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

RICARDO CORTEZ

Allopathic & Osteopathic Physicians Neurological Surgery

NPI
1154340958
CMS profile
278649
Location
MCALLEN, TX

General Payments · PY2018–2024

$16,566.20

  • Reported across 183 records
  • CMS publication 2026-01-23

Latest program year · PY2024

$984.07

14 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
Food and Beverage $984.07 14

By paying entity

PY2024 · sorted by reported total

Paying entityAmountRecords
Medtronic, Inc. $886.13 13
Integra LifeSciences Corporation $97.94 1

By program year

All program years on this page · sorted by year

Program yearAmountRecords
PY2018 $1,473.34 25
PY2019 $6,770.07 43
PY2020 $2,602.28 26
PY2021 $1,670.25 29
PY2022 $978.53 21
PY2023 $2,087.66 25
PY2024 $984.07 14

Payment records · PY2024 (14)

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
Integra LifeSciences Corporation $97.94 08/13/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1140127733 CMS
Medtronic, Inc. $31.28 01/31/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1117086599 CMS
Medtronic, Inc. $70.95 02/04/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1117086601 CMS
Medtronic, Inc. $33.84 03/21/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1117086603 CMS
Medtronic, Inc. $27.50 05/20/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1117086605 CMS
Medtronic, Inc. $72.49 07/07/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1117086607 CMS
Medtronic, Inc. $165.71 08/08/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1117086611 CMS
Medtronic, Inc. $34.53 08/23/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1117086609 CMS
Medtronic, Inc. $34.90 09/11/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1117086613 CMS
Medtronic, Inc. $18.02 10/02/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1117086615 CMS
Medtronic, Inc. $45.79 10/23/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1117086617 CMS
Medtronic, Inc. $126.42 10/26/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1117086619 CMS
Medtronic, Inc. $49.83 11/22/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1117086621 CMS
Medtronic, Inc. $174.87 12/11/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1117086623 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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