Anthony Alvarado, MD
Neurological Surgery · Kansas City, KSNPI 1346629722
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by grants: $75,000 of the $80,381 with a category attached, or 93.3%. Medtronic accounts for 93.5% of it on its own, with 7 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2022 at $75,144 and has fallen 96.8% since, to $2,432 in 2025. Among neurological surgery clinicians in KS with any reported payments, this total sits in the top 10% — high for the specialty, which is a reason to read the composition above rather than the number alone.
Across 46 payments — averaging $1747.41 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Medtronic$75K
- Globus Medical$4K
- Cerapedics Inc.$392
- Spineology Inc.$382
- Icotec Medical Inc.$155
- Johnson & Johnson$144
- plus $181 from 2 others
What the payments were for
- Grants$75,00093%
- Travel & lodging$3,4084%
- Food & beverage$1,9402%
- Education$330%
General payments by program year
Who reported the general payments
Companies are grouped under their corporate parent — a single manufacturer often files under several CMS reporting entities. Research and ownership payments are counted separately and are not in this table.
| Company | Payments | Total |
|---|---|---|
| Medtronic | 4 | $75,172 |
| Globus Medical(2 entities) | 28 | $3,955 |
| Cerapedics Inc. | 4 | $392 |
| Spineology Inc. | 2 | $382 |
| Icotec Medical Inc. | 1 | $155 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 2 | $144 |
| Zimmer Biomet | 1 | $115 |
| Stryker | 4 | $66 |
What the payments were tied to
Products named in the reported payments. Only payments of $100 or more are attributed here — the typical reported payment nationally is a meal worth about $16, and listing those product-by-product would be noise.
- CD HORIZON SPINAL SYSTEM$75,000
- CALIBER$1,505
- Excelsius - GPS$1,108
- ExcelsiusGPS Robotic Navigation System$724
- OPTIMESH EXPANDABLE INTERBODY FUSION SYSTEM$382
- I-FACTOR PEPTIDE ENHANCED BONE GRAFT$321
- icotec BlackArmor Spine System$155
- VIPER$120
- X-PAC$120
- FIBERGRAFT BG Morsels$120
- CONDUIT$120
- INFINITY OCCIPITOCERVICAL UPPER THORACIC SYSTEM$116
- 1.5mm Neuro$115
How this compares
$80,381 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 63 neurological surgery providers in Kansas.
Medicare billing
What this is not: this is the amount Original Medicare Part B allowed for services this provider billed in 2024. It is not their income. It excludes Medicare Advantage — now more than half of all Medicare enrollment — along with Medicaid and all commercial insurance, and it is gross practice revenue before staff, rent, supplies and malpractice premiums. CMS also suppresses any figure covering ten or fewer patients, so low-volume providers appear smaller than they are.
Most prescribed under Part D
| Drug | Claims | Cost to plans & patients |
|---|---|---|
| Methocarbamol | 22 | $175 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other neurological surgery in Kansas City
- Frank HolladayKansas City$349K
- Koji EbersoleKansas City$123K
- Jeremy PetersonKansas City$28K
- Justin DavisKansas City$24K
- Sarah WoodrowKansas City$21K
- Christopher MillerKansas City$20K
- Ifije OhiorhenuanKansas City$17K
- Michael KinsmanKansas City$12K
- Bailey YekzamanKansas City$3K
- Zihan MasoodKansas City$3K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Billing: Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners, data year 2024. Original Medicare Part B only.
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.