Richard Polin, MD
Neurological Surgery · Clackamas, ORNPI 1043373996
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — consulting fees (41.1%), food and beverage and travel and lodging — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 26 manufacturers reported payments, led by Surgalign Spine Technologies, Inc. at 47.3% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $3,537 and has fallen 90.5% since, to $335 in 2025.
Across 85 payments — averaging $71.49 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Surgalign Spine Technologies, Inc.$3K
- Cerapedics Inc.$702
- Centinel Spine, LLC$700
- Biotronik NRO, Inc.$267
- Wenzel Spine, Inc.$227
- Abbott$172
- plus $1K from 20 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$2,50041%
- Speaking & faculty fees$5008%
- Travel & lodging$66411%
- Food & beverage$2,34339%
- Entertainment$701%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Surgalign Spine Technologies, Inc. | 15 | $2,875 |
| Cerapedics Inc. | 3 | $702 |
| Centinel Spine, LLC | 2 | $700 |
| Biotronik NRO, Inc. | 4 | $267 |
| Wenzel Spine, Inc. | 3 | $227 |
| Abbott | 7 | $172 |
| Collegium Pharmaceutical, Inc. | 8 | $149 |
| Globus Medical | 1 | $121 |
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 5 | $109 |
| Amgen | 6 | $108 |
| Tersera Therapeutics LLC | 6 | $98 |
| Si-bone, Inc. | 6 | $92 |
| Boston Scientific | 2 | $83 |
| Flowonix Medical Incorporated | 1 | $70 |
| DJO, LLC | 3 | $63 |
| Baxter Healthcare | 1 | $39 |
| Intrinsic Therapeutics | 2 | $36 |
| Pfizer | 2 | $26 |
| Vertex | 1 | $25 |
| Augmedics Inc. | 1 | $25 |
| Daiichi Sankyo Inc. | 1 | $18 |
| KCI USA, Inc. | 1 | $16 |
| Avanos Medical | 1 | $16 |
| Biodelivery Sciences International, Inc. | 1 | $16 |
| AbbVie | 1 | $14 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 1 | $11 |
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.
- SlMMETRY$2,500
- PRODISC L$637
- i-FACTOR Putty$617
- COALITION AGX$121
- Prospera$101
How this compares
$6,077 in reported general payments places this provider in the 65th percentile of 95 neurological surgery providers in Oregon.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 58 | $547 |
| Oxycodone-AcetaminophenOxycodone Hcl/Acetaminophen | 35 | $346 |
| Methylprednisolone | 23 | $176 |
| Cyclobenzaprine Hcl | 20 | $149 |
| Gabapentin | 11 | $116 |
| Oxycodone Hcl | 14 | $78 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other neurological surgery in Clackamas
- Pal RandhawaClackamas$11K
- Alp OzpinarSpringfield$235K
- Glenn KeiperEugene$153K
- Josha WoodwardPortland$145K
- Carmina AngelesEugene$97K
- Seth OliveriaPortland$97K
- David Mazur-HartHillsboro$69K
- Daniel ClearyPortland$63K
- Helen ShiPortland$61K
- Adam LipsonPortland$59K
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.