Brian Nahed, MD
Neurological Surgery · Boston, MANPI 1831225200
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by consulting fees: $67,809 of the $96,747 with a category attached, or 70.1%. 10 manufacturers reported payments, led by Aesculap, Inc. at 36.7% of the total. Among neurological surgery clinicians in MA 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 46 payments — averaging $2103.19 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Aesculap, Inc.$35K
- BK Medical Holding Company Inc.$25K
- Collagen Matrix, Inc$20K
- Telix Pharmaceuticals$6K
- Merck$5K
- Blue Earth Diagnostics$3K
- plus $2K from 4 others
Across 1 payment — averaging $20,500 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.
- Medtronic$21K
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$67,80970%
- Speaking & faculty fees$20,17521%
- Travel & lodging$7,6688%
- Food & beverage$1,0961%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Aesculap, Inc. | 23 | $35,483 |
| BK Medical Holding Company Inc. | 8 | $25,077 |
| Collagen Matrix, Inc | 1 | $19,888 |
| Telix Pharmaceuticals | 2 | $5,600 |
| Merck | 4 | $5,397 |
| Blue Earth Diagnostics | 2 | $3,023 |
| Leica Microsystems (schweiz) AG | 2 | $1,800 |
| Stryker | 2 | $341 |
| GE HealthCare | 1 | $75 |
| Si-bone, Inc. | 1 | $63 |
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.
- bk3000, bk3500 & bk5000 Ultrasound System$18,983
- AESCULAP$8,930
- Axumin$3,000
- SURGICAL MICROSCOPES$1,800
- ADHERUS AUTOSPRAY ET DURAL SEALANT$173
- SONOPET IQ$167
- NONE$100
How this compares
$96,747 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 183 neurological surgery providers in Massachusetts.
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 Boston
- Simcha WellerBoston$905K
- Aman PatelBoston$734K
- Alireza AtriBoston$503K
- Myron RolleBoston$290K
- John ChiBoston$280K
- Philipp TausskyBoston$224K
- Robert RichardsonBoston$190K
- Brendon BootBoston$149K
- Muhammad Abd-El-BarrBoston$140K
- Thomas NohBoston$69K
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.