Richard Teff, MD
Neurological Surgery · Joplin, MONPI 1982675104
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by travel and lodging: $6,591 of the $10,533 with a category attached, or 62.6%. It is spread thinly across 22 manufacturers, the largest accounting for just 20.3%.
Across 104 payments — averaging $101.28 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Medtronic$2K
- Alphatec Spine, Inc$2K
- Abbott$1K
- Sioux Surgical Inc$968
- Arthrex$952
- Cerapedics Inc.$913
- plus $2K from 16 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$6,59163%
- Food & beverage$3,77036%
- Education$1712%
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 | 17 | $2,134 |
| Alphatec Spine, Inc | 8 | $2,108 |
| Abbott | 13 | $1,329 |
| Sioux Surgical Inc | 11 | $968 |
| Arthrex | 8 | $952 |
| Cerapedics Inc. | 4 | $913 |
| Globus Medical | 10 | $597 |
| Si-bone, Inc. | 5 | $448 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 6 | $211 |
| Boston Scientific | 4 | $202 |
| Providence Medical Technology, Inc. | 4 | $155 |
| Spinal Elements, Inc. | 2 | $115 |
| Dynasplint Systems Inc. | 1 | $78 |
| Integra Lifesciences Corporation | 2 | $51 |
| Osteomed LLC | 2 | $50 |
| Surgalign Spine Technologies, Inc. | 1 | $49 |
| Nevro Corp. | 1 | $44 |
| Relievant Medsystems, Inc. | 1 | $37 |
| Spineology Inc. | 1 | $31 |
| Stryker | 1 | $26 |
| Orthofix Medical, Inc. | 1 | $21 |
| Team_makena_llc | 1 | $13 |
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.
- MAZOR X SYSTEM$1,299
- Lateral$1,265
- PROCLAIM$1,080
- I-FACTOR PEPTIDE ENHANCED BONE GRAFT$792
- Other - Miscellaneous$437
- iFuse Implant$412
- Excelsius Robotics System$293
- LIF$188
- ANTERALIGN SPINAL SYSTEM WITH TITAN NANOLOCK SURFACE TECHNOLOGY$136
- RIALTO SI FUSION SYSTEM$135
- Excelsius Deformity$108
- GENERAL PAIN MANAGEMENT$107
How this compares
$10,533 in reported general payments places this provider in the 70th percentile of 172 neurological surgery providers in Missouri.
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 | 55 | $482 |
| Oxycodone-AcetaminophenOxycodone Hcl/Acetaminophen | 12 | $226 |
| Gabapentin | 12 | $68 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other neurological surgery in Joplin
- Margaret NicholsJoplin$29K
- Neill WrightSaint Louis$1.1M
- Wilson RaySaint Louis$586K
- Carlos BagleyKansas City$532K
- Kaywan GamadiaCape Girardeau$458K
- Camilo MolinaSaint Louis$412K
- Paul SantiagoSaint Louis$368K
- Daniel ScodarySaint Louis$278K
- Daniel HafezSaint Louis$273K
- John OgunladeSaint Louis$220K
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.