James Pingree, MD
Neurological Surgery · Salt Lake City, UTNPI 1730249582
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
13 manufacturers reported payments, led by Globus Medical at 31.0% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $2,793 and has fallen 93.4% since, to $184 in 2025.
Across 46 payments — averaging $96.52 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Globus Medical$1K
- Centinel Spine, LLC$1K
- Si-bone, Inc.$793
- Medtronic$505
- Zimmer Biomet$122
- Cerapedics Inc.$101
- plus $230 from 7 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$2,65460%
- Food & beverage$1,78640%
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) | 12 | $1,377 |
| Centinel Spine, LLC | 4 | $1,313 |
| Si-bone, Inc. | 4 | $793 |
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 10 | $505 |
| Zimmer Biomet | 1 | $122 |
| Cerapedics Inc. | 3 | $101 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 4 | $68 |
| Integra Lifesciences Corporation | 2 | $56 |
| Stryker | 2 | $32 |
| Camber Spine Technologies LLC | 1 | $30 |
| Boston Scientific | 1 | $19 |
| Portola Pharmaceuticals, LLC | 1 | $13 |
| Edwards Lifesciences | 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.
- PRODISC L$981
- ALIF$949
- iFuse Implant$766
- PRODISC C$275
- CATALYFT PL EXPANDABLE INTERBODY SYSTEM$164
- Mobi-C$122
- Pulse$109
- PRESTIGE LP CERVICAL DISC SYSTEM$101
How this compares
$4,440 in reported general payments places this provider in the 55th percentile of 75 neurological surgery providers in Utah.
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.
Other neurological surgery in Salt Lake City
- Mark MahanSalt Lake City$698K
- Ramesh GrandhiSalt Lake City$586K
- Kenneth YonemuraSalt Lake City$117K
- Andrew DaileySalt Lake City$74K
- Craig KilburgSalt Lake City$66K
- Ronald ApfelbaumSalt Lake City$56K
- Guilherme Santos PiedadeSalt Lake City$51K
- Karol BudohoskiSalt Lake City$30K
- Randy JensenSalt Lake City$22K
- Joe MendezSalt Lake City$17K
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.