Robert Allen, MD
Neurological Surgery · Raleigh, NCNPI 1952376949
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 94.3% of the total across 88 separate payments, which is the pattern of a clinician who attends manufacturer presentations rather than one with a consulting arrangement. 24 manufacturers reported payments, led by Abbott at 38.9% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2020 at $1,506 and has fallen 63.6% since, to $548 in 2025. That places this record below the midpoint for neurological surgery clinicians in NC, where the typical reported total is $4,651.
Across 88 payments — averaging $52.93 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Abbott$2K
- Nevro Corp.$846
- Globus Medical$347
- Medtronic$304
- Zap Surgical Systems, Inc.$251
- Providence Medical Technology, Inc.$240
- plus $861 from 18 others
Across 1 payment — averaging $8750.00 each. Payments tied to a research study. These frequently flow through the physician to a hospital or research institution rather than to the physician personally.
- Arteriocyte Medical Systems, Inc.$9K
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$1644%
- Food & beverage$4,39494%
- Education$1002%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Abbott | 34 | $1,811 |
| Nevro Corp. | 11 | $846 |
| Globus Medical | 3 | $347 |
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 7 | $304 |
| Zap Surgical Systems, Inc. | 2 | $251 |
| Providence Medical Technology, Inc. | 8 | $240 |
| Siemens Medical Solutions USA, Inc. | 1 | $147 |
| Boston Scientific | 4 | $106 |
| Arbor Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $100 |
| Brainlab, Inc. | 1 | $100 |
| Stryker | 1 | $55 |
| Pacira Pharmaceuticals Incorporated | 1 | $50 |
| IBSA Pharma Inc. | 2 | $42 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 1 | $37 |
| Orthofix Medical, Inc. | 2 | $35 |
| Sonex Health, Inc. | 1 | $33 |
| BD | 1 | $31 |
| Nalu Medical, Inc. | 1 | $21 |
| Baxter Healthcare | 1 | $20 |
| Microvention, Inc. | 1 | $20 |
| Penumbra, Inc. | 1 | $19 |
| Collegium Pharmaceutical, Inc. | 1 | $16 |
| AstraZeneca | 1 | $15 |
| Cerapedics 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.
- Proclaim Family of SCS IPGs$594
- Proclaim IPG$426
- Senza$422
- Omnia$416
- Zap-X$164
- Artis Q floor$147
- KYPHON EXPRESS II KYPHOPAK TRAY$146
- Senza Spinal Cord Stimulation System$143
- Gliadel$100
How this compares
$4,658 in reported general payments places this provider in the 50th percentile of 196 neurological surgery providers in North Carolina.
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 Raleigh
- Kimberly LivingstonRaleigh$373K
- Takanori FukushimaRaleigh$199K
- Peter GrossiRaleigh$149K
- Kenneth RichRaleigh$87K
- Laith KhouryRaleigh$80K
- John ButtramRaleigh$46K
- Robert DallapiazzaRaleigh$33K
- Andrey BelayevRaleigh$22K
- Oren GottfriedRaleigh$21K
- Robert IsaacsDurham$6.6M
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.