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

RICARDO A ALVARADO

Allopathic & Osteopathic Physicians Pain Medicine Pain Medicine

NPI
1497935456
CMS profile
295248
Location
SAN ANTONIO, TX

General Payments · PY2018–2024

$24,594.53

  • Reported across 440 records
  • CMS publication 2026-01-23

Latest program year · PY2024

$4,942.07

76 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 $4,731.38 75
Travel and Lodging $210.69 1

By paying entity

PY2024 · sorted by reported total

Paying entityAmountRecords
Nevro Corp. $3,210.80 41
SPR Therapeutics, Inc $546.62 6
Abbott Laboratories $453.35 14
BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION $325.77 5
PAINTEQ LLC $144.53 5
BIOTRONIK NRO, Inc. $109.25 1
MML US, Inc. $98.61 3
Spinal Simplicity, LLC $53.14 1

By program year

All program years on this page · sorted by year

Program yearAmountRecords
PY2018 $1,989.45 53
PY2019 $3,211.19 78
PY2020 $258.66 11
PY2021 $765.44 27
PY2022 $8,048.82 104
PY2023 $5,378.90 91
PY2024 $4,942.07 76

Payment records · PY2024 (76)

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 $7.41 02/16/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1125097395 CMS
Abbott Laboratories $7.96 02/16/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1125097397 CMS
Abbott Laboratories $16.33 02/16/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1125097399 CMS
Abbott Laboratories $17.10 02/16/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1125097401 CMS
Abbott Laboratories $7.94 03/06/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1125097403 CMS
Abbott Laboratories $18.73 03/06/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1125097405 CMS
Abbott Laboratories $12.59 03/06/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1125097407 CMS
Abbott Laboratories $23.20 03/06/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1125097409 CMS
Abbott Laboratories $10.47 03/07/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1125097411 CMS
Abbott Laboratories $15.45 04/11/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1125097413 CMS
Abbott Laboratories $25.50 08/26/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1125097415 CMS
Abbott Laboratories $191.63 08/26/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1125097417 CMS
Abbott Laboratories $91.66 12/26/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1125097419 CMS
Abbott Laboratories $7.38 12/31/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1125097421 CMS
BIOTRONIK NRO, Inc. $109.25 01/19/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1153861059 CMS
Boston Scientific Corporation $120.20 02/29/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1092635475 CMS
Boston Scientific Corporation $6.01 08/26/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1092635469 CMS
Boston Scientific Corporation $10.88 08/26/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1092635471 CMS
Boston Scientific Corporation $39.26 09/19/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1092635473 CMS
Boston Scientific Corporation $149.42 10/07/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1092635477 CMS
MML US, Inc. $24.74 02/05/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1152307871 CMS
MML US, Inc. $21.10 02/07/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1152307873 CMS
MML US, Inc. $52.77 09/16/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1152307875 CMS
Nevro Corp. $95.00 01/06/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1130735316 CMS
Nevro Corp. $23.24 01/25/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1130735274 CMS
Nevro Corp. $199.33 01/30/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1130735308 CMS
Nevro Corp. $59.78 01/30/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1130735312 CMS
Nevro Corp. $20.86 02/12/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1130735310 CMS
Nevro Corp. $92.21 02/18/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1130735314 CMS
Nevro Corp. $143.54 03/02/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1130735306 CMS
Nevro Corp. $72.97 04/01/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1130735276 CMS
Nevro Corp. $150.00 05/04/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1130735296 CMS
Nevro Corp. $13.45 05/09/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1130735256 CMS
Nevro Corp. $3.01 05/09/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1130735318 CMS
Nevro Corp. $15.93 05/09/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1130735320 CMS
Nevro Corp. $39.92 05/29/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1130735284 CMS
Nevro Corp. $140.67 06/12/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1130735492 CMS
Nevro Corp. $26.34 06/13/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1130735286 CMS
Nevro Corp. $66.69 07/01/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1130735294 CMS
Nevro Corp. $122.68 07/10/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1130735260 CMS
Nevro Corp. $125.00 07/10/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1130735302 CMS
Nevro Corp. $139.99 07/11/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1130735262 CMS
Nevro Corp. $123.30 07/12/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1130735187 CMS
Nevro Corp. $106.38 07/12/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1130735258 CMS
Nevro Corp. $57.76 07/12/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1130735264 CMS
Nevro Corp. $70.03 07/13/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1130735189 CMS
Nevro Corp. $142.46 07/13/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1130735191 CMS
Nevro Corp. $129.60 08/27/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1130735304 CMS
Nevro Corp. $25.80 09/10/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1130735290 CMS
Nevro Corp. $44.80 09/24/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1130735288 CMS
Nevro Corp. $34.22 09/25/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1130735292 CMS
Nevro Corp. $11.48 09/26/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1130735322 CMS
Nevro Corp. $34.05 10/21/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1130735496 CMS
Nevro Corp. $68.10 10/23/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1130735494 CMS
Nevro Corp. $130.20 10/25/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1130735526 CMS
Nevro Corp. $17.78 10/26/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1130735195 CMS
Nevro Corp. $59.71 10/26/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1130735197 CMS
Nevro Corp. $29.93 10/28/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1130735498 CMS
Nevro Corp. $128.67 11/18/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1130735282 CMS
Nevro Corp. $32.10 11/20/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1130735298 CMS
Nevro Corp. $140.77 11/21/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1130735278 CMS
Nevro Corp. $97.42 11/21/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1130735300 CMS
Nevro Corp. $126.09 11/22/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1130735280 CMS
Nevro Corp. $49.54 11/23/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1130735199 CMS
PAINTEQ LLC $78.73 09/10/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1141991241 CMS
PAINTEQ LLC $15.49 09/10/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1141991246 CMS
PAINTEQ LLC $34.99 09/10/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1141991249 CMS
PAINTEQ LLC $8.53 09/11/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1141991252 CMS
PAINTEQ LLC $6.79 10/03/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1141991255 CMS
Spinal Simplicity, LLC $53.14 07/13/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1144039212 CMS
SPR Therapeutics, Inc $210.69 02/24/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1104927063 CMS
SPR Therapeutics, Inc $80.00 02/24/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1104952575 CMS
SPR Therapeutics, Inc $137.23 03/06/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1104927535 CMS
SPR Therapeutics, Inc $86.50 08/05/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1104937874 CMS
SPR Therapeutics, Inc $27.12 10/27/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1104944639 CMS
SPR Therapeutics, Inc $5.08 11/11/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1104945550 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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