Simcha Weller
Neurological Surgery · Boston, MANPI 1225062987
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by royalties or licence payments: $903,892 of the $904,717 with a category attached, or 99.9%. Orthofix Medical, Inc. accounts for 61.8% of it on its own, with 5 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $188,640 and has fallen 59.0% since, to $77,372 in 2025. Among neurological surgery clinicians in MA with any reported payments, this total sits in the top 5% — high for the specialty, which is a reason to read the composition above rather than the number alone.
Across 109 payments — averaging $8300.16 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Orthofix Medical, Inc.$559K
- Globus Medical$292K
- Choice Spine, LLC$53K
- Stryker$571
- Wenzel Spine, Inc.$132
- Integra Lifesciences Corporation$28
What the payments were for
- Royalty or licence$903,892100%
- Food & beverage$8250%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Orthofix Medical, Inc. | 68 | $559,176 |
| Globus Medical(2 entities) | 26 | $291,845 |
| Choice Spine, LLC | 9 | $52,964 |
| Stryker | 4 | $571 |
| Wenzel Spine, Inc. | 1 | $132 |
| Integra Lifesciences Corporation | 1 | $28 |
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.
- CoRoent$291,845
- Centurion$286,508
- Centurion POCT System$193,570
- Ascent LE Posterior Occipital Cervico-Thoracic System$118,223
- AZURE ANTERIOR CERVICAL PLATE SYSTEM$106,142
- Gradient$44,572
- Blackbird$31,906
- Physio-Stim$28,304
- Blackbird Spinal System$20,976
- AZURE;CETRA$18,776
- ASCENT LE;CENTURION;FIREBIRD SFS$12,227
- Ascent$7,047
- ASCENT LE$382
- CASCADIA INTERBODY SYSTEM$170
- CAPRI$161
- Varilift$132
- POSTERIOR CERVICAL$122
- YUKON OCT SPINAL SYSTEM$119
How this compares
$904,717 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 183 neurological surgery providers in Massachusetts.
Other neurological surgery in Boston
- Aman PatelBoston$734K
- Alireza AtriBoston$503K
- Myron RolleBoston$290K
- John ChiBoston$280K
- Philipp TausskyBoston$224K
- Robert RichardsonBoston$190K
- Brendon BootBoston$149K
- Muhammad Abd-El-BarrBoston$140K
- Brian NahedBoston$97K
- Thomas NohBoston$69K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.