Jonathan Tuttle, MD
Neurological Surgery · Augusta, GANPI 1871708768
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by travel and lodging: $12,990 of the $21,361 with a category attached, or 60.8%. 10 manufacturers reported payments, led by Alphatec Spine, Inc at 42.1% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2022 at $7,922 and has fallen 97.9% since, to $166 in 2025.
Across 74 payments — averaging $288.67 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Alphatec Spine, Inc$9K
- Cerapedics Inc.$5K
- Stryker$4K
- Spinal Elements, Inc.$3K
- Medtronic$488
- BD$165
- plus $307 from 4 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$1,5007%
- Speaking & faculty fees$1,5007%
- Travel & lodging$12,99061%
- Food & beverage$5,30725%
- Education$650%
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 | 17 | $8,983 |
| Cerapedics Inc. | 15 | $4,963 |
| Stryker | 16 | $3,601 |
| Spinal Elements, Inc. | 12 | $2,854 |
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 9 | $488 |
| BD | 1 | $165 |
| Abbott | 1 | $141 |
| Lemaitre Vascular, Inc. | 1 | $110 |
| Globus Medical | 1 | $38 |
| Bausch Health US, 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.
- I-FACTOR PEPTIDE ENHANCED BONE GRAFT$11,656
- Other - Miscellaneous$7,688
- Medical Device$2,594
- MESA SMALL STATURE SPINAL SYSTEM$2,167
- EVEREST SPINAL SYSTEM$627
- KYPHON Balloon Kyphoplasty$240
- OsseoScrew$210
- KARMA$186
- SERRATO$175
- INVICTUS OPEN$166
- Trestle Luxe II$166
- ARISTA AH FLEXITIP$165
- YUKON OCT SPINAL SYSTEM$165
- Proclaim Family of SCS IPGs$141
- MIDAS REX$125
- CORE$117
- IdentiTi$114
- ANASTOCLIP$110
How this compares
$21,361 in reported general payments places this provider in the 75th percentile of 201 neurological surgery providers in Georgia.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Gabapentin | 116 | $1,072 |
| Oxycodone Hcl | 52 | $766 |
| Pregabalin | 23 | $618 |
| Tizanidine Hcl | 72 | $557 |
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 25 | $263 |
| Celecoxib | 19 | $254 |
| Oxycodone-AcetaminophenOxycodone Hcl/Acetaminophen | 18 | $248 |
| Cyclobenzaprine Hcl | 11 | $117 |
| Methylprednisolone | 11 | $77 |
| Amitriptyline Hcl | 13 | $70 |
| Tramadol Hcl | 12 | $63 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other neurological surgery in Augusta
- Abdulaziz AlmubarakAugusta$82K
- Fernando ValeAugusta$67K
- Ildemaro VolcanAugusta$55K
- Scott RahimiAugusta$39K
- Luca DebsAugusta$15K
- Regis HaidAtlanta$25.5M
- John CowanRome$3.2M
- Thomas MorrisonAtlanta$2.8M
- Christopher TomarasAtlanta$1.5M
- Daniel RefaiAtlanta$1.2M
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.