Khan Li, MD
Neurological Surgery · Nashville, TNNPI 1770634412
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by royalties or licence payments: $94,561 of the $100,898 with a category attached, or 93.7%. The Institute Of Musculoskeletal Science And Education accounts for 95.6% of it on its own, with 15 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2020 at $27,523 and has fallen 80.5% since, to $5,374 in 2025. Among neurological surgery clinicians in TN with any reported payments, this total sits in the top 10% — high for the specialty, which is a reason to read the composition above rather than the number alone.
Across 78 payments — averaging $1293.57 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- The Institute Of Musculoskeletal Science And Education$96K
- Medtronic$2K
- Camber Spine Technologies LLC$1K
- EBI, LLC$390
- Highridge Medical LLC$341
- Abbott$303
- plus $479 from 10 others
What the payments were for
- Royalty or licence$94,56194%
- Consulting fees$2,2002%
- Travel & lodging$1,1751%
- Food & beverage$2,3322%
- Education$990%
- Gifts$5301%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| The Institute Of Musculoskeletal Science And Education | 25 | $96,492 |
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 19 | $1,840 |
| Camber Spine Technologies LLC | 3 | $1,054 |
| EBI, LLC | 2 | $390 |
| Highridge Medical LLC | 3 | $341 |
| Abbott | 11 | $303 |
| Boston Scientific | 4 | $115 |
| Amgen | 1 | $101 |
| Cerapedics Inc. | 1 | $99 |
| Orthofix Medical, Inc. | 2 | $45 |
| Novocure Inc. | 2 | $44 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 1 | $18 |
| Zimmer Biomet | 1 | $16 |
| Radius Health, Inc. | 1 | $15 |
| Exact Sciences | 1 | $14 |
| Baxter Healthcare | 1 | $11 |
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.
- Spira-C$35,527
- Spira$34,817
- Spira-L$27,455
- O-ARM-ST$1,076
- Biomet SpinalPak Non-invasive Spine Fusion Stimulator System$566
- MazorX - Renaissance$175
- PROCLAIM$125
- UNID_PASS$117
- EVENITY$101
How this compares
$100,898 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 156 neurological surgery providers in Tennessee.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Methylprednisolone | 39 | $296 |
| Cyclobenzaprine Hcl | 22 | $129 |
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 11 | $56 |
| Meloxicam | 18 | $43 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other neurological surgery in Nashville
- Brian OshaughnessyNashville$2.1M
- Chine LoganNashville$309K
- Scott ParkerNashville$255K
- Arthur UlmNashville$203K
- Gregory LanfordNashville$175K
- William SchooleyNashville$105K
- Ernest WrightNashville$63K
- Dario EnglotNashville$47K
- Chadd FunkNashville$38K
- Vishad SukulNashville$27K
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.