Joseph McMordie, MD
Neurological Surgery · Chicago, ILNPI 1396159851
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by travel and lodging: $531 of the $802 with a category attached, or 66.2%. Midsouth Orthopedics Inc. accounts for 67.3% of it on its own, with 5 other manufacturers making up the rest. 2025 is the largest year on record at $574, 3.9 times the $146 reported in 2019. That places this record below the midpoint for neurological surgery clinicians in IL, where the typical reported total is $2,724.
Across 10 payments — averaging $80.20 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Midsouth Orthopedics Inc.$540
- Globus Medical$158
- Medtronic$35
- Arthrex$34
- Musculoskeletal Transplant Foundation Inc.$22
- Stryker$13
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$53166%
- Food & beverage$27134%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Midsouth Orthopedics Inc. | 2 | $540 |
| Globus Medical(2 entities) | 3 | $158 |
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 2 | $35 |
| Arthrex | 1 | $34 |
| Musculoskeletal Transplant Foundation Inc. | 1 | $22 |
| Stryker | 1 | $13 |
How this compares
$802 in reported general payments places this provider in the 35th percentile of 302 neurological surgery providers in Illinois.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 136 | $1,229 |
| Methocarbamol | 86 | $925 |
| Cyclobenzaprine Hcl | 16 | $154 |
| Gabapentin | 30 | $125 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other neurological surgery in Chicago
- Tyler KoskiChicago$2.3M
- Vincent TraynelisChicago$1.8M
- Sergey NeckryshChicago$1.6M
- Richard FesslerChicago$910K
- John OtooleChicago$593K
- Fady CharbelChicago$507K
- Issam AwadChicago$266K
- Mohamad BydonChicago$163K
- Ali AlarajChicago$155K
- Konstantin SlavinChicago$153K
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.