Christopher Payne, MD
Neurological Surgery · Farmington, NMNPI 1477962876
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by grants: $25,000 of the $28,434 with a category attached, or 87.9%. Boston Scientific accounts for 88.1% of it on its own, with 11 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $25,000 and has fallen 97.3% since, to $681 in 2025. Among neurological surgery clinicians in NM 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 38 payments — averaging $748.27 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Boston Scientific$25K
- Si-bone, Inc.$1K
- Orthofix Medical, Inc.$615
- Medtronic$544
- Johnson & Johnson$368
- Spinal Simplicity, LLC$91
- plus $277 from 6 others
What the payments were for
- Grants$25,00088%
- Travel & lodging$1,5185%
- Food & beverage$1,9167%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Boston Scientific | 3 | $25,058 |
| Si-bone, Inc. | 10 | $1,481 |
| Orthofix Medical, Inc. | 2 | $615 |
| Medtronic | 5 | $544 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 10 | $368 |
| Spinal Simplicity, LLC | 1 | $91 |
| Aesculap, Inc. | 1 | $72 |
| Abbott | 1 | $69 |
| Stryker | 2 | $49 |
| Globus Medical | 1 | $34 |
| Arteriocyte Medical Systems, Inc. | 1 | $28 |
| Integra Lifesciences Corporation | 1 | $24 |
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.
- VERCISE$25,000
- iFuse Implant$1,258
- 7D Surgical System$466
- N/A$271
- INCEPTIV$141
- STEALTHSTATION S8 PLATFORM$123
- VECTRA$102
How this compares
$28,434 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 32 neurological surgery providers in New Mexico.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Tizanidine Hcl | 13 | $218 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other neurological surgery in Farmington
- Paul DavisFarmington$414
- Dominic CannellaFarmington$121
- Chad ColeAlbuquerque$101K
- Robert StarlingAlbuquerque$13K
- Christian RicksAlbuquerque$12K
- Michael KoganAlbuquerque$10K
- Peter ShinAlbuquerque$8K
- Jose Santos PicoLas Cruces$6K
- Ross GreenAlbuquerque$6K
- Mark ErasmusAlbuquerque$5K
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.