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

ALEXANDER E ROPPER

Allopathic & Osteopathic Physicians Neurological Surgery

NPI
1497998264
CMS profile
250072
Location
HOUSTON, TX

General Payments · PY2018–2024

$208,425.22

  • Reported across 270 records
  • CMS publication 2026-01-23

Latest program year · PY2024

$2,765.30

18 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 $1,500.00 1
Food and Beverage $1,232.98 16
Travel and Lodging $32.32 1

By paying entity

PY2024 · sorted by reported total

Paying entityAmountRecords
PROVIDENCE MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY, INC. $1,923.65 4
Medtronic, Inc. $506.38 8
Stryker Corporation $181.07 3
Orthofix Medical, Inc. $111.38 1
Centinel Spine, LLC $27.83 1
Globus Medical, Inc. $14.99 1

By program year

All program years on this page · sorted by year

Program yearAmountRecords
PY2018 $26,628.71 45
PY2019 $64,914.54 71
PY2020 $19,050.11 21
PY2021 $30,412.69 45
PY2022 $41,516.07 38
PY2023 $23,137.80 32
PY2024 $2,765.30 18

Payment records · PY2024 (18)

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
Centinel Spine, LLC $27.83 05/15/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1133892806 CMS
Globus Medical, Inc. $14.99 09/19/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1145020275 CMS
Medtronic, Inc. $140.77 02/21/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119348690 CMS
Medtronic, Inc. $42.77 02/21/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119348694 CMS
Medtronic, Inc. $32.32 02/21/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119348696 CMS
Medtronic, Inc. $9.99 02/22/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119348698 CMS
Medtronic, Inc. $7.28 03/01/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119348692 CMS
Medtronic, Inc. $118.97 06/15/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119348700 CMS
Medtronic, Inc. $21.45 06/15/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119348702 CMS
Medtronic, Inc. $132.83 07/25/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119348704 CMS
Orthofix Medical, Inc. $111.38 12/03/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1127604373 CMS
Providence Medical Technology, Inc. $151.88 04/08/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1089608739 CMS
Providence Medical Technology, Inc. $23.11 06/06/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1089608737 CMS
Providence Medical Technology, Inc. $248.66 09/09/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1089608741 CMS
Providence Medical Technology, Inc. $1,500.00 11/15/2024 Consulting Fee Undisputed 01/23/2026 1089608743 CMS
Stryker Corporation $118.18 09/21/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119961644 CMS
Stryker Corporation $38.20 09/28/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119961646 CMS
Stryker Corporation $24.69 12/18/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1144314223 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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