Matthew Hunt, MD
Neurological Surgery · Minneapolis, MNNPI 1619017787
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — consulting fees (53.4%), food and beverage and travel and lodging — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 6 manufacturers reported payments, led by Micromedics, Inc. at 40.3% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2020 at $1,946 and has fallen 68.3% since, to $617 in 2025.
Across 30 payments — averaging $148.95 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Micromedics, Inc.$2K
- Medtronic$1K
- Medical Device Business Services, Inc.$585
- Monteris Medical Corporation$571
- Johnson & Johnson$207
- Globus Medical$35
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$2,38553%
- Travel & lodging$62514%
- Food & beverage$1,45933%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Micromedics, Inc. | 2 | $1,800 |
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 18 | $1,270 |
| Medical Device Business Services, Inc. | 1 | $585 |
| Monteris Medical Corporation | 5 | $571 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 3 | $207 |
| Globus Medical | 1 | $35 |
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.
- VIPER$585
- Neuroblate$407
- MazorX - Renaissance$386
- O-ARM-Spine$176
- ACF$144
- StealthStation$123
- Mazor X Stealth Edition$118
How this compares
$4,468 in reported general payments places this provider in the 70th percentile of 140 neurological surgery providers in Minnesota.
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.
Other neurological surgery in Minneapolis
- Stanley SkinnerMinneapolis$445K
- Michael ParkMinneapolis$27K
- David DarrowMinneapolis$23K
- Carolina Sandoval GarciaMinneapolis$10K
- Robert McGovernMinneapolis$9K
- Jesse LawrenceMinneapolis$4K
- Shearwood McClellandMinneapolis$3K
- Leopold ArkoMinneapolis$3K
- Logan HellandMinneapolis$2K
- Truong DoMinneapolis$2K
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.