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

NEIL KAUSHAL

Allopathic & Osteopathic Physicians Orthopaedic Surgery Pediatric Orthopaedic Surgery

NPI
1275943110
CMS profile
4221076
Location
NEWARK, NJ

General Payments · PY2019–2025

$24,262.89

  • Reported across 156 records
  • CMS publication 2026-06-30

Latest program year · PY2025

$2,732.56

15 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
Food and Beverage $1,676.03 12
Travel and Lodging $1,056.53 3

By paying entity

PY2025 · sorted by reported total

Paying entityAmountRecords
VB Spine LLC $2,479.04 12
Stryker Corporation $166.70 1
Alphatec Spine, Inc $86.82 2

By program year

All program years on this page · sorted by year

Program yearAmountRecords
PY2019 $3,439.07 61
PY2020 $1,377.39 20
PY2021 $1,586.55 17
PY2022 $1,294.02 15
PY2023 $8,331.36 11
PY2024 $5,501.94 17
PY2025 $2,732.56 15

Payment records · PY2025 (15)

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
Alphatec Spine, Inc $44.01 03/03/2025 Food and Beverage Undisputed 06/30/2026 1209180501 CMS
Alphatec Spine, Inc $42.81 03/03/2025 Food and Beverage Undisputed 06/30/2026 1209180503 CMS
Stryker Corporation $166.70 03/19/2025 Food and Beverage Undisputed 06/30/2026 1227650484 CMS
VB Spine LLC $194.95 05/14/2025 Food and Beverage Undisputed 06/30/2026 1254111614 CMS
VB Spine LLC $207.73 05/14/2025 Food and Beverage Undisputed 06/30/2026 1254111616 CMS
VB Spine LLC $181.51 05/15/2025 Food and Beverage Undisputed 06/30/2026 1254111608 CMS
VB Spine LLC $182.20 05/15/2025 Food and Beverage Undisputed 06/30/2026 1254111610 CMS
VB Spine LLC $83.53 05/15/2025 Food and Beverage Undisputed 06/30/2026 1254111612 CMS
VB Spine LLC $544.92 05/16/2025 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 06/30/2026 1254115718 CMS
VB Spine LLC $302.07 05/27/2025 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 06/30/2026 1254115274 CMS
VB Spine LLC $209.54 08/08/2025 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 06/30/2026 1254115604 CMS
VB Spine LLC $46.12 09/02/2025 Food and Beverage Undisputed 06/30/2026 1254110440 CMS
VB Spine LLC $109.81 09/25/2025 Food and Beverage Undisputed 06/30/2026 1254111606 CMS
VB Spine LLC $177.21 09/26/2025 Food and Beverage Undisputed 06/30/2026 1254111604 CMS
VB Spine LLC $239.45 10/16/2025 Food and Beverage Undisputed 06/30/2026 1254111602 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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