Paul Montalbano, MD
Neurological Surgery · Boise, IDNPI 1699793661
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by travel and lodging: $16,884 of the $26,870 with a category attached, or 62.8%. Globus Medical accounts for 87.8% of it on its own, with 10 other manufacturers making up the rest. 2025 is the largest year on record at $7,081, more than ten times the $400 reported in 2019. Among neurological surgery clinicians in ID 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 138 payments — averaging $194.71 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Globus Medical$24K
- Providence Medical Technology, Inc.$2K
- Arthrex$303
- Cerapedics Inc.$154
- Intrinsic Therapeutics$131
- Integra Lifesciences Corporation$96
- plus $175 from 5 others
What the payments were for
- Royalty or licence$6,40524%
- Travel & lodging$16,88463%
- Food & beverage$3,58113%
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 | 102 | $23,593 |
| Providence Medical Technology, Inc. | 15 | $2,418 |
| Arthrex | 6 | $303 |
| Cerapedics Inc. | 4 | $154 |
| Intrinsic Therapeutics | 1 | $131 |
| Integra Lifesciences Corporation | 1 | $96 |
| Abbott | 4 | $69 |
| Centinel Spine, LLC | 1 | $43 |
| Johnson & Johnson(2 entities) | 2 | $33 |
| Medtronic | 1 | $15 |
| Innovation Technologies Inc | 1 | $14 |
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.
- Mesh Corpectomy Cage$6,193
- XLIF$5,262
- ExcelsiusGPS Robotic Navigation System$3,175
- Excelsius - GPS$3,018
- Excelsius Robotics System$2,095
- Excelsius3D Imaging System$951
- CORBEL$675
- Excelsius Deformity$212
- StelKast Generic Knee instruments$175
- STELKAST GENERIC HIP INSTRUMENTS$175
- BARRICAID ACD (ANNULAR CLOSURE DEVICE)$131
- PRONE LATERAL$112
- Proximal Tibia Plate$101
How this compares
$26,870 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 43 neurological surgery providers in Idaho.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Diclofenac Sodium | 43 | $434 |
| Gabapentin | 20 | $346 |
| Cyclobenzaprine Hcl | 22 | $91 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other neurological surgery in Boise
- Donald BlaskiewiczBoise$2.1M
- Evan JoyceBoise$25K
- Leonardo BrasilienseBoise$13K
- Graham HallBoise$8K
- Ondrej ChoutkaBoise$3K
- David BrayBoise$2K
- Kelly BridgesBoise$2K
- Nicholas GamboaBoise$2K
- Thomas ManningBoise$1K
- Kenneth LittleBoise$900
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.