Erwin Lo, MD
Neurosurgery · Beaumont, TXNPI 1760482640
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 100.0% of the total across 271 separate payments, which is the pattern of a clinician who attends manufacturer presentations rather than one with a consulting arrangement. It is spread thinly across 32 manufacturers, the largest accounting for just 19.0% — the pattern of someone who eats at a lot of different presentations. Reporting peaked in 2024 at $2,157 and has fallen 53.6% since, to $1,002 in 2025.
Across 271 payments — averaging $31.03 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Si-bone, Inc.$2K
- Nevro Corp.$1K
- AbbVie$810
- Abbott$804
- Boston Scientific$641
- VGI Medical, LLC$512
- plus $3K from 26 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$8,410100%
Most of this is food and beverage — typically meals provided during product presentations at a clinic or hospital. Nationally that is the single largest category of reported payments by count.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Si-bone, Inc. | 43 | $1,595 |
| Nevro Corp. | 38 | $1,167 |
| AbbVie | 51 | $810 |
| Abbott | 22 | $804 |
| Boston Scientific | 24 | $641 |
| VGI Medical, LLC | 2 | $512 |
| Providence Medical Technology, Inc. | 6 | $348 |
| Bioventus LLC | 4 | $307 |
| Pfizer | 17 | $294 |
| Inspire Medical Systems, Inc. | 4 | $280 |
| Radius Health, Inc. | 16 | $243 |
| Globus Medical | 4 | $223 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 6 | $196 |
| Medtronic | 6 | $175 |
| Stimwave Technologies Incorporated | 2 | $121 |
| Intrinsic Therapeutics | 1 | $109 |
| Zimmer Biomet | 3 | $91 |
| SK Life Science, Inc. | 3 | $78 |
| Cerapedics Inc. | 3 | $55 |
| Kowa Pharmaceuticals America, Inc. | 3 | $45 |
| Xtant Medical Inc | 1 | $41 |
| Arteriocyte Medical Systems, Inc. | 2 | $41 |
| Pacira Pharmaceuticals Incorporated | 1 | $38 |
| Life Spine, Inc. | 1 | $34 |
| Spinal Simplicity, LLC | 1 | $25 |
| Checkpoint Surgical, Inc | 1 | $24 |
| Orthofix Medical, Inc. | 1 | $21 |
| Saluda Medical Americas, Inc. | 1 | $20 |
| Masimo Corporation | 1 | $20 |
| Esaote North America, Inc. | 1 | $19 |
| GRT US Holding, Inc. | 1 | $17 |
| Merz Pharmaceuticals, LLC | 1 | $16 |
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.
- SiJoin$512
- VerteLoc$512
- PROCLAIM$479
- BARRICAID ACD (ANNULAR CLOSURE DEVICE)$217
- Senza Spinal Cord Stimulation System$214
- Senza$205
- Stimrouter Implantable Kit$191
- INTELLIS ADAPTIVESTIM$148
- Inspire$132
- Omnia$117
How this compares
Too few neurosurgery providers in Texasto place this figure against a meaningful peer group, so we don't.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Acetaminophen-CodeineAcetaminophen With Codeine | 679 | $17,340 |
| TopamaxTopiramate | 16 | $15,951 |
| Pregabalin | 61 | $2,642 |
| Tramadol Hcl | 302 | $1,973 |
| Gabapentin | 163 | $1,865 |
| Cyclobenzaprine Hcl | 166 | $1,754 |
| Tizanidine Hcl | 161 | $1,702 |
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 60 | $1,242 |
| Meloxicam | 49 | $453 |
| Tramadol Hcl-AcetaminophenTramadol Hcl/Acetaminophen | 41 | $428 |
| Celecoxib | 33 | $408 |
| Memantine Hcl | 23 | $333 |
| Oxycodone-AcetaminophenOxycodone Hcl/Acetaminophen | 20 | $322 |
| Methocarbamol | 24 | $306 |
| Methylprednisolone | 49 | $301 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other neurosurgery in Beaumont
- Marco SilvaBeaumont$9K
- Edward MurphyHouston$2K
- Christopher MichaelDallas$2K
- Shaad BidiwalaDallas$2K
- James BonnenWebster$1K
- Ajay BindalHouston$753
- Francisco BatlleDallas$664
- Frank FeigenbaumDallas$37
- Shlomo FinnDallas$0
- Duncan FischerSan Angelo$0
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.