Justin Slavin, MD
Neurological Surgery · Worcester, MANPI 1790944668
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 92.4% of the total across 85 separate payments, which is the pattern of a clinician who attends manufacturer presentations rather than one with a consulting arrangement. It is spread thinly across 31 manufacturers, the largest accounting for just 20.9% — the pattern of someone who eats at a lot of different presentations. Reporting peaked in 2022 at $1,289 and has fallen 64.8% since, to $453 in 2025.
Across 85 payments — averaging $56.51 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Stryker$1K
- Globus Medical$805
- Providence Medical Technology, Inc.$624
- Medtronic$466
- Spineology Inc.$227
- Johnson & Johnson$207
- plus $1K from 25 others
Across 1 payment — averaging $17,096 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.
- Spineology Inc.$17K
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$3648%
- Food & beverage$4,44092%
Most of this is food and beverage — typically meals provided during product presentations at a clinic or hospital. Nationally that is the single largest category of reported payments by count.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Stryker | 9 | $1,005 |
| Globus Medical(2 entities) | 9 | $805 |
| Providence Medical Technology, Inc. | 7 | $624 |
| Medtronic | 11 | $466 |
| Spineology Inc. | 3 | $227 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 2 | $207 |
| DJO, LLC | 4 | $177 |
| Royal Biologics, Inc. | 1 | $148 |
| Relievant Medsystems, Inc. | 1 | $122 |
| Biotronik NRO, Inc. | 5 | $109 |
| Scilex Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 7 | $101 |
| Arteriocyte Medical Systems, Inc. | 1 | $95 |
| Orthofix Medical, Inc. | 2 | $86 |
| Highridge Medical LLC | 1 | $74 |
| Spinal Elements, Inc. | 3 | $68 |
| Augmedics Inc. | 1 | $59 |
| Si-bone, Inc. | 1 | $53 |
| Integrity Implants Inc. | 1 | $46 |
| Acera Surgical, Inc. | 2 | $45 |
| Integra Lifesciences Corporation | 1 | $38 |
| Alphatec Spine, Inc | 1 | $36 |
| Xtant Medical Inc | 1 | $35 |
| Medical Device Business Services, Inc. | 2 | $28 |
| Foundation Fusion Solutions, LLC | 2 | $27 |
| Curonix LLC | 1 | $22 |
| Intrinsic Therapeutics | 1 | $22 |
| Cerapedics Inc. | 1 | $18 |
| IBSA Pharma Inc. | 1 | $16 |
| Saluda Medical Americas, Inc. | 1 | $16 |
| Theragen, Inc. | 1 | $15 |
| Collegium Pharmaceutical, Inc. | 1 | $14 |
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.
- Excelsius - GPS$501
- Intracept$243
- SPINEMAP$221
- YUKON$155
- ES2$150
- VESUVIUS$146
- AIRO$146
- MEDTRONIC REUSABLE INSTRUMENTS$128
- ViviGen$111
- FIBERGRAFT$111
- VIPER$111
- CONCORDE$111
- XLIF$110
- Palisade Pedicle Screw System$104
How this compares
$4,803 in reported general payments places this provider in the 55th 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.
Most prescribed under Part D
| Drug | Claims | Cost to plans & patients |
|---|---|---|
| Gabapentin | 23 | $259 |
| Methylprednisolone | 25 | $230 |
| Cyclobenzaprine Hcl | 23 | $203 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other neurological surgery in Worcester
- Frederik PenningsWorcester$471K
- Thomas PietersWorcester$19K
- Ziev MosesWorcester$17K
- Arno SungarianWorcester$9K
- Simcha WellerBoston$905K
- Paul HouleHyannis$774K
- Aman PatelBoston$734K
- Alireza AtriBoston$503K
- Myron RolleBoston$290K
- Jeffrey ArleBurlington$284K
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.