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

BLAKE NOLAN STAUB

Allopathic & Osteopathic Physicians Neurological Surgery

NPI
1851525943
CMS profile
387444
Location
HOUSTON, TX

General Payments · PY2018–2024

$124,662.32

  • Reported across 216 records
  • CMS publication 2026-01-23

Latest program year · PY2024

$27,053.33

36 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 $20,315.00 9
Travel and Lodging $5,326.90 12
Food and Beverage $1,411.43 15

By paying entity

PY2024 · sorted by reported total

Paying entityAmountRecords
Alphatec Spine, Inc $23,217.28 19
Medtronic, Inc. $1,890.00 4
Globus Medical, Inc. $921.82 5
DeGen Medical, Inc. $260.96 1
Nexxt Spine LLC $234.60 1
BIOCOMPOSITES INC $227.84 2
Orthofix Medical, Inc. $180.43 3
Centinel Spine, LLC $120.40 1

By program year

All program years on this page · sorted by year

Program yearAmountRecords
PY2018 $14,881.13 52
PY2019 $19,939.68 42
PY2020 $15,363.54 17
PY2021 $10,566.11 19
PY2022 $18,820.91 27
PY2023 $18,037.62 23
PY2024 $27,053.33 36

Payment records · PY2024 (36)

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 $25.00 03/13/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1095486013 CMS
Alphatec Spine, Inc $1,588.22 03/13/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1095486015 CMS
Alphatec Spine, Inc $2,250.00 04/01/2024 Consulting Fee Undisputed 01/23/2026 1095485941 CMS
Alphatec Spine, Inc $25.00 04/16/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1095486017 CMS
Alphatec Spine, Inc $64.67 04/16/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1095486019 CMS
Alphatec Spine, Inc $7,125.00 05/02/2024 Consulting Fee Undisputed 01/23/2026 1095485943 CMS
Alphatec Spine, Inc $231.04 05/02/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1095485945 CMS
Alphatec Spine, Inc $435.27 05/02/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1095485947 CMS
Alphatec Spine, Inc $445.00 05/09/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1095485993 CMS
Alphatec Spine, Inc $102.82 05/23/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1095486039 CMS
Alphatec Spine, Inc $30.00 08/26/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1095486025 CMS
Alphatec Spine, Inc $1,350.95 08/26/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1095486027 CMS
Alphatec Spine, Inc $3,000.00 09/05/2024 Consulting Fee Undisputed 01/23/2026 1095485955 CMS
Alphatec Spine, Inc $18.24 10/17/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1095486123 CMS
Alphatec Spine, Inc $577.00 11/07/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1095486001 CMS
Alphatec Spine, Inc $5,375.00 11/14/2024 Consulting Fee Undisputed 01/23/2026 1095485979 CMS
Alphatec Spine, Inc $217.48 11/14/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1095485981 CMS
Alphatec Spine, Inc $337.27 12/09/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1095486119 CMS
Alphatec Spine, Inc $19.32 12/10/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1095486121 CMS
BIOCOMPOSITES INC $123.60 03/19/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1146433206 CMS
BIOCOMPOSITES INC $104.24 03/19/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1146433208 CMS
Centinel Spine, LLC $120.40 06/26/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1133892948 CMS
DeGen Medical, Inc. $260.96 01/17/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1087653156 CMS
Globus Medical, Inc. $13.46 01/04/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1145008267 CMS
Globus Medical, Inc. $675.00 02/15/2024 Consulting Fee Undisputed 01/23/2026 1145008383 CMS
Globus Medical, Inc. $16.00 03/20/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1145008243 CMS
Globus Medical, Inc. $36.74 04/02/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1145008205 CMS
Globus Medical, Inc. $180.62 05/21/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1145008249 CMS
Medtronic, Inc. $870.00 01/30/2024 Consulting Fee Undisputed 01/23/2026 1112037650 CMS
Medtronic, Inc. $145.00 04/10/2024 Consulting Fee Undisputed 01/23/2026 1112037652 CMS
Medtronic, Inc. $725.00 04/22/2024 Consulting Fee Undisputed 01/23/2026 1112037654 CMS
Medtronic, Inc. $150.00 10/29/2024 Consulting Fee Undisputed 01/23/2026 1112054876 CMS
Nexxt Spine LLC $234.60 07/11/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1144986981 CMS
Orthofix Medical, Inc. $87.46 08/18/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1127588957 CMS
Orthofix Medical, Inc. $22.24 10/12/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1127589003 CMS
Orthofix Medical, Inc. $70.73 11/07/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1127589005 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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