Eric Wolfson, MD
Neurological Surgery · Gulfport, MSNPI 1811084171
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by consulting fees: $161,400 of the $260,273 with a category attached, or 62.0%. Aurora Spine, Inc. accounts for 88.6% of it on its own, with 12 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2022 at $80,623 and has fallen 100.0% since, to $22 in 2025. Among neurological surgery clinicians in MS 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 65 payments — averaging $4004.20 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Aurora Spine, Inc.$231K
- Choice Spine, LLC$26K
- Zavation Medical Products, LLC$3K
- Medtronic$229
- Spineology Inc.$173
- Octapharma USA, Inc.$122
- plus $144 from 7 others
What the payments were for
- Royalty or licence$98,20538%
- Consulting fees$161,40062%
- Food & beverage$6680%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Aurora Spine, Inc. | 36 | $230,645 |
| Choice Spine, LLC | 8 | $25,960 |
| Zavation Medical Products, LLC | 2 | $3,000 |
| Medtronic | 2 | $229 |
| Spineology Inc. | 3 | $173 |
| Octapharma USA, Inc. | 7 | $122 |
| Zimmer Biomet | 1 | $27 |
| Si-bone, Inc. | 1 | $26 |
| Carlsmed, Inc. | 1 | $22 |
| Amarin Pharma, Inc. | 1 | $20 |
| CSL Behring | 1 | $18 |
| Biogen | 1 | $17 |
| Kls-martin L.p. | 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.
- ZIP$230,645
- Harrier SA Lumbar Interbody System$20,325
- Raven Lumbar Plate System$19,988
- Harrier SA$5,635
- Raven Anterior Plate$3,489
- ZAVATION$2,500
- MAZOR X SYSTEM$141
How this compares
$260,273 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 54 neurological surgery providers in Mississippi.
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.
Other neurological surgery in Gulfport
- Remi NaderGulfport$30K
- Jhinho KimGulfport$16
- Allison StricklandJackson$75K
- Jason StacyJackson$28K
- Menarvia GaddisJackson$23K
- Joaquin HidalgoTupelo$11K
- Edward CullomFlowood$10K
- Kelsey WalshFlowood$9K
- Frank HuxHattiesburg$7K
- Brandon BurnsedJackson$7K
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.