Wayel Kaakaji, MD
Neurological Surgery · Munster, INNPI 1184733008
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — consulting fees (58.9%), food and beverage and travel and lodging — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. Retropsoas Technologies, LLC accounts for 71.5% of it on its own, with 30 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2022 at $11,148 and has fallen 98.3% since, to $195 in 2025.
Across 125 payments — averaging $112.77 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Retropsoas Technologies, LLC$10K
- Globus Medical$579
- Stryker$462
- Zimvie Inc.$421
- Johnson & Johnson$375
- Medtronic$347
- plus $2K from 25 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$8,30959%
- Travel & lodging$2,13615%
- Food & beverage$3,63226%
- Education$200%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Retropsoas Technologies, LLC | 5 | $10,079 |
| Globus Medical(2 entities) | 8 | $579 |
| Stryker | 23 | $462 |
| Zimvie Inc. | 2 | $421 |
| Johnson & Johnson(2 entities) | 12 | $375 |
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 16 | $347 |
| GE HealthCare | 1 | $309 |
| Orthofix Medical, Inc. | 12 | $240 |
| Boston Scientific | 5 | $186 |
| Alphatec Spine, Inc | 1 | $180 |
| Spinal Elements, Inc. | 5 | $159 |
| AbbVie | 8 | $147 |
| Microtransponder, Inc. | 1 | $135 |
| Abbott | 3 | $60 |
| Si-bone, Inc. | 3 | $49 |
| Arbor Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 2 | $41 |
| Chiesi USA, Inc. | 2 | $39 |
| Spineology Inc. | 2 | $33 |
| Carbofix Spine Inc | 1 | $33 |
| Integra Lifesciences Corporation | 2 | $28 |
| Sanara Medtech Inc. | 1 | $27 |
| GT Medical Technologies, Inc | 1 | $22 |
| CSL Behring | 1 | $20 |
| Natus Medical Incorporated | 1 | $19 |
| Livanova USA, Inc. | 1 | $19 |
| AstraZeneca | 1 | $19 |
| Convatec Inc. | 1 | $14 |
| Cordis US CORP. | 1 | $14 |
| Zimmer Biomet | 1 | $14 |
| Misonix Inc | 1 | $13 |
| Brainlab, Inc. | 1 | $12 |
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
$14,096 in reported general payments places this provider in the 75th percentile of 112 neurological surgery providers in Indiana.
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 Munster
- Ryan KhannaMunster$29K
- Joshua SimonMunster$5K
- Mohammad ShukairyMunster$4K
- Jean-Pierre MobasserCarmel$3.5M
- Troy PaynerCarmel$803K
- Michael TurnerIndianapolis$522K
- Eric PottsCarmel$345K
- Souheil HaddadBloomington$161K
- Mitesh ShahIndianapolis$133K
- Bradley BohnstedtIndianapolis$122K
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.