Gerald Rodts, MD
Neurological Surgery · Atlanta, GANPI 1811944861
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by royalties or licence payments: $1,127,095 of the $1,170,479 with a category attached, or 96.3%. Medtronic accounts for 88.1% of it on its own, with 5 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $273,592 and has fallen 99.9% since, to $355 in 2025. Among neurological surgery clinicians in GA with any reported payments, this total sits in the top 5% — high for the specialty, which is a reason to read the composition above rather than the number alone.
Across 99 payments — averaging $11,823 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Medtronic$1M
- Globus Medical$96K
- Orthofix Medical, Inc.$29K
- Seaspine Orthopedics Corporation$14K
- Stryker$133
- Spine Wave, Inc.$77
What the payments were for
- Royalty or licence$1,127,09596%
- Consulting fees$33,9903%
- Travel & lodging$7,6361%
- Food & beverage$1,7580%
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(2 entities) | 23 | $1,031,186 |
| Globus Medical | 15 | $96,181 |
| Orthofix Medical, Inc. | 27 | $28,826 |
| Seaspine Orthopedics Corporation | 29 | $14,076 |
| Stryker | 4 | $133 |
| Spine Wave, Inc. | 1 | $77 |
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.
- ZEVO$679,448
- ZEVO ANTERIOR CERVICAL PLATE SYSTEM$351,578
- ELLIPSE$96,069
- Mariner Outrigger$1,466
- Regatta$1,466
- NorthStar OCT$1,466
- NorthStar$518
- Mariner$439
- Admiral$386
- MISCELLANEOUS$268
- 7D Surgical System$255
- OsteoBallast$132
How this compares
$1,170,479 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Gabapentin | 125 | $1,312 |
| Oxycodone Hcl | 146 | $1,182 |
| Celecoxib | 11 | $905 |
| Pregabalin | 31 | $770 |
| Methylprednisolone | 111 | $660 |
| Methocarbamol | 63 | $630 |
| Diclofenac Sodium | 66 | $572 |
| Cyclobenzaprine Hcl | 67 | $532 |
| Oxycodone-AcetaminophenOxycodone Hcl/Acetaminophen | 38 | $525 |
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 43 | $429 |
| Tramadol Hcl | 87 | $245 |
| Acetaminophen-CodeineAcetaminophen With Codeine | 13 | $209 |
| Tizanidine Hcl | 20 | $143 |
| Hydromorphone Hcl | 12 | $79 |
| Diazepam | 15 | $55 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other neurological surgery in Atlanta
- Regis HaidAtlanta$25.5M
- Thomas MorrisonAtlanta$2.8M
- Christopher TomarasAtlanta$1.5M
- Daniel RefaiAtlanta$1.2M
- James RobinsonAtlanta$993K
- Michele JohnsonAtlanta$540K
- David McCrackenAtlanta$425K
- Robert GrossAtlanta$315K
- Kaveh KhajaviAtlanta$225K
- Joshua WewelAtlanta$114K
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.