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

WILLIAM JOSEPH ARES

Allopathic & Osteopathic Physicians Neurological Surgery

NPI
1396039442
CMS profile
1391043
Location
EVANSTON, IL

General Payments · PY2018–2024

$54,370.44

  • Reported across 105 records
  • CMS publication 2026-01-23

Latest program year · PY2024

$3,720.39

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
Consulting Fee $2,400.00 1
Food and Beverage $798.19 12
Travel and Lodging $522.20 1

By paying entity

PY2024 · sorted by reported total

Paying entityAmountRecords
Scientia Vascular $3,103.02 3
MicroVention, Inc. $234.47 3
Stryker Corporation $186.15 3
Penumbra, Inc. $118.81 1
Imperative Care, INc $46.25 1
DePuy Synthes Sales Inc. $21.73 1
Medtronic, Inc. $9.96 2

By program year

All program years on this page · sorted by year

Program yearAmountRecords
PY2018 $404.39 6
PY2019 $477.06 8
PY2020 $188.17 3
PY2021 $43.29 2
PY2022 $24,850.89 34
PY2023 $24,686.25 38
PY2024 $3,720.39 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
DePuy Synthes Sales Inc. $21.73 07/21/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1077838807 CMS
Imperative Care, Inc $46.25 04/22/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1144201712 CMS
Medtronic, Inc. $3.26 02/06/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1121135501 CMS
Medtronic, Inc. $6.70 05/08/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1121135503 CMS
MicroVention, Inc. $168.91 05/23/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1153775653 CMS
MicroVention, Inc. $26.58 06/08/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1153775655 CMS
MicroVention, Inc. $38.98 08/28/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1153775657 CMS
Penumbra, Inc. $118.81 09/11/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1076211468 CMS
Scientia Vascular $2,400.00 03/12/2024 Consulting Fee Undisputed 01/23/2026 1085601433 CMS
Scientia Vascular $522.20 03/12/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1085601434 CMS
Scientia Vascular $180.82 07/24/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1084418308 CMS
Stryker Corporation $66.18 05/07/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119763886 CMS
Stryker Corporation $45.41 07/25/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119763888 CMS
Stryker Corporation $74.56 12/19/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119763890 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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