William Stetler, MD
Neurological Surgery · Charlotte, NCNPI 1205063526
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 108 payments — averaging $134.94 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Stryker$5K
- Penumbra, Inc.$5K
- Medtronic$2K
- Globus Medical$2K
- Johnson & Johnson$746
- Imperative Care, Inc$204
- plus $776 from 12 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$4,27529%
- Speaking & faculty fees$3,20022%
- Travel & lodging$2,57218%
- Food & beverage$4,52731%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Stryker | 11 | $4,781 |
| Penumbra, Inc. | 6 | $4,640 |
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 56 | $1,742 |
| Globus Medical(2 entities) | 7 | $1,685 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 13 | $746 |
| Imperative Care, Inc | 2 | $204 |
| Cerapedics Inc. | 1 | $200 |
| Omniscient Neurotechnology America Ltd | 1 | $150 |
| Spine Wave, Inc. | 1 | $116 |
| Qapel Medical Inc | 1 | $80 |
| Balt USA, LLC | 1 | $59 |
| Route 92 Medical, Inc. | 2 | $49 |
| Intrinsic Therapeutics | 1 | $27 |
| Boston Scientific | 1 | $25 |
| Arbor Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $24 |
| Terumo Medical Corporation | 1 | $19 |
| Microvention, Inc. | 1 | $16 |
| Silk Road Medical, 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.
- Smart Coil$4,530
- TARGET$1,550
- SURPASS EVOLVE$1,500
- Excelsius - GPS$1,478
- TREVO$800
- AXS VECTA 71$425
- AXS CATALYST 7$425
- VIPER$230
- EXPEDIUM$223
- I-FACTOR PEPTIDE ENHANCED BONE GRAFT$200
- ES2 SPINAL SYSTEM$175
- ZOOM 88-T LARGE DISTAL PLATFORM$175
- AVS ANCHOR-L$172
- CORE$159
- Pipeline$153
- Quicktome$150
- Duet$147
- SPINAL IMPLANT$116
- Penumbra System$110
How this compares
$14,574 in reported general payments places this provider in the 60th percentile of 196 neurological surgery providers in North Carolina.
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.
Most prescribed under Part D
| Drug | Claims | Cost to plans & patients |
|---|---|---|
| Gabapentin | 29 | $149 |
| ClopidogrelClopidogrel Bisulfate | 20 | $113 |
| Methylprednisolone | 12 | $82 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other neurological surgery in Charlotte
- Domagoj CoricCharlotte$4.1M
- Paul KimCharlotte$1.8M
- Matthew McGirtCharlotte$693K
- Tim AdamsonCharlotte$470K
- Jonathan ParishCharlotte$299K
- Anthony AsherCharlotte$287K
- Joe BernardCharlotte$254K
- Michael BohlCharlotte$120K
- Vincent RossiCharlotte$104K
- Andrew HealyCharlotte$99K
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.