David Jones, MD
Neurological Surgery · Rock Hill, SCNPI 1336132430
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by royalties or licence payments: $476,259 of the $539,704 with a category attached, or 88.2%. Alphatec Spine, Inc accounts for 99.5% of it on its own, with 29 other manufacturers making up the rest. Among neurological surgery clinicians in SC 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 182 payments — averaging $2965.41 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Alphatec Spine, Inc$537K
- Boston Scientific$667
- Arbor Pharmaceuticals, Inc.$282
- Stryker$209
- Providence Medical Technology, Inc.$202
- Johnson & Johnson$144
- plus $971 from 24 others
Across 1 payment — averaging $1000.00 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.
- Globus Medical$1K
What the payments were for
- Royalty or licence$476,25988%
- Consulting fees$53,87510%
- Travel & lodging$6,8111%
- Food & beverage$2,6520%
- Education$1070%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Alphatec Spine, Inc | 73 | $537,229 |
| Boston Scientific | 40 | $667 |
| Arbor Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 13 | $282 |
| Stryker | 5 | $209 |
| Providence Medical Technology, Inc. | 8 | $202 |
| Johnson & Johnson(2 entities) | 3 | $144 |
| Globus Medical | 1 | $100 |
| Intrinsic Therapeutics | 1 | $82 |
| Si-bone, Inc. | 3 | $75 |
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 3 | $70 |
| Collegium Pharmaceutical, Inc. | 4 | $66 |
| Biedermann Motech, Inc. | 1 | $61 |
| Zyla Life Sciences, Inc. | 4 | $57 |
| Amgen | 2 | $49 |
| Redhill Biopharma Inc. | 2 | $45 |
| Saluda Medical Americas, Inc. | 1 | $44 |
| Vertex | 2 | $37 |
| Baxter Healthcare | 2 | $37 |
| Integra Lifesciences Corporation | 2 | $33 |
| Theragen, Inc. | 2 | $31 |
| Spineology Inc. | 1 | $26 |
| Heron Therapeutics, Inc. | 1 | $25 |
| Spinal Simplicity, LLC | 1 | $24 |
| Spine Wave, Inc. | 1 | $24 |
| Bioventus LLC | 1 | $22 |
| Pacira Pharmaceuticals Incorporated | 1 | $15 |
| Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 1 | $14 |
| AbbVie | 1 | $13 |
| Kowa Pharmaceuticals America, Inc. | 1 | $12 |
| Wound Management Technologies, Inc | 1 | $11 |
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.
- IdentiTi$409,124
- Invictus MIS$149,399
- Other - Miscellaneous$130,245
- Battalion TLIF - PC$1,284
- SURGIFLO Hemostatic Matrix$112
- ELSA, ELSA AL/ATP$100
- Gliadel$100
How this compares
$539,704 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 114 neurological surgery providers in South Carolina.
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 | 86 | $702 |
| Oxycodone-AcetaminophenOxycodone Hcl/Acetaminophen | 79 | $618 |
| Gabapentin | 74 | $600 |
| Methylprednisolone | 85 | $483 |
| Methocarbamol | 70 | $431 |
| Tramadol Hcl | 65 | $223 |
| Oxycodone Hcl | 32 | $194 |
| Tizanidine Hcl | 29 | $133 |
| Meloxicam | 26 | $100 |
| Cyclobenzaprine Hcl | 22 | $87 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other neurological surgery in Rock Hill
- Michael CowanRock Hill$184K
- Alejandro SpiottaCharleston$894K
- Sabino DagostinoLadson$425K
- Jan Vargas MachajGreenville$207K
- Jonathan LenaCharleston$110K
- Adam BackSpartanburg$99K
- Matthew NealCharleston$65K
- Sumeer LalGreenwood$65K
- Eugene GiddensMyrtle Beach$48K
- Brett GunterWest Columbia$48K
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.