Kyle Smith, MD
Neurological Surgery · Memphis, TNNPI 1194081232
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — consulting fees (35.9%), travel and lodging and speaking fees — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. Globus Medical accounts for 70.8% of it on its own, with 13 other manufacturers making up the rest.
Across 129 payments — averaging $368.93 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Globus Medical$34K
- Xtant Medical Inc$9K
- Medtronic$2K
- Medical Device Business Services, Inc.$972
- Eko Health, Inc.$379
- Boston Scientific$366
- plus $685 from 8 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$17,10036%
- Speaking & faculty fees$8,66318%
- Travel & lodging$16,03834%
- Food & beverage$5,41311%
- Other$3791%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Globus Medical(2 entities) | 65 | $33,689 |
| Xtant Medical Inc | 10 | $9,160 |
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 16 | $2,341 |
| Medical Device Business Services, Inc. | 6 | $972 |
| Eko Health, Inc. | 1 | $379 |
| Boston Scientific | 15 | $366 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 3 | $249 |
| Providence Medical Technology, Inc. | 2 | $147 |
| Orthofix Medical, Inc. | 1 | $107 |
| Stryker | 6 | $96 |
| Solventum Corporation | 1 | $28 |
| Argenx US, Inc. | 1 | $26 |
| Biohaven Pharmaceutical Holding Company Ltd. | 1 | $17 |
| Nevro Corp. | 1 | $15 |
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.
- RISE$10,953
- ELSA$9,493
- Excelsius Robotics System$2,863
- RISE-L$2,038
- MARS 3VL Retractor$1,713
- CD HORIZON$1,572
- Sable$1,434
- VIPER$1,038
- ExcelsiusGPS Robotic Navigation System$910
- XLIF$700
- EXCELSIUS$631
- CREO$378
- INDEPENDENCE$329
- Simplify Cervical Artificial Disc$219
- MARS 3VL$156
- WaveWriter Alpha Prime 16$142
- ELSA, ELSA AL/ATP$140
- PIVOX Oblique Lateral Spinal System$125
- INTELLIS$114
- FORTIFY$111
How this compares
$47,592 in reported general payments places this provider in the 80th 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pregabalin | 14 | $1,022 |
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 86 | $586 |
| Gabapentin | 29 | $303 |
| Oxycodone-AcetaminophenOxycodone Hcl/Acetaminophen | 21 | $246 |
| Clindamycin Hcl | 13 | $178 |
| Methocarbamol | 30 | $122 |
| Tizanidine Hcl | 17 | $111 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other neurological surgery in Memphis
- Kevin FoleyMemphis$162.4M
- Maurice SmithMemphis$4.4M
- Adam ArthurMemphis$1.9M
- Paul ParkMemphis$1.2M
- Daniel HoitMemphis$607K
- Jason GerrardMemphis$112K
- Earl JonesMemphis$59K
- Demi DawkinsMemphis$56K
- Isaac PomeraniecMemphis$56K
- Christopher NickeleMemphis$45K
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.