Amir Faraji
Neurological Surgery · Houston, TXNPI 1457610776
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — travel and lodging (41.5%), consulting fees and food and beverage — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 18 manufacturers reported payments, led by Abbott at 36.2% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2024 at $46,155 and has fallen 62.3% since, to $17,420 in 2025.
Across 329 payments — averaging $226.34 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Abbott$27K
- Siemens Medical Solutions USA, Inc.$15K
- Medtronic$14K
- Boston Scientific$7K
- Clearpoint Neuro, Inc.$5K
- Insightec,inc$2K
- plus $5K from 12 others
Across 19 payments — averaging $2340.48 each. Payments tied to a research study. These frequently flow through the physician to a hospital or research institution rather than to the physician personally.
- Abbott$34K
- Boston Scientific$10K
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$19,61326%
- Speaking & faculty fees$8,80012%
- Travel & lodging$30,90542%
- Food & beverage$15,01420%
- Education$1250%
- Gifts$90%
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 | 92 | $26,932 |
| Siemens Medical Solutions USA, Inc. | 21 | $14,743 |
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 79 | $14,168 |
| Boston Scientific | 65 | $6,591 |
| Clearpoint Neuro, Inc. | 14 | $5,213 |
| Insightec,inc | 18 | $1,883 |
| Neuropace, Inc. | 9 | $1,875 |
| Monteris Medical Corporation | 7 | $1,121 |
| Globus Medical | 7 | $863 |
| Zimmer Biomet | 3 | $278 |
| Align Technology, Inc. | 3 | $162 |
| SK Life Science, Inc. | 2 | $145 |
| KARL Storz Endoscopy-america | 2 | $135 |
| Elekta, Inc. | 1 | $101 |
| Baxter Healthcare | 2 | $88 |
| Integra Lifesciences Corporation | 2 | $78 |
| Elekta Instrument AB | 1 | $54 |
| Brainlab, Inc. | 1 | $36 |
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.
- INFINITY$24,880
- MAGNETOM Terra$13,977
- PERCEPT PC BRAINSENSE$8,164
- CLEARPOINT$4,981
- ACTIVA PC$2,058
- RNS Neurostimulator Kit$1,745
- VERCISE$1,378
- Exablate$1,205
- Neuroblate$880
- Excelsius3D Imaging System$615
- INTELLIS ADAPTIVESTIM$435
- GENERAL DBS$376
- PROCLAIM$311
- Excelsius - GPS$147
- ROSA$137
- MAZOR X SYSTEM$136
- SYNCHROMEDII$133
- V-LOC 180$127
- Invisalign$125
- WaveWriter Alpha Prime 16$102
How this compares
$74,464 in reported general payments places this provider in the 85th percentile of 582 neurological surgery providers in Texas.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Doxycycline Hyclate | 252 | $1,810 |
| Acetaminophen-CodeineAcetaminophen With Codeine | 130 | $882 |
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 55 | $445 |
| Tramadol Hcl | 17 | $36 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other neurological surgery in Houston
- Andrew RoeserHouston$660K
- Paul HolmanHouston$516K
- Taylor GistHouston$447K
- Meng HuangHouston$324K
- Laurence RhinesHouston$322K
- Omar TanweerHouston$254K
- Jeremy WangHouston$231K
- Alexander RopperHouston$208K
- Fangyi ZhangHouston$192K
- Ashwin ViswanathanHouston$185K
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.