATE System$311
- EVEREST SPINAL SYSTEM$285
- CATALYFT PL EXPANDABLE INTERBODY SYSTEM$278
- ANTERALIGN SPINAL SYSTEM WITH TITAN NANOLOCK SURFACE TECHNOLOGY$232
- UNID_PASS$176
- CAPRI CORPECTOMY CAGE SYSTEM$175
- SIMpact$168
- Solstice$166
- ExcelsiusGPS Robotic Navigation System$162
- Spinal Implants$158
How this compares
$33,517 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 54 neurological surgery providers in Iowa.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 85 | $815 |
| Tizanidine Hcl | 133 | $461 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other neurological surgery in Cedar Rapids
- Darin SmithCedar Rapids$16K
- Daniela Alexandru-AbramsCedar Rapids$5K
- Jeannette LiuCedar Rapids$4K
- David SegalCedar Rapids$239
- Mary HlavinCedar Rapids$192
- Chad AbernatheyCedar Rapids$47
- Loren MouwCedar Rapids$15
- Mario ZanatyIowa City$98K
- Kathleen DlouhyIowa City$51K
- Timothy RykenDes Moines$44K
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.