Edward Akeyson, MD
Neurological Surgery · Alcoa, TNNPI 1427079789
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by consulting fees: $25,593 of the $38,335 with a category attached, or 66.8%. 21 manufacturers reported payments, led by Surgalign Spine Technologies, Inc. at 45.2% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2020 at $17,314 and has fallen 84.3% since, to $2,724 in 2025.
Across 135 payments — averaging $283.96 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Surgalign Spine Technologies, Inc.$17K
- The Institute Of Musculoskeletal Science And Education$8K
- Nanohive Medical LLC$4K
- Smoky Mountain Surgical LLC$2K
- Alphatec Spine, Inc$2K
- Camber Spine Technologies LLC$2K
- plus $4K from 15 others
What the payments were for
- Royalty or licence$1,7475%
- Consulting fees$25,59367%
- Travel & lodging$6,36717%
- Food & beverage$4,62812%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Surgalign Spine Technologies, Inc. | 19 | $17,311 |
| The Institute Of Musculoskeletal Science And Education | 10 | $7,503 |
| Nanohive Medical LLC | 7 | $4,010 |
| Smoky Mountain Surgical LLC | 12 | $2,131 |
| Alphatec Spine, Inc | 13 | $1,747 |
| Camber Spine Technologies LLC | 10 | $1,507 |
| Arthrex | 8 | $1,257 |
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 14 | $965 |
| Zimmer Biomet | 3 | $315 |
| Orthofix Medical, Inc. | 3 | $285 |
| Livanova USA, Inc. | 7 | $246 |
| Biocomposites Inc | 2 | $240 |
| Nevro Corp. | 10 | $190 |
| Abbott | 10 | $185 |
| Baxter Healthcare | 1 | $127 |
| Zimvie Inc. | 1 | $87 |
| Corelink, LLC | 1 | $87 |
| Providence Medical Technology, Inc. | 1 | $73 |
| Choice Spine, LLC | 1 | $49 |
| Sanara Medtech Inc. | 1 | $14 |
| Cerapedics Inc. | 1 | $8 |
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.
- CLARITY RETRACTOR SYSTEM-LATERAL$5,915
- STREAMLINE TL SPINAL FIXATION SYSTEM$5,628
- coflex$3,349
- Hive Standalone Cervical System$2,750
- Spira-O$2,200
- CervAlign Anterior Cervical Plate$1,400
- Other - Miscellaneous$997
- PIVOX Oblique Lateral Spinal System$506
- Hive O-AL$375
- M6-C Artificial Cervical Disc$257
- Smart Sensor$250
- Stimulan$240
- Mobi-C$163
- FLOSEAL$127
- TISSEEL$127
- UNID_PASS$112
- Fortilink-L IBF System$112
- Senza Spinal Cord Stimulation System$109
- CLYDESDALE$106
- SlMMETRY$104
How this compares
$38,335 in reported general payments places this provider in the 80th percentile of 156 neurological surgery providers in Tennessee.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Methocarbamol | 42 | $422 |
| Tramadol Hcl | 13 | $52 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other neurological surgery in Alcoa
- Kevin FoleyMemphis$162.4M
- Maurice SmithMemphis$4.4M
- Brian OshaughnessyNashville$2.1M
- Adam ArthurMemphis$1.9M
- Paul ParkMemphis$1.2M
- Daniel HoitMemphis$607K
- David WilesChattanooga$315K
- Chine LoganNashville$309K
- Scott ParkerNashville$255K
- Arthur UlmNashville$203K
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.