Michael Neel, MD
Sports Medicine · Memphis, TNNPI 1720081847
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by consulting fees: $40,100 of the $49,586 with a category attached, or 80.9%. UOC USA Inc accounts for 68.8% of it on its own, with 13 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2023 at $17,115 and has fallen 77.5% since, to $3,850 in 2025. Among sports medicine clinicians in TN with any reported payments, this total sits in the top 10% — high for the specialty, which is a reason to read the composition above rather than the number alone.
Across 59 payments — averaging $840.44 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- UOC USA Inc$34K
- Vertical Orthopaedics, Inc.$10K
- Somavac Medical Solutions, Inc.$3K
- Microport Orthopedics Inc$2K
- Onkos Surgical, Inc.$255
- KCI USA, Inc.$121
- plus $343 from 8 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$40,10081%
- Speaking & faculty fees$3,3007%
- Travel & lodging$3,5127%
- Food & beverage$2,6745%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| UOC USA Inc | 30 | $34,128 |
| Vertical Orthopaedics, Inc. | 2 | $9,758 |
| Somavac Medical Solutions, Inc. | 2 | $3,410 |
| Microport Orthopedics Inc | 11 | $1,572 |
| Onkos Surgical, Inc. | 3 | $255 |
| KCI USA, Inc. | 1 | $121 |
| Acera Surgical, Inc. | 1 | $111 |
| Convatec Inc. | 1 | $92 |
| Pfizer | 2 | $37 |
| Biotissue Holdings Inc. | 1 | $29 |
| Orthofix Medical, Inc. | 2 | $24 |
| Solventum Corporation | 1 | $20 |
| Stryker | 1 | $17 |
| Bone Support 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.
- USTAR II$19,236
- U-Star II$14,359
- Somavac SVS with access$3,300
- MPO Medial Pivot Knee$1,281
- PREVENA$121
- Restrata Wound Matrix$111
- SOMAVAC 100 Sustained Vacuum System$110
How this compares
$49,586 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 147 sports medicine providers in Tennessee.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Meloxicam | 172 | $614 |
| Diclofenac Sodium | 32 | $308 |
| Methylprednisolone | 24 | $128 |
| Ondansetron Hcl | 16 | $68 |
| Cephalexin | 17 | $47 |
| Tramadol Hcl | 11 | $22 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other sports medicine in Memphis
- Andrew WodowskiMemphis$23K
- David BrownMemphis$9K
- Kenneth WeissMemphis$4K
- Jeffrey DlabachCollierville$504K
- Ian ByramFranklin$252K
- Jw ByrdNashville$248K
- Lucas RichieLebanon$159K
- Zachary PharrColumbia$75K
- Colin LooneyFranklin$68K
- Jonathan BryantBristol$67K
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.