Phillip Cezayirli, MD
Neurological Surgery · Birmingham, ALNPI 1548678287
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 98.5% of the total across 53 separate payments, which is the pattern of a clinician who attends manufacturer presentations rather than one with a consulting arrangement. It is spread thinly across 25 manufacturers, the largest accounting for just 18.7% — the pattern of someone who eats at a lot of different presentations. Reporting peaked in 2023 at $1,296 and has fallen 80.1% since, to $258 in 2025. That places this record below the midpoint for neurological surgery clinicians in AL, where the typical reported total is $2,898.
Across 53 payments — averaging $54.68 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Medtronic$542
- Johnson & Johnson$439
- GT Medical Technologies, Inc$372
- Monteris Medical Corporation$270
- Aesculap, Inc.$216
- Novocure Inc.$165
- plus $894 from 19 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$2,85599%
- Entertainment$431%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Medtronic | 8 | $542 |
| Johnson & Johnson(2 entities) | 6 | $439 |
| GT Medical Technologies, Inc | 3 | $372 |
| Monteris Medical Corporation | 3 | $270 |
| Aesculap, Inc. | 2 | $216 |
| Novocure Inc. | 5 | $165 |
| Spinal Elements, Inc. | 3 | $132 |
| Brainlab, Inc. | 1 | $114 |
| Carl Zeiss Meditec USA, Inc. | 1 | $91 |
| Masimo Corporation | 1 | $77 |
| Boston Scientific | 2 | $53 |
| Providence Medical Technology, Inc. | 2 | $51 |
| NSK America Corporation | 1 | $43 |
| Kerecis Limited | 1 | $42 |
| Globus Medical(2 entities) | 2 | $42 |
| Orthofix Medical, Inc. | 3 | $34 |
| Microvention, Inc. | 1 | $34 |
| Solventum Corporation | 1 | $31 |
| KARL Storz Endoscopy-america | 1 | $29 |
| Stryker | 1 | $24 |
| Hyperfine Operations, Inc. | 1 | $23 |
| Lemaitre Vascular, Inc. | 1 | $23 |
| Ossdsign USA Incorporated | 1 | $23 |
| Bioventus LLC | 1 | $19 |
| Spineology Inc. | 1 | $10 |
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.
- CD HORIZON SPINAL SYSTEM$350
- GammaTile$285
- AESCULAP$216
- FIBERGRAFT BG Morsels$123
- STRATAFIX$118
- DERMABOND PRINEO$118
- SURGIFLO Hemostatic Matrix$118
- Image Guided Surgical Device$114
- SYMPHONY$107
- Neuroblate$105
How this compares
$2,898 in reported general payments places this provider in the 50th 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.
Other neurological surgery in Birmingham
- Mark HadleyBirmingham$104K
- Andrew ErwoodBirmingham$85K
- Marshall HollandBirmingham$81K
- Jakub GodzikBirmingham$56K
- Adnan ShahidBirmingham$50K
- Jasmine ThumBirmingham$39K
- Jessica BentleyBirmingham$27K
- John FiveashBirmingham$12K
- Joshua MenendezBirmingham$11K
- Zenko HrynkiwBirmingham$8K
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.