Nicholas Voss, MD
Neurological Surgery · Dothan, ALNPI 1497750012
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by food and beverage: $2,767 of the $4,310 with a category attached, or 64.2%. 27 manufacturers reported payments, led by Orthofix Medical, Inc. at 53.8% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2021 at $1,365 and has fallen 76.4% since, to $322 in 2025.
Across 94 payments — averaging $45.85 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Orthofix Medical, Inc.$2K
- Abbott$231
- Providence Medical Technology, Inc.$209
- Si-bone, Inc.$185
- Stryker$160
- Medtronic$141
- plus $1K from 21 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$1,54336%
- Food & beverage$2,76764%
Most of this is food and beverage — typically meals provided during product presentations at a clinic or hospital. Nationally that is the single largest category of reported payments by count.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Orthofix Medical, Inc. | 27 | $2,320 |
| Abbott | 11 | $231 |
| Providence Medical Technology, Inc. | 9 | $209 |
| Si-bone, Inc. | 4 | $185 |
| Stryker | 1 | $160 |
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 4 | $141 |
| Boston Scientific | 4 | $114 |
| DJO, LLC | 3 | $105 |
| Arbor Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 5 | $102 |
| Spineology Inc. | 4 | $95 |
| Intrinsic Therapeutics | 1 | $92 |
| Baxter Healthcare | 2 | $79 |
| Kls-martin L.p. | 3 | $69 |
| 7d Surgical Inc. | 1 | $65 |
| GT Medical Technologies, Inc | 2 | $63 |
| AbbVie | 2 | $39 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 1 | $38 |
| Nevro Corp. | 1 | $36 |
| Biocomposites Inc | 1 | $28 |
| Novocure Inc. | 1 | $27 |
| Portola Pharmaceuticals, LLC | 1 | $20 |
| Globus Medical | 1 | $19 |
| Chiesi USA, Inc. | 1 | $19 |
| Axonics, Inc. | 1 | $16 |
| Integra Lifesciences Corporation | 1 | $13 |
| GRT US Holding, Inc. | 1 | $13 |
| Kowa Pharmaceuticals America, 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.
- PHOENIX Minimally Invasive Spinal Fixation System$900
- JANUS Midline Fixation Screw$811
- ASCENT;ASCENT LE;FIREBIRD SFS;ICON SFS;SFS$544
- Unity Lumbosacral Fixation System$518
- PILLAR PL and TL PEEK Spacer System$518
- PILLAR SA PEEK Spacer System$518
- SKYHAWK Lateral Interbody Fusion System & Lateral Plate System$293
- PILLAR SA PTC Spacer System$293
- NGage Surgical Mesh System$293
- Phoenix CDX$293
- CORE$160
- iFuse Implant$134
- Firebird NXG Spinal Fixation System$127
- SKYHAWK Lateral Interbody Fusion System$127
- Bone Screws$125
- Regatta Lateral System$110
How this compares
$4,310 in reported general payments places this provider in the 65th percentile of 97 neurological surgery providers in Alabama.
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-AcetaminophenOxycodone Hcl/Acetaminophen | 71 | $887 |
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 81 | $675 |
| Cyclobenzaprine Hcl | 60 | $341 |
| Diazepam | 15 | $14 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other neurological surgery in Dothan
- Christopher HargettDothan$3K
- John JohnsonHuntsville$250K
- Cheng TaoHuntsville$236K
- Mark HadleyBirmingham$104K
- Andrew ErwoodBirmingham$85K
- Marshall HollandBirmingham$81K
- Joel PickettHuntsville$72K
- Richard MengerMobile$70K
- Jason BanksHuntsville$65K
- Jakub GodzikBirmingham$56K
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.