Walter Langheinrich
Neurological Surgery · South Bend, INNPI 1699703595
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 92.1% of the total across 199 separate payments, which is the pattern of a clinician who attends manufacturer presentations rather than one with a consulting arrangement. Medtronic accounts for 92.4% of it on its own, with 21 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2020 at $5,088 and has fallen 96.8% since, to $165 in 2024.
Across 199 payments — averaging $80.87 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Medtronic$15K
- DJO, LLC$273
- Stryker$262
- Orthofix Medical, Inc.$155
- Providence Medical Technology, Inc.$87
- Integra Lifesciences Corporation$73
- plus $370 from 16 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$1,2658%
- Food & beverage$14,82992%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 154 | $14,874 |
| DJO, LLC | 3 | $273 |
| Stryker | 5 | $262 |
| Orthofix Medical, Inc. | 9 | $155 |
| Providence Medical Technology, Inc. | 1 | $87 |
| Integra Lifesciences Corporation | 5 | $73 |
| Portola Pharmaceuticals, LLC | 3 | $60 |
| Spineology Inc. | 2 | $46 |
| Si-bone, Inc. | 3 | $41 |
| Baxter Healthcare | 1 | $37 |
| Sanara Medtech Inc. | 2 | $30 |
| Ulrich Medical USA, Inc. | 1 | $20 |
| Aesculap, Inc. | 1 | $17 |
| Zimmer Biomet | 1 | $17 |
| Novocure Inc. | 1 | $15 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 1 | $15 |
| Sunovion Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 1 | $15 |
| Smith+Nephew | 1 | $12 |
| Zyla Life Sciences, Inc. | 1 | $12 |
| Ipsen Biopharmaceuticals, Inc | 1 | $11 |
| Wenzel Spine, Inc. | 1 | $10 |
| Kls-martin L.p. | 1 | $10 |
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.
- Mazor X Stealth Edition$1,891
- O-ARM-ST$1,590
- FiberCel$899
- CD HORIZON$875
- UNID_PASS$767
- MazorX - Renaissance$579
- O-ARM$367
- GRAFTON$329
- Catalyft$317
- POWEREASE$295
- T2 STRATOSPHERE$273
- ELEVATE$257
- CMF SPINALOGIC$252
- PRESTIGE$182
- MAZOR X SYSTEM$180
- Space-D$153
- NAVLOCK$149
- PIVOX Oblique Lateral Spinal System$145
- UNiD$140
- Adaptix$139
How this compares
$16,094 in reported general payments places this provider in the 80th percentile of 112 neurological surgery providers in Indiana.
Other neurological surgery in South Bend
- Daniel FulkersonSouth Bend$92K
- Richard FesslerSouth Bend$33K
- Stephen SmithSouth Bend$31K
- Neal PatelSouth Bend$12K
- Osmond WuSouth Bend$6K
- Jean-Pierre MobasserCarmel$3.5M
- Troy PaynerCarmel$803K
- Michael TurnerIndianapolis$522K
- Eric PottsCarmel$345K
- Souheil HaddadBloomington$161K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.