James Lindley, MD
Neurological Surgery · Savannah, GANPI 1205825338
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by royalties or licence payments: $19,130 of the $24,424 with a category attached, or 78.3%. Globus Medical accounts for 65.7% of it on its own, with 16 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $7,006 and has fallen 89.7% since, to $722 in 2025.
Across 122 payments — averaging $200.20 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Globus Medical$16K
- Mirus, LLC$6K
- Boston Scientific$1K
- Acera Surgical, Inc.$139
- Cerapedics Inc.$130
- Stryker$129
- plus $417 from 11 others
Across 10 payments — averaging $4479.69 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.
- Vertex$21K
- Premia Spine, Ltd.$16K
- Tanabe Pharma America, Inc.$8K
What the payments were for
- Royalty or licence$19,13078%
- Consulting fees$3,00012%
- Food & beverage$2,0648%
- Education$2301%
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 | 12 | $16,047 |
| Mirus, LLC | 4 | $6,133 |
| Boston Scientific | 75 | $1,431 |
| Acera Surgical, Inc. | 1 | $139 |
| Cerapedics Inc. | 12 | $130 |
| Stryker | 2 | $129 |
| Arbor Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $100 |
| Saluda Medical Americas, Inc. | 2 | $69 |
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 3 | $59 |
| Abbott | 2 | $36 |
| Providence Medical Technology, Inc. | 2 | $33 |
| Novocure Inc. | 1 | $25 |
| Alevio, LLC | 1 | $24 |
| Ossdsign USA Incorporated | 1 | $23 |
| Nevro Corp. | 1 | $19 |
| Orthofix Medical, Inc. | 1 | $17 |
| Lemaitre Vascular, Inc. | 1 | $12 |
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.
- TRANSITION$15,998
- EUROPA Pedicle Screw System$6,133
- CYGNUS Anterior Cervical Plate$6,133
- MiRus 3DR Lumbar Interbody System$3,133
- IO Expandable Lumbar Interbody$3,133
- RIGEL 3DR Cervical Interbody$3,133
- Restrata Wound Matrix$139
- SPINEJACK$108
- Gliadel$100
How this compares
$24,424 in reported general payments places this provider in the 75th 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 384 | $5,484 |
| Oxycodone-AcetaminophenOxycodone Hcl/Acetaminophen | 270 | $4,530 |
| Gabapentin | 84 | $1,373 |
| Cephalexin | 67 | $487 |
| Tramadol Hcl | 83 | $437 |
| Pregabalin | 17 | $250 |
| Methylprednisolone | 39 | $190 |
| Cyclobenzaprine Hcl | 33 | $180 |
| Tizanidine Hcl | 42 | $161 |
| Acetaminophen-CodeineAcetaminophen With Codeine | 11 | $129 |
| Clindamycin Hcl | 20 | $124 |
| Carisoprodol | 22 | $123 |
| Methocarbamol | 18 | $104 |
| Diazepam | 26 | $27 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other neurological surgery in Savannah
- Randolph BishopSavannah$170K
- Jay HowingtonSavannah$162K
- Regis HaidAtlanta$25.5M
- John CowanRome$3.2M
- Thomas MorrisonAtlanta$2.8M
- Christopher TomarasAtlanta$1.5M
- Daniel RefaiAtlanta$1.2M
- Gerald RodtsAtlanta$1.2M
- Betsy GrunchGainesville$1.1M
- James RobinsonAtlanta$993K
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.