Thomas Russell, MD
Neurological Surgery · Madison, WINPI 1295185056
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by food and beverage: $2,408 of the $3,953 with a category attached, or 60.9%. 9 manufacturers reported payments, led by Penumbra, Inc. at 43.2% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2023 at $1,725 and has fallen 59.2% since, to $703 in 2025.
Across 32 payments — averaging $123.52 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Penumbra, Inc.$2K
- Globus Medical$732
- Medtronic$647
- Route 92 Medical, Inc.$288
- Si-bone, Inc.$221
- Aesculap Implant Systems, LLC$113
- plus $245 from 3 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$1,54539%
- Food & beverage$2,40861%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Penumbra, Inc. | 7 | $1,707 |
| Globus Medical | 8 | $732 |
| Medtronic | 8 | $647 |
| Route 92 Medical, Inc. | 1 | $288 |
| Si-bone, Inc. | 3 | $221 |
| Aesculap Implant Systems, LLC | 1 | $113 |
| Icotec Medical Inc. | 1 | $98 |
| Orthofix Medical, Inc. | 2 | $81 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 1 | $66 |
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.
- Benchmark$1,345
- MAZOR X SYSTEM$281
- RED 72$162
- ACTIVL$113
How this compares
$3,953 in reported general payments places this provider in the 65th percentile of 133 neurological surgery providers in Wisconsin.
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 Madison
- Azam AhmedMadison$35K
- Mustafa BaskayaMadison$23K
- Christopher BaggottMadison$20K
- Daniel BurkettMadison$19K
- Brian SnyderMadison$9K
- Sanjay BhatiaMadison$9K
- William KempMadison$8K
- Gregory TrostMadison$5K
- Michael KoltzMadison$5K
- Laura McGuireMadison$4K
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.