Matthew Burton, MD
Neurological Surgery · Lake Charles, LANPI 1669730313
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Globus Medical accounts for 72.9% of it on its own, with 19 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $5,206 and has fallen 89.5% since, to $546 in 2025.
Across 101 payments — averaging $93.09 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Globus Medical$7K
- Medtronic$696
- Spinal Elements, Inc.$454
- Sanara Medtech Inc.$312
- Johnson & Johnson$281
- Spineart USA Inc$227
- plus $575 from 14 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$5,23456%
- Food & beverage$4,16844%
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 | 40 | $6,856 |
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 25 | $696 |
| Spinal Elements, Inc. | 4 | $454 |
| Sanara Medtech Inc. | 2 | $312 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 7 | $281 |
| Spineart USA Inc | 2 | $227 |
| Providence Medical Technology, Inc. | 1 | $151 |
| Boston Scientific | 4 | $128 |
| AbbVie | 4 | $78 |
| Stryker | 2 | $52 |
| Intrinsic Therapeutics | 1 | $33 |
| Integra Lifesciences Corporation | 1 | $19 |
| Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc. | 1 | $19 |
| Pacira Therapeutics, Inc. | 1 | $18 |
| C. R. Bard, Inc. & Subsidiaries | 1 | $17 |
| Biohaven Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $17 |
| Amgen | 1 | $13 |
| Convatec Inc. | 1 | $13 |
| Novartis | 1 | $13 |
| Kerecis Limited | 1 | $5 |
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.
- CREO$1,939
- ELSA ATP$1,689
- Excelsius Robotics System$1,033
- FORTIFY$683
- CellerateRx$312
- ExcelsiusGPS Robotic Navigation System$278
- KARMA$213
- Medical Device$146
- Excelsius - GPS$142
- VIPER$118
- SYNFIX$118
- 3D Printed PLIF/TLIF$115
- ELSA$114
- Sable$106
How this compares
$9,402 in reported general payments places this provider in the 65th percentile of 116 neurological surgery providers in Louisiana.
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 | 161 | $1,019 |
| Cyclobenzaprine Hcl | 59 | $597 |
| Gabapentin | 46 | $452 |
| Tizanidine Hcl | 18 | $90 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other neurological surgery in Lake Charles
- Brian KelleyLake Charles$193K
- Erich WolfLake Charles$87K
- Gregory RubinoLake Charles$7K
- Anthony SinShreveport$1.5M
- Sebastian KogaHammond$720K
- Eric OberlanderBaton Rouge$660K
- Najeeb ThomasMetairie$440K
- Gabriel TenderNew Orleans$255K
- Justin OwenMarrero$201K
- Daniel DenisKenner$198K
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.