Erich Wolf
Neurological Surgery · Lake Charles, LANPI 1942206727
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — consulting fees (46.2%), travel and lodging and speaking fees — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. Globus Medical accounts for 92.8% of it on its own, with 12 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $25,900 and has fallen 56.0% since, to $11,384 in 2025.
Across 167 payments — averaging $519.01 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Globus Medical$80K
- Cerapedics Inc.$3K
- Nevro Corp.$1K
- Medtronic$685
- Si-bone, Inc.$403
- Mirus, LLC$394
- plus $914 from 7 others
Across 7 payments — averaging $1770.79 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.
- Seikagaku Corporation$12K
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$40,05046%
- Speaking & faculty fees$18,60021%
- Travel & lodging$23,72327%
- Food & beverage$4,2385%
- Education$650%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Globus Medical | 102 | $80,403 |
| Cerapedics Inc. | 11 | $2,729 |
| Nevro Corp. | 12 | $1,148 |
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 14 | $685 |
| Si-bone, Inc. | 11 | $403 |
| Mirus, LLC | 2 | $394 |
| Boston Scientific | 6 | $274 |
| Sanara Medtech Inc. | 2 | $211 |
| Abbott | 2 | $182 |
| DJO, LLC | 1 | $139 |
| Stryker | 2 | $47 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 1 | $38 |
| Surgalign Spine Technologies, Inc. | 1 | $23 |
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.
- CREO MIS$11,464
- Excelsius - GPS$9,748
- MIS Screw System$7,000
- MIS Lumbar Discectomy Instruments$6,800
- MAGNIFY AL$6,600
- Headless Compression Screw$6,500
- EMPIRE (Expandable ALIF)$5,654
- MAGNIFY$5,000
- CREO$3,216
- ALIF$3,120
- Quartex$2,995
- NexGen MIS$2,700
- I-FACTOR PEPTIDE ENHANCED BONE GRAFT$2,606
- Senza Spinal Cord Stimulation System$697
- Sable$610
- Excelsius Robotics System$501
- EUROPA Pedicle Screw System$384
- CYGNUS Anterior Cervical Plate$384
- MiRus 3DR Lumbar Interbody System$384
- MARS 3VL Retractor$373
How this compares
$86,675 in reported general payments places this provider in the 85th percentile of 116 neurological surgery providers in Louisiana.
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 Lake Charles
- Brian KelleyLake Charles$193K
- Matthew BurtonLake Charles$9K
- Gregory RubinoLake Charles$7K
- Anthony SinShreveport$1.5M
- Sebastian KogaHammond$720K
- Eric OberlanderBaton Rouge$660K
- Najeeb ThomasMetairie$440K
- Gabriel TenderNew Orleans$255K
- Justin OwenMarrero$201K
- Daniel DenisKenner$198K
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.