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

PAUL J WAGUESPACK

Allopathic & Osteopathic Physicians Neurological Surgery

NPI
1730178187
CMS profile
351347
Location
BATON ROUGE, LA

General Payments · PY2018–2024

$39,667.75

  • Reported across 223 records
  • CMS publication 2026-01-23

Latest program year · PY2024

$2,495.01

26 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 $2,495.01 26

By paying entity

PY2024 · sorted by reported total

Paying entityAmountRecords
Abbott Laboratories $2,336.17 24
BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION $79.58 1
ALON MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY $79.26 1

By program year

All program years on this page · sorted by year

Program yearAmountRecords
PY2018 $4,240.89 45
PY2019 $7,559.89 39
PY2020 $5,817.09 16
PY2021 $11,711.14 33
PY2022 $1,538.35 22
PY2023 $6,305.38 42
PY2024 $2,495.01 26

Payment records · PY2024 (26)

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 $65.41 01/17/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1125221587 CMS
Abbott Laboratories $34.88 01/25/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1125221589 CMS
Abbott Laboratories $94.99 02/08/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1125221591 CMS
Abbott Laboratories $77.05 04/02/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1125221593 CMS
Abbott Laboratories $77.08 05/20/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1125221595 CMS
Abbott Laboratories $122.55 05/20/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1125221597 CMS
Abbott Laboratories $110.64 06/21/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1125221599 CMS
Abbott Laboratories $84.05 06/21/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1125221601 CMS
Abbott Laboratories $92.50 07/01/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1125221603 CMS
Abbott Laboratories $86.83 07/01/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1125221605 CMS
Abbott Laboratories $173.06 07/03/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1125221607 CMS
Abbott Laboratories $110.99 08/26/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1125221609 CMS
Abbott Laboratories $111.10 08/26/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1125221611 CMS
Abbott Laboratories $90.01 08/26/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1125221613 CMS
Abbott Laboratories $146.84 08/26/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1125221615 CMS
Abbott Laboratories $83.77 09/17/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1125221617 CMS
Abbott Laboratories $81.31 09/17/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1125221619 CMS
Abbott Laboratories $110.59 09/17/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1125221621 CMS
Abbott Laboratories $105.16 10/31/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1125221623 CMS
Abbott Laboratories $85.50 10/31/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1125221625 CMS
Abbott Laboratories $79.10 12/03/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1125221627 CMS
Abbott Laboratories $104.95 12/03/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1125221629 CMS
Abbott Laboratories $68.66 12/30/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1125221631 CMS
Abbott Laboratories $139.15 12/30/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1125221633 CMS
Alon Medical Technology $79.26 04/02/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1089020017 CMS
Boston Scientific Corporation $79.58 06/24/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1092588363 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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