Stuart Kaplan, MD
Neurological Surgery · Las Vegas, NVNPI 1508823824
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by food and beverage: $4,698 of the $6,847 with a category attached, or 68.6%. 31 manufacturers reported payments, led by Corelink, LLC at 31.3% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2022 at $2,770 and has fallen 70.0% since, to $832 in 2025. That places this record below the midpoint for neurological surgery clinicians in NV, where the typical reported total is $6,847.
Across 219 payments — averaging $31.27 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Corelink, LLC$2K
- Abbott$1K
- Medtronic$855
- Providence Medical Technology, Inc.$480
- Boston Scientific$328
- Globus Medical$302
- plus $1K from 25 others
Across 2 payments — averaging $11,100 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.
- Surgalign Spine Technologies, Inc.$22K
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$1,71925%
- Food & beverage$4,69869%
- Education$401%
- Entertainment$3906%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Corelink, LLC | 9 | $2,141 |
| Abbott | 58 | $1,260 |
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 56 | $855 |
| Providence Medical Technology, Inc. | 28 | $480 |
| Boston Scientific | 10 | $328 |
| Globus Medical(2 entities) | 13 | $302 |
| Stryker | 6 | $275 |
| Nevro Corp. | 7 | $229 |
| Saluda Medical Americas, Inc. | 1 | $137 |
| Si-bone, Inc. | 3 | $93 |
| AstraZeneca(2 entities) | 3 | $75 |
| GT Medical Technologies, Inc | 1 | $72 |
| Orthofix Medical, Inc. | 2 | $63 |
| Arbor Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 3 | $59 |
| Arteriocyte Medical Systems, Inc. | 1 | $57 |
| Radius Health, Inc. | 2 | $47 |
| Smith+Nephew | 1 | $44 |
| Biocomposites Inc | 2 | $37 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 1 | $34 |
| Integra Lifesciences Corporation | 1 | $30 |
| Acera Surgical, Inc. | 1 | $29 |
| Solventum Corporation | 1 | $26 |
| Kls-martin L.p. | 1 | $24 |
| Forte Bio-pharma LLC | 1 | $23 |
| Monteris Medical Corporation | 1 | $22 |
| Livanova USA, Inc. | 1 | $22 |
| Portola Pharmaceuticals, LLC | 1 | $19 |
| Expanding Innovations, Inc. | 1 | $18 |
| Pacira Pharmaceuticals Incorporated | 1 | $16 |
| Zimmer Biomet | 1 | $15 |
| Stimwave Technologies Incorporated | 1 | $14 |
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.
- CLINICAL TRIAL PRODUCT$159
- Evoke$137
- Senza$103
How this compares
$6,847 in reported general payments places this provider in the 50th percentile of 45 neurological surgery providers in Nevada.
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.
Other neurological surgery in Las Vegas
- William SmithLas Vegas$1.5M
- Jason GarberLas Vegas$787K
- Yevgeniy KhavkinLas Vegas$577K
- Michael SeiffLas Vegas$335K
- Scott GlickmanLas Vegas$274K
- Efrem CoxLas Vegas$45K
- Gregory DoudsLas Vegas$29K
- Michael SchneierLas Vegas$21K
- John AnsonLas Vegas$18K
- Angela PalmerLas Vegas$13K
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.