Official source Data mirrored from Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Open Payments · General Payments · as published 2026-01-23 View official record Methodology

Covered recipient · General Payments record

DAVID W WIMBERLEY

Allopathic & Osteopathic Physicians Orthopaedic Surgery Orthopaedic Surgery of the Spine

NPI
1023006491
CMS profile
137366
Location
HOUSTON, TX

General Payments · PY2018–2024

$2,538,625.58

  • Reported across 198 records
  • CMS publication 2026-01-23

Latest program year · PY2024

$180,021.21

31 records · 0 disputed

Financial relationships do not necessarily indicate an improper relationship; the data is open to interpretation.

How these totals are calculated
  • The total is the sum of the General Payments records CMS published for the labeled program year(s), exactly as published. Nothing is estimated, weighted, or combined across categories.
  • General Payments only. Research and Ownership/Investment are separate datasets and are never summed with these figures; amounts are kept separate per program year.
  • Featured-page threshold (a presentation gate, not a judgment): records>=3 OR total>=100 (all years).
  • Methodology & Data — sourcing, labeling, and limitations.

By nature of payment

PY2024 · sorted by reported total

Nature of paymentAmountRecords
Royalty or License $165,540.99 7
Consulting Fee $10,164.75 2
Travel and Lodging $3,527.30 8
Food and Beverage $788.17 14

By paying entity

PY2024 · sorted by reported total

Paying entityAmountRecords
DePuy Synthes Products LLC $144,569.98 9
Alphatec Spine, Inc $24,987.32 17
Medical Device Business Services, Inc. $10,164.75 2
SPINAL ELEMENTS, INC. $181.99 1
DePuy Synthes Sales Inc. $102.17 1
Cerapedics Inc. $15.00 1

By program year

All program years on this page · sorted by year

Program yearAmountRecords
PY2018 $540,046.03 11
PY2019 $469,782.70 39
PY2020 $480,203.30 22
PY2021 $358,172.20 27
PY2022 $271,100.83 38
PY2023 $239,299.31 30
PY2024 $180,021.21 31

Payment records · PY2024 (31)

Sorted by paying entity, then date · as published by CMS

Program year 2024 201820192020202120222023 Record-level detail is published for PY2024; earlier years are summarised in “By program year”.
Paying entity Amount Date Nature of payment Dispute status Published Record ID Source
Alphatec Spine, Inc $19.76 01/09/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1095486640 CMS
Alphatec Spine, Inc $20.92 01/09/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1095486642 CMS
Alphatec Spine, Inc $7,285.12 02/27/2024 Royalty or License Undisputed 01/23/2026 1095486564 CMS
Alphatec Spine, Inc $4,670.65 05/21/2024 Royalty or License Undisputed 01/23/2026 1095486572 CMS
Alphatec Spine, Inc $25.00 05/31/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1095486614 CMS
Alphatec Spine, Inc $704.42 05/31/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1095486616 CMS
Alphatec Spine, Inc $1,086.80 07/11/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1095486600 CMS
Alphatec Spine, Inc $435.27 07/25/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1095486556 CMS
Alphatec Spine, Inc $275.44 07/30/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1095486704 CMS
Alphatec Spine, Inc $6,241.19 08/28/2024 Royalty or License Undisputed 01/23/2026 1095486580 CMS
Alphatec Spine, Inc $4,096.67 11/20/2024 Royalty or License Undisputed 01/23/2026 1095486588 CMS
Alphatec Spine, Inc $19.27 12/10/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1095486718 CMS
Alphatec Spine, Inc $21.78 12/10/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1095486722 CMS
Alphatec Spine, Inc $21.51 12/19/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1095486714 CMS
Alphatec Spine, Inc $20.48 12/19/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1095486716 CMS
Alphatec Spine, Inc $20.59 12/19/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1095486720 CMS
Alphatec Spine, Inc $22.45 12/19/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1095486724 CMS
Cerapedics Inc. $15.00 01/13/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1133359083 CMS
DePuy Synthes Products, Inc. $46,112.07 03/15/2024 Royalty or License Undisputed 01/23/2026 1077798197 CMS
DePuy Synthes Products, Inc. $573.73 05/07/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1077793420 CMS
DePuy Synthes Products, Inc. $324.45 05/22/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1077793416 CMS
DePuy Synthes Products, Inc. $156.38 05/25/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1077793453 CMS
DePuy Synthes Products, Inc. $21.41 05/28/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1077793424 CMS
DePuy Synthes Products, Inc. $25.40 05/28/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1077793428 CMS
DePuy Synthes Products, Inc. $221.25 05/28/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1077793440 CMS
DePuy Synthes Products, Inc. $48,900.31 06/26/2024 Royalty or License Undisputed 01/23/2026 1077798200 CMS
DePuy Synthes Products, Inc. $48,234.98 09/25/2024 Royalty or License Undisputed 01/23/2026 1077798193 CMS
DePuy Synthes Sales Inc. $102.17 09/29/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1077894210 CMS
Medical Device Business Services, Inc. $668.75 07/01/2024 Consulting Fee Undisputed 01/23/2026 1077874470 CMS
Medical Device Business Services, Inc. $9,496.00 11/04/2024 Consulting Fee Undisputed 01/23/2026 1077874475 CMS
SPINAL ELEMENTS, INC. $181.99 10/01/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1154770741 CMS

Source & provenance

Dataset
CMS Open Payments — General Payments
Publisher of source data
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
CMS publication date
2026-01-23
Program years on this page
2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024
Source files
Dataset page · Bulk file · PY2018 , PY2019 , PY2020 , PY2021 , PY2022 , PY2023 , PY2024
Generated from
OP_DTL_GNRL_PGYR2024_P01232026_01102026.csv

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