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

CHRISTOPHER A HECK

Allopathic & Osteopathic Physicians Orthopaedic Surgery

NPI
1245315308
CMS profile
1081935
Location
HOOVER, AL

General Payments · PY2018–2024

$167,306.15

  • Reported across 497 records
  • CMS publication 2026-01-23

Latest program year · PY2024

$23,138.88

47 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 $11,281.19 13
Consulting Fee $9,125.00 3
Food and Beverage $2,732.69 31

By paying entity

PY2024 · sorted by reported total

By program year

All program years on this page · sorted by year

Program yearAmountRecords
PY2018 $7,505.74 82
PY2019 $7,044.86 57
PY2020 $19,188.42 54
PY2021 $43,654.18 114
PY2022 $47,412.42 82
PY2023 $19,361.65 61
PY2024 $23,138.88 47

Payment records · PY2024 (47)

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 $1,000.00 01/18/2024 Consulting Fee Undisputed 01/23/2026 1095489714 CMS
Alphatec Spine, Inc $25.00 03/17/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1095489758 CMS
Alphatec Spine, Inc $3,514.98 03/17/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1095489760 CMS
Alphatec Spine, Inc $25.00 03/17/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1095489762 CMS
Alphatec Spine, Inc $126.77 04/17/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1095489808 CMS
Alphatec Spine, Inc $25.00 04/25/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1095489764 CMS
Alphatec Spine, Inc $2,932.86 04/25/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1095489766 CMS
Alphatec Spine, Inc $808.40 05/09/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1095489734 CMS
Alphatec Spine, Inc $25.00 05/21/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1095489768 CMS
Alphatec Spine, Inc $712.21 05/21/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1095489770 CMS
Alphatec Spine, Inc $134.60 06/05/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1095489810 CMS
Alphatec Spine, Inc $356.00 06/06/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1095489736 CMS
Alphatec Spine, Inc $218.80 06/17/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1095489804 CMS
Alphatec Spine, Inc $389.95 06/17/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1095489806 CMS
Alphatec Spine, Inc $1,008.80 07/11/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1095489742 CMS
Alphatec Spine, Inc $737.37 07/25/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1095489716 CMS
Alphatec Spine, Inc $7,875.00 08/08/2024 Consulting Fee Undisputed 01/23/2026 1095489720 CMS
Alphatec Spine, Inc $187.85 10/07/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1095489858 CMS
Alphatec Spine, Inc $250.00 10/10/2024 Consulting Fee Undisputed 01/23/2026 1095489724 CMS
Alphatec Spine, Inc $613.63 12/21/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1095489856 CMS
Amgen Inc. $47.43 07/17/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1111597052 CMS
Amgen Inc. $101.35 08/20/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1117575888 CMS
Boston Scientific Corporation $3.07 01/12/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1092452934 CMS
Boston Scientific Corporation $122.23 01/31/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1092452948 CMS
Boston Scientific Corporation $10.81 03/12/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1092452944 CMS
Boston Scientific Corporation $2.41 04/05/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1092452932 CMS
Boston Scientific Corporation $4.17 04/30/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1092452936 CMS
Boston Scientific Corporation $5.21 05/14/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1092452938 CMS
Boston Scientific Corporation $7.60 07/24/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1092452942 CMS
Boston Scientific Corporation $5.49 09/10/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1092452940 CMS
Boston Scientific Corporation $16.77 11/13/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1092452946 CMS
Boston Scientific Corporation $146.12 11/13/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1092452950 CMS
Carlsmed, Inc. $312.22 05/01/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1143595610 CMS
Carlsmed, Inc. $156.19 06/28/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1143595613 CMS
Carlsmed, Inc. $149.07 08/07/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1143595617 CMS
Carlsmed, Inc. $97.98 12/18/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1143595622 CMS
DePuy Synthes Sales Inc. $99.32 02/22/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1077801853 CMS
Heron Therapeutics, Inc. $14.15 11/06/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1147246635 CMS
Integra LifeSciences Corporation $14.03 03/15/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1140086609 CMS
Kyowa Kirin, Inc. $21.42 02/21/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1127027621 CMS
Life Spine, Inc. $125.18 10/09/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1144943987 CMS
Life Spine, Inc. $496.94 12/16/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1144943989 CMS
Nevro Corp. $16.78 11/06/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1130761981 CMS
Pacira Pharmaceuticals Incorporated $21.19 02/13/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1151241717 CMS
Pacira Pharmaceuticals Incorporated $23.71 09/10/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1151241719 CMS
Providence Medical Technology, Inc. $101.10 03/08/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1089605923 CMS
SI-BONE, INC. $49.72 10/02/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1120071783 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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