Matthew Philips, MD
Neurological Surgery · North Dartmouth, MANPI 1598752610
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by royalties or licence payments: $207,941 of the $246,639 with a category attached, or 84.3%. Genesys Orthopedics Systems, L.L.C. accounts for 84.9% of it on its own, with 21 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2023 at $84,996 and has fallen 81.6% since, to $15,632 in 2025. Among neurological surgery clinicians in MA 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 162 payments — averaging $1522.46 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Genesys Orthopedics Systems, L.L.C.$209K
- Spineart USA Inc$21K
- Seaspine Orthopedics Corporation$8K
- 7d Surgical Inc.$5K
- Medtronic$996
- Nevro Corp.$612
- plus $2K from 16 others
Across 13 payments — averaging $54,307 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.
- Sanofi Pasteur Inc.$706K
What the payments were for
- Royalty or licence$207,94184%
- Speaking & faculty fees$4,9012%
- Travel & lodging$25,51810%
- Food & beverage$8,2783%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Genesys Orthopedics Systems, L.L.C. | 11 | $209,480 |
| Spineart USA Inc | 50 | $20,810 |
| Seaspine Orthopedics Corporation | 7 | $7,861 |
| 7d Surgical Inc. | 1 | $4,901 |
| Medtronic | 9 | $996 |
| Nevro Corp. | 36 | $612 |
| Boston Scientific | 14 | $594 |
| Spineart SA | 2 | $492 |
| AbbVie | 14 | $227 |
| Orthofix Medical, Inc. | 4 | $176 |
| Alphatec Spine, Inc | 1 | $152 |
| 7d Surgical ULC | 1 | $88 |
| Saluda Medical Americas, Inc. | 1 | $32 |
| Eisai Inc. | 1 | $31 |
| Globus Medical | 2 | $31 |
| Genentech USA, Inc. | 1 | $29 |
| Misonix Inc | 2 | $25 |
| Spine Wave, Inc. | 1 | $24 |
| Stryker | 1 | $23 |
| Stimwave Technologies Incorporated | 1 | $21 |
| AstraZeneca | 1 | $19 |
| Pfizer | 1 | $16 |
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.
- TiLock$175,023
- 3DP Cervical Interbody System$175,023
- Apache$144,517
- Perla TL$8,746
- 7D Surgical System$7,469
- PERLA C$1,920
- SI Joint$1,533
- MAZOR X SYSTEM$818
- Scarlet AL-T$809
- Other - Miscellaneous$152
- Juliet LL$150
- TRYPTIK Ti$115
- WAVEWRITER ALPHA$114
- Mariner$111
- Explorer TO$106
How this compares
$246,639 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 183 neurological surgery providers in Massachusetts.
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 | 26 | $340 |
| Cyclobenzaprine Hcl | 11 | $57 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other neurological surgery in North Dartmouth
- Richard DowdNorth Dartmouth$12K
- Simcha WellerBoston$905K
- Paul HouleHyannis$774K
- Aman PatelBoston$734K
- Alireza AtriBoston$503K
- Frederik PenningsWorcester$471K
- Myron RolleBoston$290K
- Jeffrey ArleBurlington$284K
- John ChiBoston$280K
- Erica BissonBurlington$240K
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.