John Shin, MD
Neurological Surgery · Philadelphia, PANPI 1124279443
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — consulting fees (57.2%), travel and lodging and royalties or licence payments — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 22 manufacturers reported payments, led by Alphatec Spine, Inc at 33.2% of the total. 2025 is the largest year on record at $79,311, 2.1 times the $37,021 reported in 2019. Among neurological surgery clinicians in PA 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 324 payments — averaging $945.40 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Alphatec Spine, Inc$102K
- Evolution Spine, LLC$35K
- Augmedics Inc.$33K
- Stryker$30K
- Globus Medical$26K
- Icotec Medical Inc.$23K
- plus $57K from 16 others
Across 17 payments — averaging $6362.19 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.
- Globus Medical$55K
- Vertex$53K
What the payments were for
- Royalty or licence$35,52712%
- Consulting fees$175,10957%
- Speaking & faculty fees$26,6259%
- Travel & lodging$51,40217%
- Food & beverage$17,6476%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Alphatec Spine, Inc | 72 | $101,805 |
| Evolution Spine, LLC | 10 | $34,993 |
| Augmedics Inc. | 30 | $33,093 |
| Stryker | 32 | $30,468 |
| Globus Medical(2 entities) | 48 | $26,223 |
| Icotec Medical Inc. | 46 | $22,986 |
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 35 | $21,095 |
| Medical Device Business Services, Inc. | 10 | $17,004 |
| Medicrea USA, Corp. | 8 | $8,591 |
| Synthes GmbH | 7 | $6,948 |
| Johnson & Johnson(2 entities) | 5 | $521 |
| Depuy Synthes Products, Inc. | 1 | $515 |
| Pacira Pharmaceuticals Incorporated | 3 | $324 |
| Carbofix Spine Inc | 4 | $302 |
| Biocomposites Inc | 2 | $273 |
| Cerapedics Inc. | 3 | $244 |
| VB Spine LLC | 1 | $241 |
| Carlsmed, Inc. | 2 | $172 |
| Carbofix Orthopedics Inc | 2 | $162 |
| Nevro Corp. | 1 | $128 |
| Si-bone, Inc. | 1 | $127 |
| Kuros Biosciences USA, Inc | 1 | $95 |
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.
- Xvision$163,266
- Other - Miscellaneous$63,122
- Integrated ALIF System$34,993
- Solus ALIF$27,296
- SYMPHONY$17,625
- VIPER$14,818
- VLIFT$14,363
- EVEREST SPINAL SYSTEM$14,000
- MESA SPINAL SYSTEM$14,000
- SERRATO$13,944
- icotec BlackArmor Spine System$12,764
- TRITANIUM$12,142
- ENDOSKELETON TC NANOLOCK SURFACE TECHNOLOGY$11,807
- CAPRI CORPECTOMY CAGE SYSTEM$10,500
- OsseoScrew$9,000
- PASS-LP$8,500
- UNiD$8,500
- VADER PEDICLE SYSTEM 6.0, SCREW, Carbon/PEEK, POLYAX., FEN., O 5.5 X 45 MM$7,654
- VADER PEDICLE SYSTEM, ROD, Carbon/PEEK, CURVED, 6.0 R450 X 200 MM$7,654
- KONG-TL VBR E, EXPANDABLE BODY, L, 19 MM X 27 - 37 MM$7,654
How this compares
$306,310 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 390 neurological surgery providers in Pennsylvania.
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 Philadelphia
- Amer SamdaniPhiladelphia$4.4M
- Brian JankowitzPhiladelphia$823K
- Joshua HellerPhiladelphia$519K
- Srinivas PrasadPhiladelphia$513K
- Chengyuan WuPhiladelphia$377K
- Omar ChoudhriPhiladelphia$304K
- Pascal JabbourPhiladelphia$198K
- Casey HalpernPhiladelphia$186K
- Steven FulopPhiladelphia$140K
- Kyle MuellerPhiladelphia$138K
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.