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

BONAVENTURE B NGU

Allopathic & Osteopathic Physicians Orthopaedic Surgery Orthopaedic Surgery of the Spine

NPI
1487624870
CMS profile
111998
Location
HOUSTON, TX

General Payments · PY2018–2024

$13,956.76

  • Reported across 63 records
  • CMS publication 2026-01-23

Latest program year · PY2024

$920.90

9 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
Food and Beverage $718.34 6
Royalty or License $202.56 3

By paying entity

PY2024 · sorted by reported total

Paying entityAmountRecords
Choice Spine, LLC $434.92 1
Globus Medical, Inc. $202.56 3
Medtronic, Inc. $125.21 2
NovApproach Spine, LLC $122.86 1
SPINAL ELEMENTS, INC. $35.35 2

By program year

All program years on this page · sorted by year

Program yearAmountRecords
PY2018 $7,090.07 12
PY2019 $3,377.85 17
PY2020 $326.31 2
PY2021 $1,056.05 8
PY2022 $982.49 8
PY2023 $203.09 7
PY2024 $920.90 9

Payment records · PY2024 (9)

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
Choice Spine, LLC $434.92 01/25/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1067669418 CMS
Globus Medical, Inc. $97.13 04/26/2024 Royalty or License Undisputed 01/23/2026 1145021579 CMS
Globus Medical, Inc. $66.87 07/30/2024 Royalty or License Undisputed 01/23/2026 1145021587 CMS
Globus Medical, Inc. $38.56 10/30/2024 Royalty or License Undisputed 01/23/2026 1145021585 CMS
Medtronic, Inc. $69.73 06/05/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1116870862 CMS
Medtronic, Inc. $55.48 09/26/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1116870864 CMS
NovApproach Spine, LLC $122.86 09/26/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1154928622 CMS
SPINAL ELEMENTS, INC. $23.49 11/26/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1154770795 CMS
SPINAL ELEMENTS, INC. $11.86 12/05/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1154770793 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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