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

BRANDYN ASHLEY CASTRO

Allopathic & Osteopathic Physicians Neurological Surgery

NPI
1457702953
CMS profile
1888936
Location
CHICAGO, IL

General Payments · PY2023–2024

$4,233.29

  • Reported across 22 records
  • CMS publication 2026-01-23

Latest program year · PY2024

$3,734.94

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

PY2024 · sorted by reported total

Nature of paymentAmountRecords
Travel and Lodging $2,866.07 4
Food and Beverage $868.87 11

By paying entity

PY2024 · sorted by reported total

Paying entityAmountRecords
Alphatec Spine, Inc $3,171.94 6
Stryker Corporation $255.60 3
CHIESI USA, INC. $133.45 2
NICO Corporation $93.60 1
Integra LifeSciences Corporation $55.82 2
Aesculap, Inc. $24.53 1

By program year

All program years on this page · sorted by year

Program yearAmountRecords
PY2023 $498.35 7
PY2024 $3,734.94 15

Payment records · PY2024 (15)

Sorted by paying entity, then date · as published by CMS

Program year 2024 2023 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
Aesculap, Inc. $24.53 03/13/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1154288054 CMS
Alphatec Spine, Inc $25.00 02/08/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1095495798 CMS
Alphatec Spine, Inc $1,790.35 02/08/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1095495800 CMS
Alphatec Spine, Inc $498.00 03/14/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1095495758 CMS
Alphatec Spine, Inc $126.03 06/04/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1095496010 CMS
Alphatec Spine, Inc $179.84 06/06/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1095496008 CMS
Alphatec Spine, Inc $552.72 12/19/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1095496064 CMS
Chiesi USA, Inc. $42.86 04/09/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1151802787 CMS
Chiesi USA, Inc. $90.59 05/16/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1151802792 CMS
Integra LifeSciences Corporation $25.61 01/11/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1140080837 CMS
Integra LifeSciences Corporation $30.21 03/06/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1140080831 CMS
Nico Corporation $93.60 06/10/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1147100449 CMS
Stryker Corporation $24.13 02/16/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119794041 CMS
Stryker Corporation $87.22 04/23/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119794043 CMS
Stryker Corporation $144.25 05/16/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119794045 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
2023, 2024
Source files
Dataset page · Bulk file · PY2023 , PY2024
Generated from
OP_DTL_GNRL_PGYR2024_P01232026_01102026.csv

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