William Tobler, MD
Neurological Surgery · Cincinnati, OHNPI 1265469571
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 75 payments — averaging $332.07 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Si-bone, Inc.$11K
- Medical Device Business Services, Inc.$7K
- Osteocentric Technologies, Inc.$2K
- Johnson & Johnson$1K
- Medtronic$1K
- Boston Scientific$598
- plus $2K from 16 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$19,95380%
- Travel & lodging$7293%
- Food & beverage$4,22417%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Si-bone, Inc. | 3 | $10,850 |
| Medical Device Business Services, Inc. | 4 | $6,728 |
| Osteocentric Technologies, Inc. | 3 | $2,438 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 10 | $1,156 |
| Medtronic | 8 | $1,121 |
| Boston Scientific | 20 | $598 |
| Globus Medical(2 entities) | 3 | $353 |
| Innovasis Inc | 3 | $294 |
| Benvenue Medical Inc | 2 | $291 |
| Kuros Biosciences USA, Inc | 1 | $242 |
| Spineology Inc. | 1 | $230 |
| Zimvie Inc. | 3 | $146 |
| Zimmer Biomet | 2 | $141 |
| Nexus Spine, LLC | 1 | $131 |
| AbbVie(2 entities) | 3 | $52 |
| Augmedics Inc. | 2 | $35 |
| Highridge Medical LLC | 1 | $23 |
| Integra Lifesciences Corporation | 1 | $20 |
| Medicrea USA, Corp. | 1 | $18 |
| Spinal Elements, Inc. | 1 | $14 |
| Cerapedics Inc. | 1 | $13 |
| Mentor Worldwide LLC | 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.
- iFuse Implant$10,850
- SPOTLIGHT$6,728
- TPAL$6,728
- VIPER$6,728
- OsteoCentric 4.0 x 130mm LOCKING BONE SCREW FASTENER ST$2,375
- CD HORIZON$781
- Spine & Trauma 3D Navigation$298
- Kiva VCF Treatment System$291
- Blazer Vertebral Augmentation Kit$291
- MagnetOs$242
- Rampart Duo Interbody Fusion System$230
- Excelsius - GPS$196
- Endoskeleton-C$150
- FIBERGRAFT Aeridyan Matrix$150
- ALTALYNE$150
- FIBERGRAFT BG Morsels$150
- ACIS$141
- XLIF$141
- Teligen$133
- PressOn$131
How this compares
$24,906 in reported general payments places this provider in the 75th percentile of 301 neurological surgery providers in Ohio.
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 | 35 | $384 |
| Methocarbamol | 22 | $346 |
| Oxycodone-AcetaminophenOxycodone Hcl/Acetaminophen | 18 | $164 |
| Tizanidine Hcl | 26 | $127 |
| Diclofenac Sodium | 12 | $120 |
| Methylprednisolone | 16 | $67 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other neurological surgery in Cincinnati
- Sudhakar VadiveluCincinnati$660K
- Charles PrestigiacomoCincinnati$427K
- Zachary TempelCincinnati$351K
- Laura NgwenyaCincinnati$309K
- Michael KachmannCincinnati$247K
- Vincent DinapoliCincinnati$192K
- Justin VirojanapaCincinnati$150K
- Joseph ChengCincinnati$108K
- Robert BohinskiCincinnati$89K
- John TewCincinnati$87K
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.