Vishad Sukul, MD
Neurological Surgery · Nashville, TNNPI 1194985192
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — food and beverage (41.9%), speaking fees and consulting fees — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 18 manufacturers reported payments, led by Medtronic at 42.0% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2024 at $7,621 and has fallen 73.5% since, to $2,017 in 2025.
Across 265 payments — averaging $100.45 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Medtronic$11K
- Boston Scientific$10K
- Neuropace, Inc.$2K
- Abbott$1K
- Monteris Medical Corporation$585
- Nevro Corp.$394
- plus $972 from 12 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$4,00015%
- Speaking & faculty fees$8,36631%
- Travel & lodging$3,10612%
- Food & beverage$11,14642%
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(2 entities) | 80 | $11,184 |
| Boston Scientific | 110 | $9,698 |
| Neuropace, Inc. | 15 | $2,329 |
| Abbott | 20 | $1,457 |
| Monteris Medical Corporation | 4 | $585 |
| Nevro Corp. | 17 | $394 |
| Si-bone, Inc. | 5 | $240 |
| Saluda Medical Americas, Inc. | 2 | $196 |
| Neurelis, Inc. | 1 | $122 |
| Jazz Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 1 | $116 |
| UCB, Inc. | 1 | $105 |
| Livanova USA, Inc. | 2 | $49 |
| Zimmer Biomet | 1 | $36 |
| Nalu Medical, Inc. | 2 | $33 |
| Curonix LLC | 1 | $28 |
| Collegium Pharmaceutical, Inc. | 1 | $21 |
| Insightec,inc | 1 | $14 |
| Pfizer | 1 | $13 |
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.
- SPECTRA WAVEWRITER$6,470
- INTELLIS ADAPTIVESTIM$4,990
- INTELLIS$2,891
- RNS Neurostimulator Kit$2,129
- SYNCHROMEDII$1,186
- ACTIVA$558
- Neuroblate$528
- GENERAL PAIN MANAGEMENT$481
- INFINITY$425
- WaveWriter Alpha Prime 16$274
- GENERAL DBS$143
- Axium$131
- Neuromodulation Dspsbls and Accs$131
- Evoke$127
- Octrode SCS Leads$126
- PERCEPT PC BRAINSENSE$123
- INCEPTIV$122
- VALTOCO$122
- VERCISE$120
- Senza Spinal Cord Stimulation System$116
How this compares
$26,618 in reported general payments places this provider in the 75th percentile of 156 neurological surgery providers in Tennessee.
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 Nashville
- Brian OshaughnessyNashville$2.1M
- Chine LoganNashville$309K
- Scott ParkerNashville$255K
- Arthur UlmNashville$203K
- Gregory LanfordNashville$175K
- William SchooleyNashville$105K
- Khan LiNashville$101K
- Ernest WrightNashville$63K
- Dario EnglotNashville$47K
- Chadd FunkNashville$38K
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.