Vivek Mehta, MD
Neurological Surgery · Los Angeles, CANPI 1033433776
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — consulting fees (43.5%), speaking fees and food and beverage — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 32 manufacturers reported payments, led by Neo Spine USA, Inc. at 55.0% of the total. Among neurological surgery clinicians in CA 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 270 payments — averaging $1637.49 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Neo Spine USA, Inc.$243K
- Medtronic$80K
- Spinevision SAS$33K
- Spineart USA Inc$16K
- Microtransponder, Inc.$15K
- Nexxt Spine LLC$12K
- plus $44K from 26 others
Across 8 payments — averaging $10,769 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.
- Medtronic$86K
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$192,40044%
- Speaking & faculty fees$99,88023%
- Travel & lodging$65,02215%
- Food & beverage$84,67819%
- Education$1430%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Neo Spine USA, Inc. | 38 | $243,327 |
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 90 | $79,561 |
| Spinevision SAS | 5 | $32,901 |
| Spineart USA Inc | 7 | $16,025 |
| Microtransponder, Inc. | 3 | $14,750 |
| Nexxt Spine LLC | 2 | $11,550 |
| Surgical Theater. Inc. | 4 | $11,200 |
| Spinevision Inc. | 1 | $10,745 |
| Carbofix Spine Inc | 1 | $5,000 |
| Elevation Spine, Inc. | 3 | $4,500 |
| Choice Spine, LLC | 1 | $3,825 |
| Saluda Medical Americas, Inc. | 11 | $2,363 |
| Collagen Matrix, Inc | 1 | $1,500 |
| Boston Scientific | 37 | $1,370 |
| Abbott | 32 | $1,267 |
| Si-bone, Inc. | 4 | $436 |
| Nevro Corp. | 6 | $301 |
| Globus Medical(2 entities) | 6 | $256 |
| Clariance, Inc. | 2 | $217 |
| Zap Surgical Systems, Inc. | 1 | $201 |
| Alafair Biosciences, Inc. | 1 | $152 |
| Osteomed LLC | 1 | $143 |
| Biocomposites Inc | 1 | $142 |
| Zimmer Biomet | 1 | $100 |
| AbbVie | 4 | $87 |
| Aesculap, Inc. | 1 | $52 |
| Kls-martin L.p. | 1 | $44 |
| Seaspine Orthopedics Corporation | 1 | $27 |
| SK Life Science, Inc. | 1 | $25 |
| Sanara Medtech Inc. | 1 | $24 |
| Livanova USA, Inc. | 1 | $17 |
| Amgen | 1 | $15 |
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.
- Neo Pedicle Screw System$242,875
- STEALTH AUTOGUIDE SYSTEM$23,599
- Stealth Autoguide$23,119
- STEALTHSTATION S8 PLATFORM$19,541
- Saxxony Navigation$8,050
- INTELLIS ADAPTIVESTIM$5,726
- CarboClear Pedical screw system$5,000
- Perla TL$4,500
- Blackhawk Cervical Spacer System$3,825
- Saxxony Posterior Cervical$3,500
- VISUALASE$2,900
- StealthStation$2,755
- Evoke$2,080
- PERLA C$500
- O-ARM$435
- WaveWriter Alpha Prime 16$379
- PROCLAIM$340
- ZAP-X MV IMAGER$201
- ZAP-X TREATMENT PLANNING SOFTWARE$201
- ZAP-X TREATMENT DELIVERY SOFTWARE$201
How this compares
$442,123 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th 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 Los Angeles
- Larry KhooLos Angeles$2.8M
- Aaron Cohen-GadolLos Angeles$1.3M
- Geoffrey ColbyLos Angeles$1.1M
- Langston HollyLos Angeles$846K
- Linda LiauLos Angeles$783K
- Adam MamelakLos Angeles$678K
- Martin PhamLos Angeles$596K
- Carl LauryssenLos Angeles$571K
- Patrick HsiehLos Angeles$345K
- Tiffany PerryLos Angeles$312K
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.