Brian Hood, MD
Neurological Surgery · Tulsa, OKNPI 1194875732
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 97.8% of the total across 312 separate payments, which is the pattern of a clinician who attends manufacturer presentations rather than one with a consulting arrangement. 39 manufacturers reported payments, led by Stryker at 34.4% of the total.
Across 312 payments — averaging $42.42 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Stryker$5K
- Medtronic$3K
- Abbott$1K
- VB Spine LLC$764
- Providence Medical Technology, Inc.$526
- Boston Scientific$497
- plus $3K from 33 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$2852%
- Food & beverage$12,95098%
Most of this is food and beverage — typically meals provided during product presentations at a clinic or hospital. Nationally that is the single largest category of reported payments by count.
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 | 65 | $4,556 |
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 79 | $3,030 |
| Abbott | 64 | $1,166 |
| VB Spine LLC | 10 | $764 |
| Providence Medical Technology, Inc. | 13 | $526 |
| Boston Scientific | 11 | $497 |
| 4web, Inc. | 10 | $450 |
| MML US, Inc. | 4 | $238 |
| Nevro Corp. | 4 | $182 |
| Globus Medical | 4 | $174 |
| Orthofix Medical, Inc. | 1 | $151 |
| Integra Lifesciences Corporation | 4 | $146 |
| Sanara Medtech Inc. | 1 | $141 |
| Si-bone, Inc. | 4 | $124 |
| Spineology Inc. | 1 | $121 |
| Life Spine, Inc. | 4 | $114 |
| Alafair Biosciences, Inc. | 1 | $101 |
| Nanohive Medical LLC | 2 | $69 |
| Highridge Medical LLC | 3 | $56 |
| Theragen, Inc. | 2 | $54 |
| Surgalign Spine Technologies, Inc. | 2 | $51 |
| Dilon Technologies, Inc. | 2 | $49 |
| Omniscient Neurotechnology America Ltd | 1 | $47 |
| Novabone Products | 1 | $45 |
| AstraZeneca | 2 | $45 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 2 | $42 |
| Spinal Simplicity, LLC | 2 | $40 |
| Centinel Spine, LLC | 1 | $38 |
| Ceribell, Inc. | 1 | $32 |
| Bioventus LLC | 1 | $32 |
| Relievant Medsystems, Inc. | 2 | $26 |
| GT Medical Technologies, Inc | 1 | $25 |
| Biotronik NRO, Inc. | 1 | $22 |
| Musculoskeletal Transplant Foundation Inc. | 1 | $16 |
| Convatec Inc. | 1 | $15 |
| Olympus America Inc. | 1 | $14 |
| Monteris Medical Corporation | 1 | $14 |
| Aesculap, Inc. | 1 | $13 |
| Paradigm Spine, LLC | 1 | $9 |
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.
- MONTEREY AL$899
- EVEREST SPINAL SYSTEM$687
- CASCADIA INTERBODY SYSTEM$636
- ProLift$420
- NIAGARA LATERAL ACCESS SYSTEM$284
- PIVOX Oblique Lateral Spinal System$251
- INTELLIS$227
- KYPHON Balloon Kyphoplasty$161
- ReActiv8$161
- 7D Surgical System$151
- SPINEMAP$149
- SONOPET IQ$149
- SPINEJACK$149
- Proclaim Family of SCS IPGs$144
- CAPRI CORPECTOMY CAGE SYSTEM$142
- CellerateRx$141
- Rampart Duo Interbody Fusion System$121
- PROCLAIM$110
- KYPHON EXPRESS II KYPHOPAK TRAY$109
- N/A$108
How this compares
$13,235 in reported general payments places this provider in the 70th percentile of 80 neurological surgery providers in Oklahoma.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 136 | $1,549 |
| Methocarbamol | 73 | $641 |
| Oxycodone-AcetaminophenOxycodone Hcl/Acetaminophen | 31 | $409 |
| Gabapentin | 41 | $314 |
| Pregabalin | 13 | $164 |
| Tizanidine Hcl | 11 | $139 |
| Tramadol Hcl | 25 | $124 |
| Acetaminophen-CodeineAcetaminophen With Codeine | 13 | $97 |
| Methylprednisolone | 11 | $69 |
| Meloxicam | 24 | $37 |
| Diazepam | 13 | $33 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other neurological surgery in Tulsa
- Clinton BairdTulsa$621K
- Michael ThambuswamyTulsa$92K
- Daniel HarwellTulsa$63K
- Mohammad Yashar KalaniTulsa$23K
- Kevin KlosTulsa$21K
- Tyler AuschwitzTulsa$17K
- Shihao ZhangTulsa$8K
- Donald SchleicherTulsa$6K
- John MaroukTulsa$4K
- Scott DullTulsa$2K
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.