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

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Allopathic & Osteopathic Physicians Neurological Surgery

NPI
1376769471
CMS profile
687498
Location
GRAND FORKS, ND

General Payments · PY2018–2024

$16,885.31

  • Reported across 90 records
  • CMS publication 2026-01-23

Latest program year · PY2024

$3,226.29

13 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 $2,511.08 5
Food and Beverage $715.21 8

By paying entity

PY2024 · sorted by reported total

Paying entityAmountRecords
Medical Device Business Services, Inc. $1,634.29 7
Highridge Medical LLC $1,128.70 2
DePuy Synthes Sales Inc. $256.88 2
Nevro Corp. $133.97 1
Abbott Laboratories $72.45 1

By program year

All program years on this page · sorted by year

Program yearAmountRecords
PY2018 $50.12 3
PY2019 $789.37 15
PY2020 $885.48 13
PY2021 $3,309.75 35
PY2022 $478.18 8
PY2023 $8,146.12 3
PY2024 $3,226.29 13

Payment records · PY2024 (13)

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
Abbott Laboratories $72.45 01/02/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1125035856 CMS
DePuy Synthes Sales Inc. $149.55 01/19/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1077869461 CMS
DePuy Synthes Sales Inc. $107.33 02/07/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1077869457 CMS
Highridge Medical LLC $1,094.70 04/19/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1149015008 CMS
Highridge Medical LLC $34.00 04/19/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1149015010 CMS
Medical Device Business Services, Inc. $38.38 01/19/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1077801395 CMS
Medical Device Business Services, Inc. $371.77 01/19/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1077801404 CMS
Medical Device Business Services, Inc. $118.13 01/19/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1077801413 CMS
Medical Device Business Services, Inc. $972.23 01/19/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1077801418 CMS
Medical Device Business Services, Inc. $17.60 01/20/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1077801391 CMS
Medical Device Business Services, Inc. $53.50 01/20/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1077801399 CMS
Medical Device Business Services, Inc. $62.68 01/20/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1077801408 CMS
Nevro Corp. $133.97 05/07/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1130746644 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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