Jeffrey Arle
Neurological Surgery · Burlington, MANPI 1528169851
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — royalties or licence payments (35.2%), consulting fees and speaking fees — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 17 manufacturers reported payments, led by Medtronic at 37.6% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $165,621 and has fallen 88.2% since, to $19,500 in 2025. Among neurological surgery clinicians in MA 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 278 payments — averaging $1020.84 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Medtronic$107K
- Boston Scientific$70K
- Abbott$35K
- Saluda Medical Americas, Inc.$29K
- Livanova USA, Inc.$21K
- Biotronik NRO, Inc.$13K
- plus $9K from 11 others
Across 6 payments — averaging $22,198 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.
- Medtronic$81K
- Abbott$53K
- Saluda Medical Americas, Inc.$151
What the payments were for
- Royalty or licence$100,00035%
- Consulting fees$84,61130%
- Speaking & faculty fees$79,79728%
- Travel & lodging$5,6972%
- Food & beverage$13,6895%
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) | 14 | $106,669 |
| Boston Scientific | 134 | $70,282 |
| Abbott | 59 | $34,625 |
| Saluda Medical Americas, Inc. | 8 | $29,353 |
| Livanova USA, Inc. | 28 | $20,515 |
| Biotronik NRO, Inc. | 13 | $13,458 |
| Wenzel Spine, Inc. | 7 | $7,633 |
| Nevro Corp. | 4 | $301 |
| Stimwave Technologies Incorporated | 2 | $297 |
| UCB, Inc. | 1 | $135 |
| Neuropace, Inc. | 1 | $131 |
| Novocure Inc. | 1 | $131 |
| Nalu Medical, Inc. | 1 | $89 |
| Cala Health, Inc. | 1 | $73 |
| Orthofix Medical, Inc. | 2 | $61 |
| Si-bone, Inc. | 1 | $22 |
| Bioventus LLC | 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.
- SPECTRA WAVEWRITER$30,187
- Evoke SCS$29,155
- Proclaim Family of SCS IPGs$25,032
- WAVEWRITER ALPHA$21,184
- VNS THERAPY SENTIVA MODEL 1000 GENERATOR$16,540
- Prospera$13,242
- GENERAL PAIN MANAGEMENT$12,810
- Varilift$7,502
- Proclaim IPG$4,914
- PROCLAIM$3,850
- INTELLIS$3,396
- VNS Therapy$2,921
- RESTORE$2,600
- GENERAL - THERAPIES$1,391
- WaveWriter Alpha Prime 16$1,081
- Intracept$825
- VNS - Sentiva$339
- ETERNA$330
- Senza Spinal Cord Stimulation System$244
- VNS - Symmetry$197
How this compares
$283,793 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 183 neurological surgery providers in Massachusetts.
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 Burlington
- Erica BissonBurlington$240K
- Jonathan PaceBurlington$25K
- Robert WhitmoreBurlington$25K
- Andrew YewBurlington$13K
- Simcha WellerBoston$905K
- Paul HouleHyannis$774K
- Aman PatelBoston$734K
- Alireza AtriBoston$503K
- Frederik PenningsWorcester$471K
- Myron RolleBoston$290K
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.