Official source Data mirrored from Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Open Payments · General Payments · as published 2026-06-30 View official record Methodology

Covered recipient · General Payments record

RICHARD D FESSLER

Allopathic & Osteopathic Physicians Neurological Surgery

NPI
1134641038
CMS profile
7226319
Location
SOUTH BEND, IN

General Payments · PY2019–2025

$33,435.34

  • Reported across 91 records
  • CMS publication 2026-06-30

Latest program year · PY2025

$18,706.92

33 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

PY2025 · sorted by reported total

Nature of paymentAmountRecords
Royalty or License $15,519.72 5
Food and Beverage $2,391.74 26
Travel and Lodging $755.12 1
Entertainment $40.34 1

By paying entity

PY2025 · sorted by reported total

By program year

All program years on this page · sorted by year

Program yearAmountRecords
PY2019 $177.57 2
PY2020 $45.22 1
PY2021 $148.15 1
PY2022 $1,983.05 20
PY2023 $451.32 3
PY2024 $11,923.11 31
PY2025 $18,706.92 33

Payment records · PY2025 (33)

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

Program year 2025 201920202021202220232024 Record-level detail is published for PY2025; earlier years are summarised in “By program year”.
Paying entity Amount Date Nature of payment Dispute status Published Record ID Source
Aesculap, Inc. $97.40 03/24/2025 Food and Beverage Undisputed 06/30/2026 1253083529 CMS
Centinel Spine, LLC $176.97 02/13/2025 Food and Beverage Undisputed 06/30/2026 1238950120 CMS
Choice Spine, LLC $112.50 10/02/2025 Food and Beverage Undisputed 06/30/2026 1171314930 CMS
DePuy Synthes Products, Inc. $2,904.68 01/10/2025 Royalty or License Undisputed 06/30/2026 1174051083 CMS
DePuy Synthes Products, Inc. $3,181.50 03/24/2025 Royalty or License Undisputed 06/30/2026 1174051095 CMS
DePuy Synthes Products, Inc. $2,996.20 06/27/2025 Royalty or License Undisputed 06/30/2026 1174051090 CMS
DePuy Synthes Products, Inc. $3,301.33 09/22/2025 Royalty or License Undisputed 06/30/2026 1174051099 CMS
DePuy Synthes Products, Inc. $3,136.01 12/22/2025 Royalty or License Undisputed 06/30/2026 1174051080 CMS
DePuy Synthes Sales Inc. $144.04 02/19/2025 Food and Beverage Undisputed 06/30/2026 1174126927 CMS
DJO, LLC $21.17 03/13/2025 Food and Beverage Undisputed 06/30/2026 1255067616 CMS
Expanding Innovations, Inc. $35.13 09/17/2025 Food and Beverage Undisputed 06/30/2026 1249734118 CMS
Globus Medical, Inc. $167.10 04/24/2025 Food and Beverage Undisputed 06/30/2026 1250112713 CMS
Globus Medical, Inc. $129.18 05/15/2025 Food and Beverage Undisputed 06/30/2026 1250091723 CMS
Globus Medical, Inc. $78.52 05/21/2025 Food and Beverage Undisputed 06/30/2026 1250071062 CMS
Globus Medical, Inc. $149.19 06/04/2025 Food and Beverage Undisputed 06/30/2026 1250085263 CMS
Globus Medical, Inc. $61.42 08/20/2025 Food and Beverage Undisputed 06/30/2026 1250127205 CMS
Globus Medical, Inc. $76.91 11/12/2025 Food and Beverage Undisputed 06/30/2026 1250092841 CMS
Integra LifeSciences Corporation $27.59 07/14/2025 Food and Beverage Undisputed 06/30/2026 1248201411 CMS
Kuros Biosciences USA, Inc $198.02 02/11/2025 Food and Beverage Undisputed 06/30/2026 1247477601 CMS
Kuros Biosciences USA, Inc $161.31 02/24/2025 Food and Beverage Undisputed 06/30/2026 1247477605 CMS
Medtronic, Inc. $62.76 01/16/2025 Food and Beverage Undisputed 06/30/2026 1219935422 CMS
Medtronic, Inc. $15.53 09/08/2025 Food and Beverage Undisputed 06/30/2026 1212043035 CMS
MIMEDX Group, Inc. $14.34 11/12/2025 Food and Beverage Undisputed 06/30/2026 1235843957 CMS
SI-BONE, INC. $83.13 03/13/2025 Food and Beverage Undisputed 06/30/2026 1241134161 CMS
SI-BONE, INC. $139.26 11/04/2025 Food and Beverage Undisputed 06/30/2026 1241136523 CMS
Spinal Elements, INC. $26.58 02/20/2025 Food and Beverage Undisputed 06/30/2026 1253963113 CMS
Spinal Elements, INC. $161.07 03/26/2025 Food and Beverage Undisputed 06/30/2026 1253963140 CMS
Spinal Elements, INC. $42.94 05/17/2025 Food and Beverage Undisputed 06/30/2026 1253963129 CMS
Spinal Elements, INC. $28.77 05/17/2025 Food and Beverage Undisputed 06/30/2026 1253963143 CMS
SPINEOLOGY INC. $144.65 02/21/2025 Food and Beverage Undisputed 06/30/2026 1251206400 CMS
SPINEOLOGY INC. $40.34 02/21/2025 Entertainment Undisputed 06/30/2026 1251206402 CMS
Stryker Corporation $36.26 01/28/2025 Food and Beverage Undisputed 06/30/2026 1227530991 CMS
Stryker Corporation $755.12 02/21/2025 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 06/30/2026 1227530997 CMS

Source & provenance

Dataset
CMS Open Payments — General Payments
Publisher of source data
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
CMS publication date
2026-06-30
Program years on this page
2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025
Source files
Dataset page · Bulk file · PY2019 , PY2020 , PY2021 , PY2022 , PY2023 , PY2024 , PY2025
Generated from
OP_DTL_GNRL_PGYR2025_P06302026_06032026.csv

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