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Garth Cosgrove, MD

Neurological Surgery · Boston, MANPI 1649386988

Payments from drug & device makers

What this record shows

This record is dominated by consulting fees: $54,862 of the $64,244 with a category attached, or 85.4%. 7 manufacturers reported payments, led by Insightec,inc at 50.0% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2022 at $43,561 and has fallen 92.3% since, to $3,350 in 2025. Among neurological surgery clinicians in MA with any reported payments, this total sits in the top 10% — high for the specialty, which is a reason to read the composition above rather than the number alone.

$64,244in general payments, 2019–2025

Across 54 payments — averaging $1189.71 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.

  • Insightec,inc$32K
  • Clearpoint Neuro, Inc.$29K
  • Boston Scientific$2K
  • Merck Healthcare Kgaa$800
  • Medtronic$435
  • Zimmer Biomet$30
  • plus $25 from 1 others
$381,159in research payments, 2019–2025

Across 22 payments — averaging $17,325 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.

  • Insightec,ltd$378K
  • Novo Nordisk AS$3K

What the payments were for

  • Consulting fees$54,86285%
  • Travel & lodging$6,94911%
  • Food & beverage$2,4344%

General payments by program year

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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.

CompanyPaymentsTotal
Insightec,inc37$32,123
Clearpoint Neuro, Inc.9$29,182
Boston Scientific2$1,650
Merck Healthcare Kgaa1$800
Medtronic(2 entities)3$435
Zimmer Biomet1$30
Neuropace, Inc.1$25

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.

How this compares

$64,244 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 183 neurological surgery providers in Massachusetts.

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Medicare billing

Part B allowed, 2024
$196,188
Medicare patients
264
Services billed
486

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.

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