Dr. Matthew Joseph McGirt, MD

Dr. McGirt practices at Carolina Neurosurgery & Spine Associates PA in Charlotte, North Carolina.

Dr. McGirt's NPI, 1073665550, was assigned on January 17, 2007. Dr. McGirt graduated from Duke University School of Medicine in 2003. Dr. McGirt holds North Carolina license 2013-01964.

Dr. McGirt's primary practice is Carolina Neurosurgery & Spine Associates PA, at 225 Baldwin Ave, Charlotte, NC 28204 in Mecklenburg County. The practice phone is (704) 376-1605.

Dr. McGirt's primary practice is Carolina Neurosurgery & Spine Associates PA in Charlotte, North Carolina. Dr. McGirt is also affiliated with Atrium Health Carolinas Medical Center. The medical group on file is Carolina Neurosurgery & Spine Associates. Dmand AI also links Dr. McGirt to 4 more group practices and clinics and 3 medical groups, each named with a free account.

Dmand AI tracks the electronic health record (EHR) system at each site where Dr. McGirt practices, 5 sites in all. Vendor and product names are available with a free account.

Neurological surgery is Dr. McGirt's primary specialty in the NPI Registry, under taxonomy code 207T00000X. Dr. McGirt is board certified in neurological surgery by the American Board of Neurological Surgery. Dr. McGirt is licensed in North Carolina.

CMS data shows 789 Medicare services from Dr. McGirt across 24 procedure codes in 2024, for 244 Medicare patients. Medicare paid $228,106 for them.

CMS counts 244 Medicare patients who saw Dr. McGirt in 2024. The largest group is 65 to 74, with 117 patients. 75% of them have arthritis, and 75% have high blood pressure. 9% are also on Medicaid. Their average risk score is 1.45, where 1.00 is the Medicare average.

Across all payers, Dmand AI patient panel data puts Dr. McGirt's median patient age at 67, with 52% women.

In 2024, Dr. McGirt wrote 254 Medicare Part D claims for 100 patients. 100% of them were for generic drugs. CMS names the drug for 233 of them, across 6 drugs with 11 or more claims each, at $2,017 in total drug cost. In 2023, CMS named 288 claims across 8 drugs.

CMS publishes a Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) score of 100 out of 100 for Dr. McGirt for performance year 2024, reported individually. Dr. McGirt accepts Medicare assignment, so Medicare's approved amount is taken as full payment. CMS counts 429 procedures of spinal fusion by Dr. McGirt, more than 98% of the clinicians it reports for that procedure.

Dmand AI links 184 papers to Dr. McGirt, published from 2010 to 2025. 2016 was the busiest year, with 10. The most frequent topics are Spinal Fusion, Lumbar Vertebrae and Disability Evaluation. Dr. McGirt has published most often in Neurosurgery. Dr. McGirt's most frequent co-authors are Scott Lewis Parker, MD, Ahilan Sivaganesan, MD and Joseph S. Cheng, MD.

Dmand AI links Dr. McGirt to 1 clinical trial. Conditions studied include Constriction, Pathologic and Spondylolisthesis.

CMS Open Payments shows 450 general payments to Dr. McGirt from 20 drug and device companies from 2016 to 2025. Consulting fees make up the largest share, 67% of the total. MiRus, LLC paid the most, $463,459. It also lists 2 research payments totaling $30,000 from 2022 to 2023.

Dr. McGirt graduated from Duke University School of Medicine in 2003.