Yi Lu
Neurological Surgery · Boston, MANPI 1598932154
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by consulting fees: $13,055 of the $20,242 with a category attached, or 64.5%. 11 manufacturers reported payments, led by Medtronic at 49.2% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2023 at $9,529 and has fallen 96.5% since, to $334 in 2025.
Across 82 payments — averaging $246.86 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Medtronic$10K
- Surgalign Spine Technologies, Inc.$5K
- Medical Device Business Services, Inc.$3K
- Johnson & Johnson$1K
- Globus Medical$876
- Si-bone, Inc.$133
- plus $246 from 5 others
Across 2 payments — averaging $20,893 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.
- Vertex$42K
Across 4 payments — averaging $25,000 each. An ownership or investment interest held by the physician or an immediate family member.
- Axiomed LLC$100K
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$13,05564%
- Travel & lodging$3,79419%
- Food & beverage$3,39317%
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(2 entities) | 18 | $9,949 |
| Surgalign Spine Technologies, Inc. | 1 | $4,500 |
| Medical Device Business Services, Inc. | 31 | $3,122 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 16 | $1,417 |
| Globus Medical(2 entities) | 9 | $876 |
| Si-bone, Inc. | 1 | $133 |
| Bioventus LLC | 1 | $66 |
| Spine Wave, Inc. | 1 | $58 |
| Riwospine, Inc. | 1 | $45 |
| Pacira Pharmaceuticals Incorporated | 1 | $45 |
| Depuy Synthes Products, Inc. | 2 | $31 |
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.
- O-ARM$9,549
- coflex$4,500
- Teligen$1,031
- CONDUIT$907
- VIPER$348
- EXPEDIUM$345
- Proven Gen-Flex PS Knee System$173
- XLIF$173
- RELINE$173
- VuePoint$173
- ExcelsiusGPS Robotic Navigation System$146
- ALIF$143
- iFuse Implant$133
- TRIALTIS$127
- FIBERGRAFT BG Morsels$125
- Vivigen MIS Delivery System$113
How this compares
$20,242 in reported general payments places this provider in the 80th percentile of 183 neurological surgery providers in Massachusetts.
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 Boston
- Simcha WellerBoston$905K
- 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
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.