Christopher Gillis, MD
Neurological Surgery · Eatontown, NJNPI 1669891180
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — consulting fees (40.7%), speaking fees and travel and lodging — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. Globus Medical accounts for 76.4% of it on its own, with 18 other manufacturers making up the rest. Among neurological surgery clinicians in NJ 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 206 payments — averaging $351.10 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Globus Medical$55K
- Alphatec Spine, Inc$6K
- Aegis Spine, Inc.$6K
- Medtronic$3K
- Providence Medical Technology, Inc.$388
- Nevro Corp.$220
- plus $1K from 13 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$29,42541%
- Speaking & faculty fees$21,10029%
- Travel & lodging$11,58816%
- Food & beverage$10,21314%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Globus Medical(2 entities) | 112 | $55,233 |
| Alphatec Spine, Inc | 40 | $6,484 |
| Aegis Spine, Inc. | 2 | $6,231 |
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 18 | $2,540 |
| Providence Medical Technology, Inc. | 3 | $388 |
| Nevro Corp. | 3 | $220 |
| Stryker | 3 | $185 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 6 | $166 |
| EBI, LLC | 1 | $143 |
| Highridge Medical LLC | 1 | $143 |
| Boston Scientific | 1 | $135 |
| Biotronik NRO, Inc. | 2 | $127 |
| Si-bone, Inc. | 4 | $75 |
| Zimmer Biomet | 1 | $69 |
| Cerapedics Inc. | 4 | $59 |
| Royal Biologics, Inc. | 1 | $58 |
| Integrity Implants Inc. Dba Accelus | 1 | $35 |
| Novocure Inc. | 2 | $23 |
| Bioventus LLC | 1 | $14 |
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.
- ELSA ATP$10,320
- MARS$8,125
- PRONE LATERAL$7,792
- Quartex$6,968
- ELSA$6,300
- XLIF$5,738
- Other - Miscellaneous$4,219
- Pulse$1,254
- Excelsius - GPS$1,047
- ALTERA$946
- Excelsius Robotics System$662
- ACP$623
- MaXcess$530
- AttraX$373
- INFINITY OCCIPITOCERVICAL UPPER THORACIC SYSTEM$343
- Invictus MIS$325
- Biomet SpinalPak Non-invasive Spine Fusion Stimulator System$286
- Battalion PLIF - PS$237
- TLIF$217
- PIVOX Oblique Lateral Spinal System$183
How this compares
$72,326 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 174 neurological surgery providers in New Jersey.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pregabalin | 24 | $328 |
| Cyclobenzaprine Hcl | 13 | $81 |
| Tizanidine Hcl | 12 | $46 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other neurological surgery in Eatontown
- Anthony ConteEatontown$56K
- Robert HearyNewark$1M
- Harshpal SinghHackensack$677K
- Ira GoldsteinMontclair$344K
- Karthik MadhavanCherry Hill$291K
- Simon SalernoWall Township$275K
- Shabbar DanishNeptune$267K
- Adam LipsonUnion$187K
- Mohammed KhanOradell$178K
- Steven YocomCamden$153K
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.