Muhammad Abd-El-Barr
Neurological Surgery · Boston, MANPI 1891922688
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — consulting fees (46.2%), speaking fees and travel and lodging — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 22 manufacturers reported payments, led by Spineology Inc. at 30.2% of the total. 2025 is the largest year on record at $30,919, 2.3 times the $13,493 reported in 2019. Among neurological surgery clinicians in MA 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 254 payments — averaging $550.79 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Spineology Inc.$42K
- Arthrex$26K
- Trackx Technology, Inc.$21K
- Globus Medical$13K
- Medical Device Business Services, Inc.$10K
- Spinal Elements, Inc.$5K
- plus $22K from 16 others
Across 60 payments — averaging $3257.23 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.
- AbbVie$167K
- Cerapedics Inc.$21K
- Spinal Elements, Inc.$7K
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$64,66346%
- Speaking & faculty fees$40,36329%
- Travel & lodging$21,41115%
- Food & beverage$13,46310%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Spineology Inc. | 16 | $42,196 |
| Arthrex | 18 | $25,683 |
| Trackx Technology, Inc. | 21 | $21,485 |
| Globus Medical(2 entities) | 51 | $13,091 |
| Medical Device Business Services, Inc. | 13 | $10,337 |
| Spinal Elements, Inc. | 10 | $5,025 |
| Synthes GmbH | 9 | $4,914 |
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 55 | $4,780 |
| Alphatec Spine, Inc | 16 | $3,357 |
| Tricoast Surgical Solutions LLC | 5 | $2,814 |
| Elliquence, LLC | 3 | $2,694 |
| Bioventus LLC | 4 | $1,011 |
| Providence Medical Technology, Inc. | 4 | $513 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 10 | $457 |
| Si-bone, Inc. | 5 | $383 |
| Orthofix Medical, Inc. | 5 | $365 |
| Cerapedics Inc. | 3 | $256 |
| MML US, Inc. | 1 | $171 |
| Stryker | 2 | $121 |
| Kuros Biosciences USA, Inc | 1 | $117 |
| NSK America Corporation | 1 | $75 |
| Brainlab, Inc. | 1 | $56 |
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.
- DUO TI EXPANDABLE INTERBODY FUSION SYSTEM$14,702
- OPTIMESH EXPANDABLE INTERBODY FUSION SYSTEM$12,375
- VIPER$9,421
- Navigation System$6,500
- PRESERVE - TLIF$6,175
- TrackX$5,795
- MIS-TLIF$4,250
- ExcelsiusGPS Robotic Navigation System$3,523
- Rampart Duo Interbody Fusion System$3,000
- Other - Miscellaneous$2,322
- MAZOR X SYSTEM$2,301
- Rampart Duo Ti Interbody Fusion System$1,212
- Excelsius - GPS$948
- Elite Expandable Interbody System$906
- CONDUIT$763
- CD HORIZON$694
- MULTIPLE$629
- CAVUX Cervical Cage$437
- Excelsius3D Imaging System$433
- Pulse$401
How this compares
$139,900 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pregabalin | 22 | $236 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other neurological surgery in Boston
- Simcha WellerBoston$905K
- Aman PatelBoston$734K
- Alireza AtriBoston$503K
- Myron RolleBoston$290K
- John ChiBoston$280K
- Philipp TausskyBoston$224K
- Robert RichardsonBoston$190K
- Brendon BootBoston$149K
- Brian NahedBoston$97K
- Thomas NohBoston$69K
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.