Franklin Lin, MD
Neurological Surgery · Marietta, GANPI 1679648927
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — speaking fees (45.2%), consulting fees and royalties or licence payments — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 28 manufacturers reported payments, led by Globus Medical at 52.4% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $19,405 and has fallen 93.6% since, to $1,242 in 2025.
Across 168 payments — averaging $410.80 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Globus Medical$36K
- Mirus, LLC$28K
- Medtronic$1K
- Spineology Inc.$1K
- Nevro Corp.$395
- Boston Scientific$268
- plus $2K from 22 others
What the payments were for
- Royalty or licence$5,1968%
- Consulting fees$24,00035%
- Speaking & faculty fees$31,20045%
- Travel & lodging$3,9216%
- Food & beverage$4,6977%
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(2 entities) | 74 | $36,169 |
| Mirus, LLC | 19 | $28,271 |
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 16 | $1,201 |
| Spineology Inc. | 1 | $1,000 |
| Nevro Corp. | 4 | $395 |
| Boston Scientific | 2 | $268 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 9 | $253 |
| Augmedics Inc. | 5 | $252 |
| Intrinsic Therapeutics | 3 | $246 |
| UCB, Inc. | 9 | $178 |
| Xtant Medical Inc | 1 | $126 |
| Portola Pharmaceuticals, LLC | 6 | $122 |
| Abbott | 1 | $86 |
| Stryker | 1 | $72 |
| Icotec Medical Inc. | 1 | $53 |
| Titan Spine, LLC | 1 | $45 |
| Avanos Medical | 2 | $37 |
| Natus Medical Incorporated | 1 | $30 |
| Chiesi USA, Inc. | 2 | $30 |
| Spine Wave, Inc. | 2 | $29 |
| Vertex | 1 | $28 |
| Surgalign Spine Technologies, Inc. | 1 | $22 |
| Solventum Corporation | 1 | $20 |
| Alphatec Spine, Inc | 1 | $20 |
| Stimwave Technologies Incorporated | 1 | $19 |
| Si-bone, Inc. | 1 | $17 |
| Misonix Inc | 1 | $15 |
| Integra Lifesciences Corporation | 1 | $11 |
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.
- CYGNUS Anterior Cervical Plate$28,196
- EUROPA Pedicle Screw System$25,446
- CREO$13,946
- EUROPA Midline System$8,500
- ALTERA$7,475
- CALIBER$7,418
- MiRus 3DR Lumbar Interbody System$7,196
- IO Expandable Lumbar Interbody$7,196
- RIGEL 3DR Cervical Interbody$7,196
- COALITION$4,799
- EUROPA Pedicle Screw$2,750
- OptiMesh Graft Containment$1,000
- RISE-L$605
- Xvision$604
- REVOLVE$367
- INTELLIS$360
- BARRICAID ACD (ANNULAR CLOSURE DEVICE)$300
- COALITION AGX$262
- Senza$256
- INTELLIS ADAPTIVESTIM$254
How this compares
$69,014 in reported general payments places this provider in the 85th percentile of 201 neurological surgery providers in Georgia.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Oxycodone Hcl | 87 | $1,434 |
| Oxycodone-AcetaminophenOxycodone Hcl/Acetaminophen | 77 | $1,190 |
| Gabapentin | 63 | $681 |
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 64 | $616 |
| Pregabalin | 17 | $451 |
| Methocarbamol | 59 | $307 |
| Morphine Sulfate ErMorphine Sulfate | 20 | $264 |
| Baclofen | 16 | $221 |
| Methylprednisolone | 43 | $211 |
| Tramadol Hcl | 22 | $83 |
| Tizanidine Hcl | 12 | $36 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other neurological surgery in Marietta
- Said ElshihabiMarietta$409K
- Rishi GuptaMarietta$249K
- Phillip ParryMarietta$76K
- Hilarie TomasiewiczMarietta$23K
- Tariq JavedMarietta$20K
- Regis HaidAtlanta$25.5M
- John CowanRome$3.2M
- Thomas MorrisonAtlanta$2.8M
- Christopher TomarasAtlanta$1.5M
- Daniel RefaiAtlanta$1.2M
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.