Vikram Chakravarthy, MD
Neurological Surgery · Columbus, OHNPI 1023429420
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by consulting fees: $55,897 of the $77,218 with a category attached, or 72.4%. Icotec Medical Inc. accounts for 72.1% of it on its own, with 15 other manufacturers making up the rest. Among neurological surgery clinicians in OH 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 161 payments — averaging $479.62 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Icotec Medical Inc.$56K
- Si-bone, Inc.$10K
- BK Medical Holding Company Inc.$4K
- Globus Medical$2K
- Stryker$2K
- VB Spine LLC$1K
- plus $2K from 10 others
Across 2 payments — averaging $18,236 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.
- Icotec Medical Inc.$36K
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$55,89772%
- Speaking & faculty fees$3,9705%
- Travel & lodging$10,09413%
- Food & beverage$7,1009%
- Gifts$1580%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Icotec Medical Inc. | 91 | $55,693 |
| Si-bone, Inc. | 2 | $10,237 |
| BK Medical Holding Company Inc. | 1 | $3,970 |
| Globus Medical(2 entities) | 23 | $2,037 |
| Stryker | 16 | $1,973 |
| VB Spine LLC | 7 | $1,058 |
| Kuros Biosciences USA, Inc | 5 | $849 |
| Brainlab, Inc. | 2 | $365 |
| Providence Medical Technology, Inc. | 2 | $354 |
| Medtronic | 4 | $273 |
| Leica Microsystems Inc. | 2 | $130 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 1 | $105 |
| Arteriocyte Medical Systems, Inc. | 1 | $88 |
| Bioventus LLC | 2 | $55 |
| Augmedics Inc. | 1 | $19 |
| Baxter Healthcare | 1 | $11 |
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.
- icotec BlackArmor Spine System$57,169
- IFUSE IMPLANT SYSTEM$10,200
- VADER PEDICLE SYSTEM 6.0, SCREW, Carbon/PEEK, POLYAX., FEN., O 5.5 X 45 MM$9,360
- VADER PEDICLE SYSTEM, ROD, Carbon/PEEK, CURVED, 6.0 R450 X 200 MM$9,360
- KONG-TL VBR E, EXPANDABLE BODY, L, 19 MM X 27 - 37 MM$9,360
- KONG-TL VBR, END PLATE, ROUND, L AND SCREW, 12 X 43 MM$9,360
- KONG-TL VBR, END PLATE, RECTANGULAR, M AND SCREW, 12 X 33 MM$9,360
- bk3000, bk3500 & bk5000 Ultrasound System$3,970
- EVEREST SPINAL SYSTEM$1,650
- Vader Pedicle System$1,159
- CASCADIA INTERBODY SYSTEM$800
- MagnetOs$691
- Excelsius Robotics System$548
- XLIF$530
- Surgical planning and navigation radiation treatment planning and positioning$337
- UNID_PASS$160
- CREO$122
- icotec Medical BlackArmor Spine Oncology System$119
- SYMPHONY$105
- Velys$105
How this compares
$77,218 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 301 neurological surgery providers in Ohio.
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 Columbus
- Christian BonassoColumbus$656K
- Russell LonserColumbus$419K
- Chris KarasColumbus$339K
- David XuColumbus$263K
- Andrew GrossbachColumbus$213K
- Stephanus ViljoenColumbus$115K
- Patrick YoussefColumbus$96K
- Daniel PrevedelloColumbus$93K
- Shahid NimjeeColumbus$81K
- Taylor SommerColumbus$56K
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.