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

WILLIAM D HUNTER

Allopathic & Osteopathic Physicians Neurological Surgery

NPI
1427005420
CMS profile
688804
Location
GASTONIA, NC

General Payments · PY2019–2025

$1,314,304.05

  • Reported across 274 records
  • CMS publication 2026-06-30

Latest program year · PY2025

$273,926.89

40 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
Royalty or License $271,594.54 17
Consulting Fee $1,500.00 2
Food and Beverage $832.35 21

By paying entity

PY2025 · sorted by reported total

Paying entityAmountRecords
Alphatec Spine, Inc $174,099.09 3
Globus Medical, Inc. $97,612.17 18
PRECISION SPINE, INC. $1,500.00 2
PROVIDENCE MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY, INC. $248.79 7
Centinel Spine, LLC $176.09 1
Stryker Corporation $61.65 2
MEDACTA USA, INC. $55.78 1
Smith+Nephew, Inc. $54.83 2
Saluda Medical Americas, Inc. $47.88 1
Ethicon US, LLC $36.83 1
Bioventus LLC $19.08 1
Medtronic, Inc. $14.70 1

By program year

All program years on this page · sorted by year

Program yearAmountRecords
PY2019 $126,672.86 50
PY2020 $182,704.22 35
PY2021 $147,078.31 30
PY2022 $190,343.40 31
PY2023 $207,422.68 36
PY2024 $186,155.69 52
PY2025 $273,926.89 40

Payment records · PY2025 (40)

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 $164,918.67 01/02/2025 Royalty or License Undisputed 06/30/2026 1209186087 CMS
Alphatec Spine, Inc $467.60 11/20/2025 Royalty or License Undisputed 06/30/2026 1209185969 CMS
Alphatec Spine, Inc $8,712.82 12/01/2025 Royalty or License Undisputed 06/30/2026 1209185967 CMS
Bioventus LLC $19.08 10/28/2025 Food and Beverage Undisputed 06/30/2026 1226856748 CMS
Centinel Spine, LLC $176.09 03/26/2025 Food and Beverage Undisputed 06/30/2026 1238950468 CMS
Ethicon US, LLC $36.83 04/01/2025 Food and Beverage Undisputed 06/30/2026 1173854344 CMS
Globus Medical, Inc. $29.93 01/29/2025 Food and Beverage Undisputed 06/30/2026 1250056301 CMS
Globus Medical, Inc. $110.10 01/29/2025 Royalty or License Undisputed 06/30/2026 1250125761 CMS
Globus Medical, Inc. $29,443.39 02/20/2025 Royalty or License Undisputed 06/30/2026 1250069894 CMS
Globus Medical, Inc. $67.91 04/30/2025 Royalty or License Undisputed 06/30/2026 1250056189 CMS
Globus Medical, Inc. $21,333.19 05/12/2025 Royalty or License Undisputed 06/30/2026 1250077216 CMS
Globus Medical, Inc. $29.93 05/12/2025 Royalty or License Undisputed 06/30/2026 1250105147 CMS
Globus Medical, Inc. $1,885.49 05/12/2025 Royalty or License Undisputed 06/30/2026 1250133001 CMS
Globus Medical, Inc. $28.24 06/03/2025 Food and Beverage Undisputed 06/30/2026 1250050241 CMS
Globus Medical, Inc. $39.99 06/10/2025 Food and Beverage Undisputed 06/30/2026 1250042817 CMS
Globus Medical, Inc. $110.62 07/30/2025 Royalty or License Undisputed 06/30/2026 1250035312 CMS
Globus Medical, Inc. $30.10 08/19/2025 Royalty or License Undisputed 06/30/2026 1250035314 CMS
Globus Medical, Inc. $22,020.67 08/19/2025 Royalty or License Undisputed 06/30/2026 1250084285 CMS
Globus Medical, Inc. $1,641.16 08/19/2025 Royalty or License Undisputed 06/30/2026 1250091095 CMS
Globus Medical, Inc. $1,395.37 11/03/2025 Royalty or License Undisputed 06/30/2026 1250042215 CMS
Globus Medical, Inc. $62.30 11/03/2025 Royalty or License Undisputed 06/30/2026 1250056187 CMS
Globus Medical, Inc. $109.96 11/03/2025 Royalty or License Undisputed 06/30/2026 1250077206 CMS
Globus Medical, Inc. $19,255.26 11/03/2025 Royalty or License Undisputed 06/30/2026 1250105145 CMS
Globus Medical, Inc. $18.56 11/05/2025 Food and Beverage Undisputed 06/30/2026 1250071604 CMS
Medacta USA, Inc. $55.78 04/29/2025 Food and Beverage Undisputed 06/30/2026 1242115745 CMS
Medtronic, Inc. $14.70 04/01/2025 Food and Beverage Undisputed 06/30/2026 1218874748 CMS
PRECISION SPINE, INC. $1,000.00 05/08/2025 Consulting Fee Undisputed 06/30/2026 1243130151 CMS
PRECISION SPINE, INC. $500.00 08/28/2025 Consulting Fee Undisputed 06/30/2026 1243130478 CMS
Providence Medical Technology, Inc. $60.30 02/11/2025 Food and Beverage Undisputed 06/30/2026 1217780479 CMS
Providence Medical Technology, Inc. $33.78 03/10/2025 Food and Beverage Undisputed 06/30/2026 1217780485 CMS
Providence Medical Technology, Inc. $38.30 04/08/2025 Food and Beverage Undisputed 06/30/2026 1217780491 CMS
Providence Medical Technology, Inc. $26.48 05/10/2025 Food and Beverage Undisputed 06/30/2026 1217780497 CMS
Providence Medical Technology, Inc. $35.58 06/09/2025 Food and Beverage Undisputed 06/30/2026 1217780505 CMS
Providence Medical Technology, Inc. $28.32 08/09/2025 Food and Beverage Undisputed 06/30/2026 1217780510 CMS
Providence Medical Technology, Inc. $26.03 11/13/2025 Food and Beverage Undisputed 06/30/2026 1217780515 CMS
Saluda Medical Americas, Inc. $47.88 09/02/2025 Food and Beverage Undisputed 06/30/2026 1223428381 CMS
Smith+Nephew, Inc. $29.69 10/22/2025 Food and Beverage Undisputed 06/30/2026 1242183581 CMS
Smith+Nephew, Inc. $25.14 11/13/2025 Food and Beverage Undisputed 06/30/2026 1242183583 CMS
Stryker Corporation $32.95 01/28/2025 Food and Beverage Undisputed 06/30/2026 1227620026 CMS
Stryker Corporation $28.70 07/01/2025 Food and Beverage Undisputed 06/30/2026 1227620030 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
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OP_DTL_GNRL_PGYR2025_P06302026_06032026.csv

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