Zain Boghani, MD
Neurological Surgery · Gainesville, GANPI 1407199631
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — consulting fees (39.7%), travel and lodging and food and beverage — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 29 manufacturers reported payments, led by Alphatec Spine, Inc at 40.8% of the total.
Across 387 payments — averaging $261.49 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Alphatec Spine, Inc$41K
- Ossdsign USA Incorporated$17K
- Stryker$8K
- Kuros Biosciences USA, Inc$7K
- Globus Medical$5K
- Medtronic$4K
- plus $19K from 23 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$40,12540%
- Travel & lodging$35,66835%
- Food & beverage$25,33325%
- Entertainment$710%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Alphatec Spine, Inc | 61 | $41,335 |
| Ossdsign USA Incorporated | 11 | $17,399 |
| Stryker | 120 | $7,834 |
| Kuros Biosciences USA, Inc | 13 | $7,055 |
| Globus Medical(2 entities) | 33 | $4,892 |
| Medtronic | 37 | $3,965 |
| Carlsmed, Inc. | 14 | $3,918 |
| Si-bone, Inc. | 18 | $2,731 |
| Xtant Medical Inc | 7 | $1,730 |
| Spineart USA Inc | 14 | $1,604 |
| Curiteva, Inc. | 2 | $1,600 |
| Zavation Medical Products, LLC | 8 | $1,513 |
| Augmedics Inc. | 5 | $1,466 |
| United Orthopedics LLC | 4 | $1,184 |
| Arthrex | 14 | $844 |
| Sanara Medtech Inc. | 3 | $415 |
| Portola Pharmaceuticals, LLC | 4 | $326 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 3 | $264 |
| Centinel Spine, LLC | 2 | $264 |
| Brainlab, Inc. | 2 | $259 |
| Baxter Healthcare | 3 | $161 |
| Providence Medical Technology, Inc. | 1 | $146 |
| Pacira Pharmaceuticals Incorporated | 1 | $104 |
| Boston Scientific | 2 | $50 |
| KCI USA, Inc. | 1 | $49 |
| Spinal Simplicity, LLC | 1 | $32 |
| Spine Wave, Inc. | 1 | $20 |
| Nevro Corp. | 1 | $20 |
| Mimedx Group, Inc. | 1 | $17 |
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$22,836
- Xvision$7,331
- OssDsign Catalyst$7,145
- MagnetOs$6,706
- SafeOp$5,000
- aprevo$3,588
- MAZOR X SYSTEM$2,576
- iFuse Implant$2,150
- Excelsius - GPS$1,743
- Spine$1,127
- Scarlet AL-T$1,074
- ES2 SPINAL SYSTEM$891
- XLIF$696
- YUKON OCT SPINAL SYSTEM$648
- AttraX$596
- Invictus MIS$508
- ES2$501
- BIO4$444
- CellerateRx$415
- O-ARM$383
How this compares
$101,196 in reported general payments places this provider in the 85th percentile of 201 neurological surgery providers in Georgia.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 91 | $791 |
| Oxycodone Hcl | 41 | $281 |
| Clindamycin Hcl | 42 | $278 |
| Mupirocin | 40 | $252 |
| Cyclobenzaprine Hcl | 48 | $212 |
| Gabapentin | 25 | $207 |
| Oxycodone-AcetaminophenOxycodone Hcl/Acetaminophen | 19 | $186 |
| Pregabalin | 11 | $137 |
| Methocarbamol | 31 | $114 |
| Cephalexin | 50 | $106 |
| Methylprednisolone | 12 | $58 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other neurological surgery in Gainesville
- Betsy GrunchGainesville$1.1M
- Karl SchultzGainesville$47K
- Regis HaidAtlanta$25.5M
- John CowanRome$3.2M
- Thomas MorrisonAtlanta$2.8M
- Christopher TomarasAtlanta$1.5M
- Daniel RefaiAtlanta$1.2M
- Gerald RodtsAtlanta$1.2M
- James RobinsonAtlanta$993K
- Michele JohnsonAtlanta$540K
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.