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

DANIEL L CAVANAUGH

Allopathic & Osteopathic Physicians Orthopaedic Surgery Orthopaedic Surgery of the Spine

NPI
1790004984
CMS profile
307700
Location
CHAPEL HILL, NC

General Payments · PY2018–2024

$206,389.52

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

Latest program year · PY2024

$30,224.89

21 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 $22,875.00 3
Travel and Lodging $6,392.39 9
Food and Beverage $957.50 9

By paying entity

PY2024 · sorted by reported total

Paying entityAmountRecords
Alphatec Spine, Inc $29,671.09 15
Medtronic, Inc. $178.15 1
BAXTER HEALTHCARE $142.00 1
Nevro Corp. $126.54 1
Arteriocyte Medical Systems, Inc. $61.38 1
Electronic Waveform Lab, Inc. $45.73 2

By program year

All program years on this page · sorted by year

Program yearAmountRecords
PY2018 $535.80 11
PY2019 $6,685.88 21
PY2020 $4,636.93 24
PY2021 $66,195.92 56
PY2022 $64,557.91 54
PY2023 $33,552.19 36
PY2024 $30,224.89 21

Payment records · PY2024 (21)

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
Alphatec Spine, Inc $23.54 01/10/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1095489014 CMS
Alphatec Spine, Inc $25.00 02/05/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1095488974 CMS
Alphatec Spine, Inc $998.95 02/05/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1095488976 CMS
Alphatec Spine, Inc $208.98 02/29/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1095489012 CMS
Alphatec Spine, Inc $328.00 03/14/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1095488958 CMS
Alphatec Spine, Inc $13,000.00 03/19/2024 Consulting Fee Undisputed 01/23/2026 1095488926 CMS
Alphatec Spine, Inc $25.00 07/10/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1095488978 CMS
Alphatec Spine, Inc $1,615.83 07/10/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1095488980 CMS
Alphatec Spine, Inc $171.18 08/13/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1095489030 CMS
Alphatec Spine, Inc $7,125.00 08/22/2024 Consulting Fee Undisputed 01/23/2026 1095488938 CMS
Alphatec Spine, Inc $2,750.00 09/12/2024 Consulting Fee Undisputed 01/23/2026 1095488942 CMS
Alphatec Spine, Inc $973.70 09/19/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1095488966 CMS
Alphatec Spine, Inc $674.54 10/01/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1095489050 CMS
Alphatec Spine, Inc $1,000.06 11/25/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1095488982 CMS
Alphatec Spine, Inc $751.31 12/17/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1095488984 CMS
Arteriocyte Medical Systems, Inc. $61.38 11/20/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1123429387 CMS
Baxter Healthcare $142.00 06/21/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1120647160 CMS
Electronic Waveform Lab, Inc. $23.68 02/27/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1089550817 CMS
Electronic Waveform Lab, Inc. $22.05 07/05/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1089552057 CMS
Medtronic, Inc. $178.15 05/14/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119484892 CMS
Nevro Corp. $126.54 04/09/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1130777341 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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