Christopher Cifarelli, MD
Neurological Surgery · Morgantown, WVNPI 1710183090
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by speaking fees: $48,500 of the $54,936 with a category attached, or 88.3%. Carl Zeiss Meditec USA, Inc. accounts for 75.8% of it on its own, with 6 other manufacturers making up the rest. 2025 is the largest year on record at $37,657, more than ten times the $324 reported in 2019. Among neurological surgery clinicians in WV with any reported payments, this total sits in the top 5% — high for the specialty, which is a reason to read the composition above rather than the number alone.
Across 28 payments — averaging $1962.01 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Carl Zeiss Meditec USA, Inc.$42K
- Carl Zeiss Meditec, Inc.$12K
- Insightec,inc$739
- Elekta, Inc.$466
- Omniscient Neurotechnology America Ltd$184
- Monteris Medical Corporation$65
- plus $30 from 1 others
Across 17 payments — averaging $8006.44 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.
- Insightec,ltd$136K
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$2,0004%
- Speaking & faculty fees$48,50088%
- Travel & lodging$3,0256%
- Food & beverage$1,4123%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Carl Zeiss Meditec USA, Inc. | 10 | $41,659 |
| Carl Zeiss Meditec, Inc. | 5 | $11,794 |
| Insightec,inc | 4 | $739 |
| Elekta, Inc. | 6 | $466 |
| Omniscient Neurotechnology America Ltd | 1 | $184 |
| Monteris Medical Corporation | 1 | $65 |
| Medtronic | 1 | $30 |
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.
- INTRABEAM$46,159
- Exablate$599
- KINEVO$294
- Quicktome$184
- LEKSELL GAMMA KNIFE ICON$162
- LEKSELL GAMMA KNIFE PERFEXION$162
- LEKSELL GAMMAPLAN$162
- Leksell Stereotactic System$162
- LEKSELL VANTAGE STEREOTACTIC SYSTEM$162
- IORT$118
How this compares
$54,936 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 45 neurological surgery providers in West Virginia.
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 Morgantown
- Alexander BraleyMorgantown$17K
- Justin OhMorgantown$16K
- Peter KonradMorgantown$11K
- Robert MarshMorgantown$9K
- Cara SedneyMorgantown$4K
- Ryan TurnerMorgantown$3K
- Louisa OnyewadumeMorgantown$2K
- Cesar Serrano-AlmeidaMorgantown$1K
- Jonathan PrattMorgantown$366
- Ronald HargravesMorgantown$50
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.