Viktoras Palys, MD
Neurological Surgery · Little Rock, ARNPI 1922311315
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by travel and lodging: $9,460 of the $14,064 with a category attached, or 67.3%. 13 manufacturers reported payments, led by Neuropace, Inc. at 32.6% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2024 at $3,885 and has fallen 97.3% since, to $106 in 2025.
Across 65 payments — averaging $216.38 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Neuropace, Inc.$5K
- Medtronic$3K
- Globus Medical$2K
- Monteris Medical Corporation$1K
- Arthrex$1K
- Centinel Spine, LLC$730
- plus $830 from 7 others
Across 5 payments — averaging $2444.00 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.
- Monteris Medical Corporation$12K
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$2,17515%
- Travel & lodging$9,46067%
- Food & beverage$2,43017%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Neuropace, Inc. | 19 | $4,592 |
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 9 | $3,471 |
| Globus Medical | 5 | $2,388 |
| Monteris Medical Corporation | 8 | $1,045 |
| Arthrex | 13 | $1,009 |
| Centinel Spine, LLC | 2 | $730 |
| Brainlab, Inc. | 2 | $407 |
| Davol Inc. | 1 | $141 |
| Boston Scientific | 1 | $105 |
| Acadia Pharmaceuticals Inc | 1 | $57 |
| Si-bone, Inc. | 1 | $45 |
| Stryker | 2 | $39 |
| Zimmer Biomet | 1 | $36 |
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.
How this compares
$14,064 in reported general payments places this provider in the 80th percentile of 64 neurological surgery providers in Arkansas.
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 Little Rock
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- Analiz RodriguezLittle Rock$13K
- Gautam GandhiLittle Rock$11K
- Blake PhillipsLittle Rock$10K
- Hector Soriano-BaronLittle Rock$10K
- Deanna Sasaki AdamsLittle Rock$7K
- Brad ThomasLittle Rock$3K
- Bryan LieberLittle Rock$3K
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.