Nikhil Murthy, MD
Neurological Surgery · San Diego, CANPI 1710371273
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 119 payments — averaging $1236.51 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Hubly Incorporated$114K
- Icotec Medical Inc.$14K
- Neo Spine USA, Inc.$6K
- Globus Medical$3K
- Alafair Biosciences, Inc.$3K
- Medtronic$2K
- plus $4K from 10 others
Across 2 payments — averaging $1600.00 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.
- Hubly Incorporated$3K
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$14,10043%
- Speaking & faculty fees$2,7508%
- Travel & lodging$9,11928%
- Food & beverage$6,80221%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Hubly Incorporated | 3 | $114,373 |
| Icotec Medical Inc. | 43 | $13,627 |
| Neo Spine USA, Inc. | 4 | $6,265 |
| Globus Medical | 16 | $3,308 |
| Alafair Biosciences, Inc. | 4 | $3,046 |
| Medtronic | 22 | $2,193 |
| Clariance, Inc. | 8 | $2,075 |
| Tulavi Therapeutics, Inc. | 3 | $583 |
| Stryker | 5 | $324 |
| Axogen | 2 | $292 |
| Bioventus LLC | 2 | $281 |
| Spineart USA Inc | 1 | $226 |
| Carbofix Spine Inc | 2 | $161 |
| Alphatec Spine, Inc | 2 | $152 |
| Acera Surgical, Inc. | 1 | $147 |
| Xtant Medical Inc | 1 | $92 |
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.
- VADER PEDICLE SYSTEM 6.0, SCREW, Carbon/PEEK, POLYAX., FEN., O 5.5 X 45 MM$8,484
- VADER PEDICLE SYSTEM, ROD, Carbon/PEEK, CURVED, 6.0 R450 X 200 MM$8,484
- KONG-TL VBR E, EXPANDABLE BODY, L, 19 MM X 27 - 37 MM$8,484
- KONG-TL VBR, END PLATE, ROUND, L AND SCREW, 12 X 43 MM$8,484
- KONG-TL VBR, END PLATE, RECTANGULAR, M AND SCREW, 12 X 33 MM$8,484
- Neo Pedicle Screw System$6,159
- VersaWrap$2,921
- Excelsius3D Imaging System$2,407
- Idys-ALIF$1,840
- Erisma-LP$1,840
- MAZOR X SYSTEM$1,082
- icotec BlackArmor Spine System$924
- CD HORIZON SPINAL SYSTEM$648
- ALLAY NERVE CAP - SMALL NERVE SET$583
- ExcelsiusGPS Robotic Navigation System$432
- BONESCALPEL & SONICONE (O.R.)$281
- Perla TL$226
- AVANCE NERVE GRAFT$193
- AxoGuard Nerve Connector$193
- AxoGuard Nerve Protector$193
How this compares
$147,145 in reported general payments places this provider in the 85th percentile of 773 neurological surgery providers in California.
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.
Other neurological surgery in San Diego
- Joseph CiacciSan Diego$2.6M
- Samy AbdouSan Diego$2.4M
- William TaylorSan Diego$2.1M
- Joseph OsorioSan Diego$1.4M
- Vikram UdaniSan Diego$1.1M
- Arash Khalessi-HosseiniSan Diego$897K
- Alois ZaunerSan Diego$759K
- Geoffrey ManleySan Francisco$24.9M
- Christopher AmesSan Francisco$7.1M
- Jamshid SalehRedding$4.1M
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.