Stuart Goodman, MD
Neurological Surgery · Billings, MTNPI 1154432425
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — travel and lodging (55.3%), food and beverage and consulting fees — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 17 manufacturers reported payments, led by Abbott at 32.4% of the total. Among neurological surgery clinicians in MT with any reported payments, this total sits in the top 10% — high for the specialty, which is a reason to read the composition above rather than the number alone.
Across 105 payments — averaging $132.10 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Abbott$4K
- MML US, Inc.$3K
- Nevro Corp.$3K
- Globus Medical$1K
- Boston Scientific$974
- Medtronic$655
- plus $887 from 11 others
Across 7 payments — averaging $85.77 each. An ownership or investment interest held by the physician or an immediate family member.
- Spineology Inc.$600
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$2,00014%
- Speaking & faculty fees$4924%
- Travel & lodging$7,67155%
- Food & beverage$3,70727%
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 | 20 | $4,491 |
| MML US, Inc. | 6 | $3,030 |
| Nevro Corp. | 28 | $2,677 |
| Globus Medical | 15 | $1,158 |
| Boston Scientific | 8 | $974 |
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 11 | $655 |
| Spineology Inc. | 1 | $492 |
| Saluda Medical Americas, Inc. | 5 | $108 |
| SPR Therapeutics, Inc | 1 | $97 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 1 | $48 |
| AbbVie | 2 | $30 |
| Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc. | 1 | $26 |
| Axonics, Inc. | 2 | $24 |
| Portola Pharmaceuticals, LLC | 1 | $19 |
| Stimwave Technologies Incorporated | 1 | $17 |
| Monteris Medical Corporation | 1 | $16 |
| Kls-martin L.p. | 1 | $8 |
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.
How this compares
$13,870 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 31 neurological surgery providers in Montana.
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 Billings
- Raymond TurnerBillings$1.3M
- Marlin RichardsonBillings$35K
- Louis RossBillings$9K
- Jeffrey HakimBillings$9K
- Christopher StewartBillings$4K
- Vance FredricksonBillings$4K
- Michael MoroneBillings$3K
- Mark PiedraBillings$2K
- William SpireBillings$1K
- Michael CopelandBillings$921
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.