Matthew McGirt, MD
Neurological Surgery · Charlotte, NCNPI 1073665550
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by consulting fees: $426,194 of the $692,636 with a category attached, or 61.5%. Mirus, LLC accounts for 66.9% of it on its own, with 16 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $257,495 and has fallen 89.3% since, to $27,464 in 2025. Among neurological surgery clinicians in NC with any reported payments, this total sits in the top 5% — high for the specialty, which is a reason to read the composition above rather than the number alone.
Across 252 payments — averaging $2748.56 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Mirus, LLC$463K
- Stryker$106K
- Globus Medical$88K
- VB Spine LLC$21K
- Spinesmith Holdings, LLC$7K
- Bioventus LLC$6K
- plus $753 from 11 others
Across 2 payments — averaging $15,000 each. Payments tied to a research study. These frequently flow through the physician to a hospital or research institution rather than to the physician personally.
- Bioventus LLC$30K
What the payments were for
- Royalty or licence$210,00030%
- Consulting fees$426,19462%
- Speaking & faculty fees$24,6504%
- Travel & lodging$26,1574%
- Food & beverage$5,6351%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Mirus, LLC | 81 | $463,459 |
| Stryker | 90 | $106,236 |
| Globus Medical | 55 | $88,282 |
| VB Spine LLC | 3 | $21,042 |
| Spinesmith Holdings, LLC | 2 | $6,775 |
| Bioventus LLC | 5 | $6,089 |
| Carlsmed, Inc. | 1 | $214 |
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 3 | $186 |
| Kuros Biosciences USA, Inc | 3 | $118 |
| Kerecis Limited | 1 | $43 |
| Aesculap, Inc. | 2 | $38 |
| Providence Medical Technology, Inc. | 1 | $35 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 1 | $28 |
| Icotec Medical Inc. | 1 | $28 |
| Medical Device Business Services, Inc. | 1 | $26 |
| Arbor Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $24 |
| Spine Wave, Inc. | 1 | $13 |
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.
- EUROPA Pedicle Screw System$463,112
- CYGNUS Anterior Cervical Plate$450,461
- MiRus 3DR Lumbar Interbody System$43,537
- IO Expandable Lumbar Interbody$43,537
- RIGEL 3DR Cervical Interbody$43,537
- TRITANIUM$28,150
- MAKO$27,909
- ExcelsiusGPS Robotic Navigation System$25,523
- EVEREST SPINAL SYSTEM$23,141
- Oscillating High Speed Drill$20,900
- CANYON RETRACTOR SYSTEMS$17,625
- XIA 3$13,500
- CORBEL$13,110
- AERO$12,717
- SERRATO$12,717
- ES2$12,717
- ACCULIF$11,845
- Excelsius Robotics System$11,602
- YUKON OCT SPINAL SYSTEM$10,500
- Handpiece Power System$9,871
How this compares
$692,636 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 196 neurological surgery providers in North Carolina.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Gabapentin | 63 | $711 |
| Methocarbamol | 46 | $524 |
| Methylprednisolone | 48 | $320 |
| Cyclobenzaprine Hcl | 24 | $267 |
| Tizanidine Hcl | 39 | $182 |
| Meloxicam | 13 | $14 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other neurological surgery in Charlotte
- Domagoj CoricCharlotte$2.3M
- Paul KimCharlotte$1.5M
- Tim AdamsonCharlotte$470K
- Michael BohlCharlotte$120K
- Vincent RossiCharlotte$104K
- Joe BernardCharlotte$101K
- Andrew HealyCharlotte$99K
- Anthony AsherCharlotte$93K
- Frederick FingerCharlotte$73K
- Joseph CheatleCharlotte$44K
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.