John Rolston
Neurological Surgery · Boston, MANPI 1871892091
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by consulting fees: $35,231 of the $47,814 with a category attached, or 73.7%. 12 manufacturers reported payments, led by Neuropace, Inc. at 37.8% of the total.
Across 103 payments — averaging $464.21 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Neuropace, Inc.$18K
- Medtronic$10K
- Clearpoint Neuro, Inc.$9K
- Turing Medical Technologies$7K
- Insightec,inc$1K
- Zimmer Biomet$742
- plus $2K from 6 others
Across 15 payments — averaging $5272.63 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.
- Neurocrine Biosciences, Inc.$40K
- Insightec,ltd$26K
- Medtronic$12K
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$35,23174%
- Travel & lodging$7,22615%
- Food & beverage$5,35611%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Neuropace, Inc. | 33 | $18,082 |
| Medtronic(3 entities) | 25 | $9,810 |
| Clearpoint Neuro, Inc. | 15 | $9,014 |
| Turing Medical Technologies | 2 | $7,125 |
| Insightec,inc | 3 | $1,224 |
| Zimmer Biomet | 7 | $742 |
| Boston Scientific | 8 | $668 |
| Abbott | 6 | $465 |
| Vertex | 1 | $442 |
| Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc. | 1 | $86 |
| Neurocrine Biosciences, Inc. | 1 | $83 |
| Livanova USA, Inc. | 1 | $73 |
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.
- RNS Neurostimulator Kit$13,291
- CLEARPOINT$8,718
- StealthStation$8,666
- RNS System$4,487
- ROSA-Brain$538
- GENERAL DBS$287
- ACTIVA$270
- INFINITY$160
- Infinity DBS Pulse Generators$145
- Exablate$125
- PERCEPT PC BRAINSENSE$116
How this compares
$47,814 in reported general payments places this provider in the 85th 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 Boston
- Simcha WellerBoston$905K
- Aman PatelBoston$734K
- Alireza AtriBoston$503K
- Myron RolleBoston$290K
- John ChiBoston$280K
- Philipp TausskyBoston$224K
- Robert RichardsonBoston$190K
- Brendon BootBoston$149K
- Muhammad Abd-El-BarrBoston$140K
- Brian NahedBoston$97K
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.