Dustin Donnelly, MD
Neurological Surgery · Boston, MANPI 1063853901
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — travel and lodging (40.0%), food and beverage and speaking fees — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 23 manufacturers reported payments, led by Medtronic at 47.8% of the total. 2025 is the largest year on record at $16,422, more than ten times the $862 reported in 2019. 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 437 payments — averaging $150.33 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Medtronic$31K
- Globus Medical$26K
- Si-bone, Inc.$6K
- Arteriocyte Medical Systems, Inc.$410
- Johnson & Johnson$333
- Royal Biologics, Inc.$182
- plus $1K from 17 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$1,2502%
- Speaking & faculty fees$17,30026%
- Travel & lodging$26,26340%
- Food & beverage$18,14928%
- Education$2,7314%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 197 | $31,402 |
| Globus Medical(2 entities) | 180 | $25,804 |
| Si-bone, Inc. | 28 | $6,325 |
| Arteriocyte Medical Systems, Inc. | 1 | $410 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 4 | $333 |
| Royal Biologics, Inc. | 1 | $182 |
| Nexus Medical Technologies LLC | 1 | $174 |
| Orthofix Medical, Inc. | 3 | $165 |
| Cerapedics Inc. | 1 | $160 |
| Alphatec Spine, Inc | 1 | $149 |
| Stryker | 3 | $142 |
| UCB, Inc. | 3 | $96 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 3 | $74 |
| Intrinsic Therapeutics | 1 | $54 |
| Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. | 2 | $46 |
| Theragen, Inc. | 1 | $36 |
| Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, Inc. | 1 | $29 |
| Nevro Corp. | 1 | $27 |
| Integra Lifesciences Corporation | 1 | $23 |
| Avanir Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $21 |
| SK Life Science, Inc. | 1 | $16 |
| DJO, LLC | 1 | $15 |
| Lundbeck LLC | 1 | $12 |
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.
- CD HORIZON SPINAL SYSTEM$12,075
- CREO$6,959
- XLIF$4,627
- CD HORIZON$3,445
- MAZOR X SYSTEM$2,957
- MAGEC$2,271
- UNID_PASS$2,204
- IFUSE IMPLANT SYSTEM$1,931
- ExcelsiusGPS Robotic Navigation System$1,899
- CALIBER$1,155
- RELINE$1,065
- Mazor X Stealth Edition$968
- PIVOX Oblique Lateral Spinal System$822
- O-ARM-ST$819
- PRESTIGE$775
- STEALTHSTATION S8 PLATFORM$757
- ALIF$667
- RISE$650
- iFuse Implant$518
- ELSA ATP$488
How this compares
$65,694 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.
Most prescribed under Part D
| Drug | Claims | Cost to plans & patients |
|---|---|---|
| Gabapentin | 25 | $208 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
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
- Brian NahedBoston$97K
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.