Christopher Hargett, DO
Neurological Surgery · Dothan, ALNPI 1922243682
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
20 manufacturers reported payments, led by Alphatec Spine, Inc at 41.8% of the total. 2025 is the largest year on record at $1,223, 6.6 times the $187 reported in 2019. That places this record below the midpoint for neurological surgery clinicians in AL, where the typical reported total is $2,898.
Across 57 payments — averaging $45.46 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Alphatec Spine, Inc$1K
- Stryker$247
- Johnson & Johnson$227
- Nevro Corp.$147
- Si-bone, Inc.$142
- Baxter Healthcare$134
- plus $610 from 14 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$1,08342%
- Food & beverage$1,50858%
Most of this is food and beverage — typically meals provided during product presentations at a clinic or hospital. Nationally that is the single largest category of reported payments by count.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Alphatec Spine, Inc | 2 | $1,083 |
| Stryker | 4 | $247 |
| Johnson & Johnson(3 entities) | 8 | $227 |
| Nevro Corp. | 5 | $147 |
| Si-bone, Inc. | 5 | $142 |
| Baxter Healthcare | 2 | $134 |
| Portola Pharmaceuticals, LLC | 7 | $106 |
| Orthofix Medical, Inc. | 5 | $70 |
| Providence Medical Technology, Inc. | 3 | $69 |
| Stimwave Technologies Incorporated | 3 | $58 |
| Kuros Biosciences USA, Inc | 1 | $50 |
| Abbott | 2 | $47 |
| Boston Scientific | 1 | $39 |
| Spinal Elements, Inc. | 1 | $38 |
| Arteriocyte Medical Systems, Inc. | 1 | $32 |
| AstraZeneca | 2 | $28 |
| Integra Lifesciences Corporation | 1 | $25 |
| AbbVie | 1 | $21 |
| Chiesi USA, Inc. | 1 | $18 |
| Kls-martin L.p. | 2 | $9 |
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.
- Other - Miscellaneous$1,083
- CORE$155
- SURGIFLO Hemostatic Matrix$119
- ETHICON$119
- VISTASEAL$119
- EVARREST$119
How this compares
$2,591 in reported general payments places this provider in the 45th percentile of 97 neurological surgery providers in Alabama.
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 | 75 | $721 |
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 62 | $532 |
| Methylprednisolone | 25 | $193 |
| Oxycodone-AcetaminophenOxycodone Hcl/Acetaminophen | 18 | $173 |
| Tramadol Hcl | 14 | $55 |
| Meloxicam | 19 | $44 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other neurological surgery in Dothan
- Nicholas VossDothan$4K
- John JohnsonHuntsville$250K
- Cheng TaoHuntsville$236K
- Mark HadleyBirmingham$104K
- Andrew ErwoodBirmingham$85K
- Marshall HollandBirmingham$81K
- Joel PickettHuntsville$72K
- Richard MengerMobile$70K
- Jason BanksHuntsville$65K
- Jakub GodzikBirmingham$56K
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.