Neill Wright, MD
Neurological Surgery · Saint Louis, MONPI 1770500209
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by royalties or licence payments: $796,307 of the $1,095,575 with a category attached, or 72.7%. 31 manufacturers reported payments, led by Globus Medical at 54.2% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2022 at $213,327 and has fallen 55.0% since, to $96,022 in 2025. Among neurological surgery clinicians in MO 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 338 payments — averaging $3241.35 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Globus Medical$594K
- Alphatec Spine, Inc$217K
- Ulrich Medical USA, Inc.$139K
- Zimmer Biomet$45K
- Cerapedics Inc.$35K
- Zimvie Inc.$29K
- plus $36K from 25 others
Across 2 payments — averaging $3168.75 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.
- Orthofix Medical, Inc.$6K
What the payments were for
- Royalty or licence$796,30773%
- Consulting fees$226,50021%
- Speaking & faculty fees$7,5001%
- Travel & lodging$43,0714%
- Food & beverage$14,2371%
- Education$120%
- Entertainment$7,9491%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Globus Medical(2 entities) | 26 | $594,001 |
| Alphatec Spine, Inc | 41 | $216,713 |
| Ulrich Medical USA, Inc. | 45 | $139,102 |
| Zimmer Biomet | 71 | $45,146 |
| Cerapedics Inc. | 19 | $34,861 |
| Zimvie Inc. | 49 | $29,271 |
| Highridge Medical LLC | 19 | $19,071 |
| Orthofix Medical, Inc. | 19 | $14,964 |
| Medtronic | 4 | $361 |
| Mighty Oak Medical | 2 | $341 |
| Johnson & Johnson(2 entities) | 5 | $225 |
| 4web, Inc. | 2 | $217 |
| Accord Healthcare, Inc. | 2 | $196 |
| Medical Device Business Services, Inc. | 1 | $148 |
| Stryker | 7 | $145 |
| GT Medical Technologies, Inc | 2 | $132 |
| Olympus America Inc. | 1 | $129 |
| Teleflex LLC | 3 | $66 |
| Biocomposites Inc | 1 | $62 |
| Providence Medical Technology, Inc. | 2 | $59 |
| AstraZeneca | 4 | $58 |
| Cumberland Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 3 | $48 |
| Abbott | 2 | $43 |
| Lemaitre Vascular, Inc. | 1 | $32 |
| Telix Pharmaceuticals | 1 | $32 |
| Baxter Healthcare | 1 | $30 |
| Ambu Inc. | 1 | $28 |
| Alnylam Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 1 | $28 |
| Servier Pharmaceuticals LLC | 1 | $25 |
| Elite Orthopedics, LLC | 1 | $24 |
| Vertex | 1 | $15 |
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.
- VuePoint$592,513
- X-CORE$307,198
- X-Core Mini$210,704
- Other - Miscellaneous$163,654
- Mobi-C$69,751
- I-FACTOR PEPTIDE ENHANCED BONE GRAFT$46,228
- INSIGNIA ACP$43,669
- Virage$18,680
- MOBI-C PLUG & FIT US$17,999
- Maxan Cervical System$14,850
- Lineum Posterior Cervical$14,850
- ROI-C$14,850
- i-FACTOR Putty$8,199
- INVICTUS OPEN$5,500
- 3 DEGREE$5,200
- NorthStar$3,935
- WaveForm C$1,300
- BIOLOGICS$626
- Excelsius3D Imaging System$430
- Vitality$416
How this compares
$1,095,575 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 172 neurological surgery providers in Missouri.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Oxycodone Hcl | 73 | $362 |
| Methocarbamol | 41 | $344 |
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 11 | $46 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other neurological surgery in Saint Louis
- Wilson RaySaint Louis$586K
- Camilo MolinaSaint Louis$412K
- Paul SantiagoSaint Louis$368K
- Daniel ScodarySaint Louis$278K
- Daniel HafezSaint Louis$273K
- John OgunladeSaint Louis$220K
- Joshua OsbunSaint Louis$98K
- Adewale BakareSaint Louis$81K
- Eric LeuthardtSaint Louis$78K
- Nitin AgarwalSaint Louis$68K
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.