Matthew Erwood, MD
Neurological Surgery · Birmingham, ALNPI 1073957338
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 100.0% of the total across 100 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 19 manufacturers, the largest accounting for just 23.8% — the pattern of someone who eats at a lot of different presentations. 2025 is the largest year on record at $564, 2.5 times the $222 reported in 2019. That places this record below the midpoint for neurological surgery clinicians in AL, where the typical reported total is $2,898.
Across 100 payments — averaging $27.12 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Medtronic$647
- Globus Medical$547
- Providence Medical Technology, Inc.$470
- Johnson & Johnson$279
- Orthofix Medical, Inc.$170
- Baxter Healthcare$125
- plus $475 from 13 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$2,712100%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 34 | $647 |
| Globus Medical(2 entities) | 15 | $547 |
| Providence Medical Technology, Inc. | 7 | $470 |
| Johnson & Johnson(2 entities) | 10 | $279 |
| Orthofix Medical, Inc. | 13 | $170 |
| Baxter Healthcare | 1 | $125 |
| Si-bone, Inc. | 4 | $104 |
| DJO, LLC | 3 | $67 |
| Integra Lifesciences Corporation | 2 | $66 |
| Kls-martin L.p. | 2 | $41 |
| Zimmer Biomet | 1 | $39 |
| Ossdsign USA Incorporated | 1 | $32 |
| 4web, Inc. | 1 | $21 |
| Bioventus LLC | 1 | $21 |
| IBSA Pharma Inc. | 1 | $21 |
| Vertex | 1 | $20 |
| Stryker | 1 | $17 |
| Aesculap, Inc. | 1 | $14 |
| Spineology Inc. | 1 | $12 |
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.
- FLOSEAL$125
- CD HORIZON$108
How this compares
$2,712 in reported general payments places this provider in the 45th percentile of 97 neurological surgery providers in Alabama.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Methocarbamol | 208 | $1,832 |
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 131 | $1,536 |
| Oxycodone-AcetaminophenOxycodone Hcl/Acetaminophen | 110 | $965 |
| Methylprednisolone | 32 | $220 |
| Tramadol Hcl | 21 | $116 |
| Tizanidine Hcl | 21 | $100 |
| Cyclobenzaprine Hcl | 14 | $67 |
| Gabapentin | 12 | $56 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other neurological surgery in Birmingham
- Mark HadleyBirmingham$104K
- Andrew ErwoodBirmingham$85K
- Marshall HollandBirmingham$81K
- Jakub GodzikBirmingham$56K
- Adnan ShahidBirmingham$50K
- Jasmine ThumBirmingham$39K
- Jessica BentleyBirmingham$27K
- John FiveashBirmingham$12K
- Joshua MenendezBirmingham$11K
- Zenko HrynkiwBirmingham$8K
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.