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

JOSEPH A COCHRAN

Allopathic & Osteopathic Physicians Neurological Surgery

NPI
1205030129
CMS profile
1391314
Location
HOUSTON, TX

General Payments · PY2018–2024

$9,278.57

  • Reported across 103 records
  • CMS publication 2026-01-23

Latest program year · PY2024

$6,314.27

43 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
Travel and Lodging $4,749.86 8
Food and Beverage $1,564.41 35

By paying entity

PY2024 · sorted by reported total

Paying entityAmountRecords
Alphatec Spine, Inc $5,576.64 12
ABBVIE INC. $162.49 13
SI-BONE, INC. $151.02 1
DePuy Synthes Sales Inc. $141.58 6
Imperative Care, INc $97.45 4
ARGENX US, INC. $85.33 3
Stryker Corporation $48.02 1
Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, Inc. $20.00 1
Balt USA, LLC $16.29 1
Medtronic, Inc. $15.45 1

By program year

All program years on this page · sorted by year

Program yearAmountRecords
PY2018 $125.56 1
PY2020 $73.80 3
PY2021 $124.87 5
PY2022 $322.84 15
PY2023 $2,317.23 36
PY2024 $6,314.27 43

Payment records · PY2024 (43)

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

Program year 2024 20182020202120222023 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
ABBVIE INC. $18.15 01/03/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1103483291 CMS
ABBVIE INC. $17.01 02/28/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1103483293 CMS
ABBVIE INC. $15.33 02/29/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1103483295 CMS
ABBVIE INC. $7.59 07/25/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1103483297 CMS
ABBVIE INC. $14.76 08/15/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1103483299 CMS
ABBVIE INC. $15.53 09/10/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1103483301 CMS
ABBVIE INC. $6.04 10/01/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1103483303 CMS
ABBVIE INC. $25.57 10/01/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1103483305 CMS
ABBVIE INC. $11.32 10/22/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1103483307 CMS
ABBVIE INC. $4.45 10/22/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1103483309 CMS
ABBVIE INC. $10.79 11/12/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1103483311 CMS
ABBVIE INC. $4.32 11/12/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1103483313 CMS
ABBVIE INC. $11.63 11/14/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1103483315 CMS
Alphatec Spine, Inc $25.00 02/28/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1095493177 CMS
Alphatec Spine, Inc $760.36 02/28/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1095493179 CMS
Alphatec Spine, Inc $1,232.00 04/11/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1095493159 CMS
Alphatec Spine, Inc $437.58 05/14/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1095493213 CMS
Alphatec Spine, Inc $25.00 05/16/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1095493181 CMS
Alphatec Spine, Inc $25.00 08/20/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1095493183 CMS
Alphatec Spine, Inc $643.95 08/20/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1095493185 CMS
Alphatec Spine, Inc $760.35 10/03/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1095493129 CMS
Alphatec Spine, Inc $180.04 10/07/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1095493291 CMS
Alphatec Spine, Inc $1,278.20 10/10/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1095493167 CMS
Alphatec Spine, Inc $188.58 10/22/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1095493293 CMS
Alphatec Spine, Inc $20.58 12/10/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1095493295 CMS
ARGENX US, INC. $29.14 01/23/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1142102814 CMS
ARGENX US, INC. $30.63 03/06/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1142104455 CMS
ARGENX US, INC. $25.56 05/08/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1142106251 CMS
Balt USA, LLC $16.29 04/30/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1154345019 CMS
DePuy Synthes Sales Inc. $30.43 03/01/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1077894382 CMS
DePuy Synthes Sales Inc. $16.37 05/08/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1077894142 CMS
DePuy Synthes Sales Inc. $24.63 06/06/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1077893600 CMS
DePuy Synthes Sales Inc. $17.34 08/05/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1077894420 CMS
DePuy Synthes Sales Inc. $26.16 09/19/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1077894792 CMS
DePuy Synthes Sales Inc. $26.65 11/06/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1077893686 CMS
Imperative Care, Inc $26.72 01/26/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1144203240 CMS
Imperative Care, Inc $26.55 03/21/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1144203242 CMS
Imperative Care, Inc $15.73 06/28/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1144203244 CMS
Imperative Care, Inc $28.45 08/21/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1144203246 CMS
Medtronic, Inc. $15.45 08/29/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1117107260 CMS
Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, Inc. $20.00 01/11/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1118877662 CMS
SI-BONE, INC. $151.02 10/29/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1120057651 CMS
Stryker Corporation $48.02 03/14/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119801575 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, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024
Source files
Dataset page · Bulk file · PY2018 , PY2020 , PY2021 , PY2022 , PY2023 , PY2024
Generated from
OP_DTL_GNRL_PGYR2024_P01232026_01102026.csv

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