James Wright, MD
Neurological Surgery · Portland, ORNPI 1417391012
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — travel and lodging (54.6%), food and beverage and consulting fees — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 8 manufacturers reported payments, led by Stryker at 44.3% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2021 at $5,185 and has fallen 91.4% since, to $448 in 2025.
Across 44 payments — averaging $171.17 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Stryker$3K
- Medical Device Business Services, Inc.$2K
- Globus Medical$1K
- Johnson & Johnson$554
- Medtronic$139
- Implanet America, Inc.$35
- plus $37 from 2 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$1,21016%
- Travel & lodging$4,11055%
- Food & beverage$1,88425%
- Education$3274%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Stryker | 23 | $3,338 |
| Medical Device Business Services, Inc. | 4 | $2,299 |
| Globus Medical(2 entities) | 6 | $1,128 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 6 | $554 |
| Medtronic | 2 | $139 |
| Implanet America, Inc. | 1 | $35 |
| Si-bone, Inc. | 1 | $21 |
| CSL Behring | 1 | $17 |
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.
- CASCADIA INTERBODY SYSTEM$1,226
- ACTIS$1,054
- Excelsius - GPS$1,012
- EVEREST SPINAL SYSTEM$713
- CAPRI CORPECTOMY CAGE SYSTEM$543
- NONE$327
- TRIALTIS$250
- YUKON OCT SPINAL SYSTEM$198
- SYMPHONY$136
- AQUAMANTYS$112
How this compares
$7,531 in reported general payments places this provider in the 70th percentile of 95 neurological surgery providers in Oregon.
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 Portland
- Josha WoodwardPortland$145K
- Seth OliveriaPortland$97K
- Daniel ClearyPortland$63K
- Helen ShiPortland$61K
- Adam LipsonPortland$59K
- David AntezanaPortland$50K
- Christina WrightPortland$47K
- Ahmed RaslanPortland$33K
- Kim BurchielPortland$28K
- Martin BaggenstosPortland$22K
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.