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

RYAN J AUSTERMAN

Allopathic & Osteopathic Physicians Neurological Surgery

NPI
1841644168
CMS profile
11461769
Location
TUCSON, AZ

General Payments · PY2023–2024

$34,626.68

  • Reported across 43 records
  • CMS publication 2026-01-23

Latest program year · PY2024

$4,145.48

35 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
Travel and Lodging $2,492.79 5
Food and Beverage $1,652.69 30

By paying entity

PY2024 · sorted by reported total

Paying entityAmountRecords
Alphatec Spine, Inc $2,528.28 6
Medtronic, Inc. $637.36 11
BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION $534.15 13
Orthofix Medical, Inc. $166.35 1
KLS-Martin L.P. $150.00 1
BIOCOMPOSITES INC $83.82 1
NEUROPACE, INC. $27.00 1
Vanda Pharmaceuticals Inc. $18.52 1

By program year

All program years on this page · sorted by year

Program yearAmountRecords
PY2023 $30,481.20 8
PY2024 $4,145.48 35

Payment records · PY2024 (35)

Sorted by paying entity, then date · as published by CMS

Program year 2024 2023 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 $25.00 09/12/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1095495622 CMS
Alphatec Spine, Inc $672.71 09/13/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1095495624 CMS
Alphatec Spine, Inc $925.64 10/03/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1095495526 CMS
Alphatec Spine, Inc $521.44 10/10/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1095495532 CMS
Alphatec Spine, Inc $348.00 10/10/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1095495562 CMS
Alphatec Spine, Inc $35.49 12/17/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1095495702 CMS
BIOCOMPOSITES INC $83.82 09/11/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1146434962 CMS
Boston Scientific Corporation $163.39 01/19/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1092679873 CMS
Boston Scientific Corporation $122.80 06/02/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1092679871 CMS
Boston Scientific Corporation $20.76 06/03/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1092679861 CMS
Boston Scientific Corporation $9.60 07/17/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1092679855 CMS
Boston Scientific Corporation $37.86 07/17/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1092679867 CMS
Boston Scientific Corporation $77.87 07/22/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1092679869 CMS
Boston Scientific Corporation $5.42 08/07/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1092679849 CMS
Boston Scientific Corporation $26.78 08/16/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1092679863 CMS
Boston Scientific Corporation $14.56 08/22/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1092679859 CMS
Boston Scientific Corporation $6.03 09/13/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1092679851 CMS
Boston Scientific Corporation $27.18 09/13/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1092679865 CMS
Boston Scientific Corporation $8.26 09/26/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1092679853 CMS
Boston Scientific Corporation $13.64 12/06/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1092679857 CMS
KLS-Martin L.P. $150.00 07/30/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1144949442 CMS
Medtronic, Inc. $93.41 01/19/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119513197 CMS
Medtronic, Inc. $41.52 02/24/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119513199 CMS
Medtronic, Inc. $49.16 02/24/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119513201 CMS
Medtronic, Inc. $18.80 02/24/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119513203 CMS
Medtronic, Inc. $95.88 06/30/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119513209 CMS
Medtronic, Inc. $84.07 07/10/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119513205 CMS
Medtronic, Inc. $49.31 07/22/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119513211 CMS
Medtronic, Inc. $34.49 08/15/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119513207 CMS
Medtronic, Inc. $13.05 08/26/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119513213 CMS
Medtronic, Inc. $140.39 10/10/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119513215 CMS
Medtronic, Inc. $17.28 10/22/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119513217 CMS
NEUROPACE, INC. $27.00 06/21/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1153273848 CMS
Orthofix Medical, Inc. $166.35 08/29/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1127601250 CMS
Vanda Pharmaceuticals Inc. $18.52 09/18/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1133895519 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
2023, 2024
Source files
Dataset page · Bulk file · PY2023 , PY2024
Generated from
OP_DTL_GNRL_PGYR2024_P01232026_01102026.csv

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