Frank Farokhi, MD
Neurological Surgery · Pensacola, FLNPI 1457795353
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by food and beverage: $6,009 of the $7,542 with a category attached, or 79.7%. Medtronic accounts for 74.9% of it on its own, with 11 other manufacturers making up the rest.
Across 93 payments — averaging $81.10 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Medtronic$6K
- Boston Scientific$643
- Kls-martin L.p.$261
- Stryker$254
- Globus Medical$209
- Abbott$203
- plus $320 from 6 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$1,53320%
- Food & beverage$6,00980%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Medtronic | 65 | $5,652 |
| Boston Scientific | 5 | $643 |
| Kls-martin L.p. | 6 | $261 |
| Stryker | 4 | $254 |
| Globus Medical | 2 | $209 |
| Abbott | 4 | $203 |
| Argenx US, Inc. | 2 | $154 |
| Surgical Theater. Inc. | 1 | $55 |
| Curiteva, Inc. | 1 | $49 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 1 | $25 |
| Si-bone, Inc. | 1 | $19 |
| Chiesi USA, Inc. | 1 | $19 |
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.
- MAZOR X SYSTEM$1,143
- ANTERALIGN SPINAL SYSTEM WITH TITAN NANOLOCK SURFACE TECHNOLOGY$808
- CD HORIZON$355
- PIVOX Oblique Lateral Spinal System$331
- CATALYFT PL EXPANDABLE INTERBODY SYSTEM$315
- CD HORIZON SPINAL SYSTEM$274
- WaveWriter Alpha Prime 16$249
- CAPSTONE$168
- Endoskeleton-L$144
- RISE$137
- WAVEWRITER ALPHA$122
- VYVGART HYTRULO$120
- INFINITY OCT System$115
- Mazor X Stealth Edition$112
- INFINITY$110
How this compares
$7,542 in reported general payments places this provider in the 55th percentile of 556 neurological surgery providers in Florida.
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 | 49 | $645 |
| Gabapentin | 40 | $464 |
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 22 | $285 |
| Cyclobenzaprine Hcl | 15 | $215 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other neurological surgery in Pensacola
- Stephen ParkerJacksonville$18.7M
- Eric PetersonMiami$10.1M
- Brian SnellingBoca Raton$10M
- Kim ManwaringOrlando$5M
- Paul SawinWinter Park$3M
- John MainOcala$2.8M
- Michael WangMiami$2.2M
- Andrew CannestraJacksonville$1.6M
- Rohit VasanTampa$1.5M
- Wilson AsforaMiami$1.3M
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.