John Burke, MD
Neurological Surgery · San Francisco, CANPI 1235519935
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — travel and lodging (52.9%), food and beverage and education — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 22 manufacturers reported payments, led by Medtronic at 32.4% of the total. 2025 is the largest year on record at $7,160, more than ten times the $226 reported in 2019.
Across 179 payments — averaging $141.91 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Medtronic$8K
- Icotec Medical Inc.$3K
- Kuros Biosciences USA, Inc$3K
- Alphatec Spine, Inc$3K
- Stryker$3K
- Carlsmed, Inc.$2K
- plus $4K from 16 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$13,44353%
- Food & beverage$11,93147%
- Education$290%
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) | 81 | $8,222 |
| Icotec Medical Inc. | 24 | $3,123 |
| Kuros Biosciences USA, Inc | 7 | $2,888 |
| Alphatec Spine, Inc | 5 | $2,878 |
| Stryker | 19 | $2,678 |
| Carlsmed, Inc. | 6 | $2,047 |
| Highridge Medical LLC | 9 | $1,258 |
| Globus Medical(2 entities) | 9 | $641 |
| Cerapedics Inc. | 2 | $285 |
| Si-bone, Inc. | 3 | $262 |
| Ulrich Medical USA, Inc. | 1 | $249 |
| Centinel Spine, LLC | 1 | $172 |
| Life Spine, Inc. | 1 | $153 |
| EBI, LLC | 2 | $126 |
| Saluda Medical Americas, Inc. | 1 | $121 |
| Abbott | 1 | $91 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 2 | $73 |
| Spine Wave, Inc. | 1 | $57 |
| Augmedics Inc. | 1 | $31 |
| Innovation Technologies Inc | 1 | $23 |
| Biocomposites Inc | 1 | $13 |
| Clariance, 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.
- Other - Miscellaneous$2,878
- icotec BlackArmor Spine System$2,788
- MagnetOs$2,721
- EVEREST SPINAL SYSTEM$2,163
- aprevo$1,984
- CD HORIZON$1,618
- MAZOR X SYSTEM$1,141
- MOBI-C PLUG & FIT US$891
- INTELLIS ADAPTIVESTIM$694
- Interbody Cage System$546
- UNID_PASS$541
- CD HORIZON SPINAL SYSTEM$335
- I-FACTOR PEPTIDE ENHANCED BONE GRAFT$285
- VADER PEDICLE SYSTEM 6.0, SCREW, Carbon/PEEK, POLYAX., FEN., O 5.5 X 45 MM$245
- KONG-TL VBR E, EXPANDABLE BODY, L, 19 MM X 27 - 37 MM$245
- KONG-TL VBR, END PLATE, ROUND, L AND SCREW, 12 X 43 MM$245
- KONG-TL VBR, END PLATE, RECTANGULAR, M AND SCREW, 12 X 33 MM$245
- VADER PEDICLE SYSTEM, ROD, Carbon/PEEK, CURVED, 6.0 R450 X 200 MM$245
- Vader Pedicle System$218
- CATALYFT PL EXPANDABLE INTERBODY SYSTEM$186
How this compares
$25,402 in reported general payments places this provider in the 75th percentile of 773 neurological surgery providers in California.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Carbidopa-LevodopaCarbidopa/Levodopa | 24 | $845 |
| Oxycodone Hcl | 45 | $338 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other neurological surgery in San Francisco
- Christopher AmesSan Francisco$7.1M
- Praveen MummaneniSan Francisco$1.1M
- Lee TanSan Francisco$682K
- Jang YoonSan Francisco$227K
- Larry KhooLos Angeles$2.8M
- Samy AbdouSan Diego$2.4M
- Bret AbshireMurrieta$2.3M
- William TaylorSan Diego$2.1M
- Tooraj GravoriEncino$2M
- Ali MesiwalaRancho Cucamonga$1.5M
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.