Yevgeniy Freyvert, MD
Neurological Surgery · Houston, TXNPI 1326466376
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — food and beverage (37.2%), travel and lodging and consulting fees — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 19 manufacturers reported payments, led by Globus Medical at 47.5% of the total. 2025 is the largest year on record at $9,869, more than ten times the $364 reported in 2021.
Across 159 payments — averaging $165.78 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Globus Medical$13K
- Alphatec Spine, Inc$4K
- Johnson & Johnson$3K
- Medtronic$2K
- Stryker$2K
- Medical Device Business Services, Inc.$788
- plus $2K from 13 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$7,12527%
- Travel & lodging$9,06234%
- Food & beverage$9,79337%
- Education$3791%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Globus Medical | 39 | $12,529 |
| Alphatec Spine, Inc | 9 | $3,829 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 40 | $3,494 |
| Medtronic | 22 | $2,012 |
| Stryker | 17 | $1,671 |
| Medical Device Business Services, Inc. | 7 | $788 |
| Baxter Healthcare | 4 | $554 |
| Boston Scientific | 4 | $298 |
| Providence Medical Technology, Inc. | 3 | $259 |
| Cerapedics Inc. | 4 | $231 |
| Bioventus LLC | 1 | $138 |
| Si-bone, Inc. | 1 | $135 |
| Carbofix Spine Inc | 2 | $133 |
| Amgen | 1 | $118 |
| KARL Storz Endoscopy-america | 1 | $61 |
| Brainlab, Inc. | 1 | $36 |
| Integra Lifesciences Corporation | 1 | $33 |
| Alafair Biosciences, Inc. | 1 | $25 |
| Intrinsic Therapeutics | 1 | $13 |
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$3,569
- CREO$1,646
- XLIF$1,468
- CONDUIT$1,185
- SPINEJACK$844
- OPTABLATE$717
- Excelsius - GPS$664
- VIPER$556
- FLOSEAL$554
- Teligen$483
- Spine & Trauma 3D Navigation$449
- CD HORIZON SPINAL SYSTEM$337
- ExcelsiusGPS Robotic Navigation System$314
- MAZOR X SYSTEM$295
- CREO 5.5$284
- EXPEDIUM$267
- T-PLIF$253
- Sentio$251
- STEALTHSTATION S8 PLATFORM$249
- SYMPHONY$248
How this compares
$26,359 in reported general payments places this provider in the 80th percentile of 582 neurological surgery providers in Texas.
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.
Most prescribed under Part D
| Drug | Claims | Cost to plans & patients |
|---|---|---|
| Gabapentin | 119 | $1,064 |
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 69 | $486 |
| Methocarbamol | 47 | $416 |
| Pregabalin | 15 | $338 |
| Acetaminophen-CodeineAcetaminophen With Codeine | 26 | $168 |
| Cyclobenzaprine Hcl | 13 | $84 |
| Tramadol Hcl | 25 | $33 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other neurological surgery in Houston
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- Paul HolmanHouston$516K
- Taylor GistHouston$447K
- Meng HuangHouston$324K
- Laurence RhinesHouston$322K
- Omar TanweerHouston$254K
- Jeremy WangHouston$231K
- Alexander RopperHouston$208K
- Fangyi ZhangHouston$192K
- Ashwin ViswanathanHouston$185K
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.