Richard Boyer, MD
Neurological Surgery · Knoxville, TNNPI 1902885098
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by food and beverage: $9,269 of the $14,248 with a category attached, or 65.0%. 26 manufacturers reported payments, led by Medtronic at 24.9% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2024 at $5,637 and has fallen 80.2% since, to $1,114 in 2025.
Across 245 payments — averaging $58.16 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Medtronic$4K
- Spine Wave, Inc.$3K
- Zimmer Biomet$2K
- Abbott$2K
- Stryker$1K
- Boston Scientific$644
- plus $2K from 20 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$3,95028%
- Travel & lodging$7585%
- Food & beverage$9,26965%
- Education$2722%
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(2 entities) | 102 | $3,545 |
| Spine Wave, Inc. | 6 | $2,876 |
| Zimmer Biomet | 29 | $2,260 |
| Abbott | 11 | $1,647 |
| Stryker | 14 | $1,093 |
| Boston Scientific | 35 | $644 |
| Zimvie Inc. | 11 | $598 |
| Nevro Corp. | 8 | $298 |
| Johnson & Johnson(2 entities) | 6 | $161 |
| Kuros Biosciences USA, Inc | 1 | $143 |
| Cerapedics Inc. | 2 | $132 |
| Providence Medical Technology, Inc. | 3 | $124 |
| Spineology Inc. | 1 | $123 |
| Centinel Spine, LLC | 1 | $118 |
| Augmedics Inc. | 1 | $77 |
| Si-bone, Inc. | 1 | $65 |
| Choice Spine, LLC | 1 | $64 |
| Aesculap, Inc. | 3 | $60 |
| Biocomposites Inc | 1 | $42 |
| Xtant Medical Inc | 1 | $36 |
| Highridge Medical LLC | 1 | $35 |
| Sanara Medtech Inc. | 2 | $33 |
| CSL Behring | 1 | $20 |
| Axogen | 1 | $18 |
| Bioventus LLC | 1 | $18 |
| Alk-abello, Inc | 1 | $17 |
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.
- EXCEED BIPLANAR EXPANDABLE INTERBODY SYSTEM$2,750
- INTELLIS ADAPTIVESTIM$1,435
- MEDIGUIDE$1,200
- Timberline$839
- INTELLIS$665
- EVEREST SPINAL SYSTEM$445
- YUKON OCT SPINAL SYSTEM$430
- OZARK CERVICAL PLATE SYSTEM$303
- CASCADIA INTERBODY SYSTEM$301
- TRITANIUM$271
- Polaris Translation Spinal System$260
- Vital$249
- Mobi-C$245
- CAPRI CORPECTOMY CAGE SYSTEM$159
- Senza Spinal Cord Stimulation System$149
- VITOSS$144
- MagnetOs$143
- PROCLAIM$142
- INCEPTIV$142
- Trabecular Metal Interbody$132
How this compares
$14,248 in reported general payments places this provider in the 70th percentile of 156 neurological surgery providers in Tennessee.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Gabapentin | 27 | $410 |
| Cyclobenzaprine Hcl | 17 | $121 |
| Diazepam | 20 | $20 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other neurological surgery in Knoxville
- James KillefferKnoxville$165K
- Joshua MillerKnoxville$49K
- David HaugeKnoxville$38K
- Todd AbelKnoxville$21K
- William SnyderKnoxville$14K
- Christopher GallatiKnoxville$8K
- Kevin FoleyMemphis$162.4M
- Maurice SmithMemphis$4.4M
- Brian OshaughnessyNashville$2.1M
- Adam ArthurMemphis$1.9M
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.