Vikram Mehta
Neurological Surgery · Newport Beach, CANPI 1043673684
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — travel and lodging (40.2%), consulting fees and food and beverage — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 15 manufacturers reported payments, led by Medtronic at 30.7% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2024 at $12,574 and has fallen 63.9% since, to $4,543 in 2025.
Across 112 payments — averaging $325.46 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Medtronic$11K
- Alphatec Spine, Inc$6K
- Elevation Spine, Inc.$5K
- Neo Spine USA, Inc.$4K
- Nexxt Spine LLC$3K
- Spine Wave, Inc.$3K
- plus $4K from 9 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$12,15033%
- Speaking & faculty fees$2,3406%
- Grants$3,0008%
- Travel & lodging$14,65840%
- Food & beverage$4,30312%
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 | 59 | $11,195 |
| Alphatec Spine, Inc | 6 | $5,550 |
| Elevation Spine, Inc. | 9 | $4,500 |
| Neo Spine USA, Inc. | 1 | $4,400 |
| Nexxt Spine LLC | 6 | $3,456 |
| Spine Wave, Inc. | 2 | $3,250 |
| Globus Medical | 15 | $2,845 |
| Spineology Inc. | 3 | $494 |
| Boston Scientific | 2 | $219 |
| Monteris Medical Corporation | 1 | $185 |
| Biocomposites Inc | 1 | $142 |
| Si-bone, Inc. | 2 | $107 |
| Providence Medical Technology, Inc. | 2 | $47 |
| Orthofix Medical, Inc. | 2 | $40 |
| Medical Device Business Services, Inc. | 1 | $21 |
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.
- Other - Miscellaneous$5,488
- Neo Pedicle Screw System$4,400
- SALVO SPINE SYSTEM$3,250
- INFUSE BONE GRAFT$3,000
- Connexx Open System$2,633
- Connexx MIS System$2,633
- Simplify Cervical Artificial Disc$2,327
- MAZOR X SYSTEM$1,564
- 3D Printed Matrixx Technology$805
- CD HORIZON SPINAL SYSTEM$659
- OPTIMESH EXPANDABLE INTERBODY FUSION SYSTEM$415
- CATALYFT PL EXPANDABLE INTERBODY SYSTEM$284
- Neuroblate$185
- INTELLIS ADAPTIVESTIM$174
- MaXcess$145
- RELINE$145
- Stimulan$142
- XLIF$141
How this compares
$36,451 in reported general payments places this provider in the 80th percentile of 773 neurological surgery providers in California.
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 Newport Beach
- Robert LouisNewport Beach$932K
- Christopher AmesSan Francisco$7.1M
- Larry KhooLos Angeles$2.8M
- Samy AbdouSan Diego$2.4M
- Bret AbshireMurrieta$2.3M
- William TaylorSan Diego$2.1M
- Tooraj GravoriEncino$2M
- Ali MesiwalaRancho Cucamonga$1.5M
- Joseph OsorioSan Diego$1.3M
- Ian JohnsonFresno$1.3M
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.