Jakub Godzik, MD
Neurological Surgery · Birmingham, ALNPI 1194135533
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by consulting fees: $33,736 of the $55,963 with a category attached, or 60.3%. 22 manufacturers reported payments, led by Alphatec Spine, Inc at 44.7% of the total. 2025 is the largest year on record at $20,660, more than ten times the $1,030 reported in 2020. Among neurological surgery clinicians in AL 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.
Across 182 payments — averaging $307.49 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Alphatec Spine, Inc$25K
- Medical Device Business Services, Inc.$9K
- Kuros Biosciences USA, Inc$8K
- Globus Medical$7K
- BK Medical Holding Company Inc.$3K
- Johnson & Johnson$1K
- plus $3K from 16 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$33,73660%
- Travel & lodging$8,86816%
- Food & beverage$13,35924%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Alphatec Spine, Inc | 29 | $25,041 |
| Medical Device Business Services, Inc. | 4 | $8,694 |
| Kuros Biosciences USA, Inc | 17 | $8,285 |
| Globus Medical(2 entities) | 78 | $7,151 |
| BK Medical Holding Company Inc. | 1 | $2,800 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 21 | $1,016 |
| Curiteva, Inc. | 3 | $546 |
| Si-bone, Inc. | 7 | $509 |
| Highridge Medical LLC | 4 | $387 |
| MML US, Inc. | 3 | $345 |
| Carlsmed, Inc. | 2 | $219 |
| Spineology Inc. | 2 | $207 |
| Providence Medical Technology, Inc. | 2 | $150 |
| Stryker | 1 | $135 |
| Ossdsign USA Incorporated | 1 | $134 |
| Vertex | 1 | $107 |
| Medacta USA, Inc. | 1 | $67 |
| Medtronic | 1 | $60 |
| Cerapedics Inc. | 1 | $56 |
| Orthofix Medical, Inc. | 1 | $34 |
| Prime Surgical, LLC | 1 | $15 |
| Brainlab, Inc. | 1 | $4 |
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.
- Other - Miscellaneous$19,969
- MagnetOs$7,651
- Excelsius - GPS$3,008
- XLIF$1,954
- IdentiTi$1,050
- Battalion TLIF - PC$666
- INVICTUS OPEN$457
- ReActiv8$345
- SYMPHONY$334
- MaXcess$318
- RELINE$308
- LIF$295
- Pulse$269
- Vital$256
- Spine & Trauma 3D Navigation$226
- aprevo$219
- Solus ALIF$175
- VuePoint$173
- CASCADIA INTERBODY SYSTEM$135
- RAVINE LATERAL ACCESS SYSTEM$135
How this compares
$55,963 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 97 neurological surgery providers in Alabama.
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 | 82 | $1,051 |
| Oxycodone Hcl | 59 | $530 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other neurological surgery in Birmingham
- Mark HadleyBirmingham$104K
- Andrew ErwoodBirmingham$85K
- Marshall HollandBirmingham$81K
- Adnan ShahidBirmingham$50K
- Jasmine ThumBirmingham$39K
- Jessica BentleyBirmingham$27K
- John FiveashBirmingham$12K
- Joshua MenendezBirmingham$11K
- Zenko HrynkiwBirmingham$8K
- Arsalaan SalehaniBirmingham$8K
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.