William Schooley, MD
Neurological Surgery · Nashville, TNNPI 1033190954
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — consulting fees (51.7%), speaking fees and food and beverage — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 19 manufacturers reported payments, led by Abbott at 48.4% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2021 at $31,186 and has fallen 75.8% since, to $7,541 in 2025. Among neurological surgery clinicians in TN 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 723 payments — averaging $145.35 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Abbott$51K
- Boston Scientific$50K
- Medtronic$2K
- Cerapedics Inc.$267
- Radius Health, Inc.$252
- Curonix LLC$200
- plus $672 from 13 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$54,31352%
- Speaking & faculty fees$28,88927%
- Travel & lodging$3,1133%
- Food & beverage$18,66418%
- Education$1110%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Abbott | 429 | $50,901 |
| Boston Scientific | 193 | $50,471 |
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 50 | $2,327 |
| Cerapedics Inc. | 2 | $267 |
| Radius Health, Inc. | 14 | $252 |
| Curonix LLC | 8 | $200 |
| Nevro Corp. | 10 | $175 |
| Atricure, Inc. | 2 | $133 |
| Amgen | 4 | $78 |
| EBI, LLC | 1 | $52 |
| Nalu Medical, Inc. | 1 | $48 |
| Globus Medical | 1 | $34 |
| Sanara Medtech Inc. | 2 | $27 |
| Orthofix Medical, Inc. | 1 | $26 |
| Camber Spine Technologies LLC | 1 | $25 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 1 | $25 |
| Providence Medical Technology, Inc. | 1 | $18 |
| Spineology Inc. | 1 | $18 |
| Life Spine, Inc. | 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$29,525
- PROCLAIM$15,849
- Proclaim Family of SCS IPGs$11,476
- Proclaim IPG$11,098
- ARTISAN$5,478
- WAVEWRITER ALPHA$4,713
- IonicRF Generator$3,348
- GENERAL - THERAPIES$3,257
- GENERAL PAIN MANAGEMENT$3,233
- Neuromodulation Dspsbls and Accs$1,724
- INTELLIS ADAPTIVESTIM$951
- WaveWriter Alpha Prime 16$689
- I-FACTOR PEPTIDE ENHANCED BONE GRAFT$168
- Axium INS DRG IPG$157
- UNID_PASS$117
- ATRICURE CRYOICE CRYOABLATION SYSTEM (CRYO2)$112
How this compares
$105,090 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th 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
- Khan LiNashville$101K
- Ernest WrightNashville$63K
- Dario EnglotNashville$47K
- Chadd FunkNashville$38K
- Vishad SukulNashville$27K
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.