Jason Alder, MD
Orthopaedic Surgery · Plano, TXNPI 1912225483
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — consulting fees (48.1%), speaking fees and travel and lodging — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 19 manufacturers reported payments, led by Medtronic at 31.8% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2024 at $27,080 and has fallen 79.3% since, to $5,595 in 2025.
Across 152 payments — averaging $374.30 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Medtronic$18K
- DJO, LLC$13K
- Alphatec Spine, Inc$9K
- Spine Wave, Inc.$7K
- Cerapedics Inc.$5K
- 4web, Inc.$4K
- plus $1K from 13 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$27,34548%
- Speaking & faculty fees$12,50422%
- Travel & lodging$11,11520%
- Food & beverage$5,92910%
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(2 entities) | 54 | $18,073 |
| DJO, LLC | 16 | $12,714 |
| Alphatec Spine, Inc | 25 | $8,621 |
| Spine Wave, Inc. | 10 | $6,521 |
| Cerapedics Inc. | 18 | $5,421 |
| 4web, Inc. | 5 | $4,117 |
| Stryker | 5 | $326 |
| Providence Medical Technology, Inc. | 3 | $274 |
| VB Spine LLC | 1 | $226 |
| Si-bone, Inc. | 2 | $134 |
| Acumed LLC | 1 | $125 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 4 | $109 |
| Ulrich Medical USA, Inc. | 1 | $51 |
| Choice Spine, LLC | 1 | $47 |
| Bioventus LLC | 1 | $43 |
| Hologic Sales And Service, LLC | 2 | $32 |
| Grifols USA, LLC | 1 | $27 |
| Radius Health, Inc. | 1 | $17 |
| Globus Medical | 1 | $15 |
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.
- KYPHON EXPRESS II KYPHOPAK TRAY$12,665
- PROCARE$9,596
- Other - Miscellaneous$6,593
- I-FACTOR PEPTIDE ENHANCED BONE GRAFT$5,114
- SPINE TRUSS SYSTEM$4,050
- SALVO SPINE SYSTEM$3,271
- DONJOY$2,765
- EXCEED BIPLANAR EXPANDABLE INTERBODY SYSTEM$1,250
- INTELLIS ADAPTIVESTIM$759
- MULTIPLE$513
- OZARK CERVICAL PLATE SYSTEM$226
- KODIAK$183
- MazorX - Renaissance$169
- MONTEREY AL$156
- CMF$153
- INVICTUS OPEN$135
- Clavicle Plating System$125
- Elbow Plating System$125
- Anatomic Radial Head System$125
- ELEVATE$122
How this compares
$56,893 in reported general payments places this provider in the 85th percentile of 1,337 orthopaedic surgery providers in Texas.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 152 | $1,651 |
| Gabapentin | 157 | $1,551 |
| Pregabalin | 80 | $1,179 |
| Cyclobenzaprine Hcl | 77 | $629 |
| Tizanidine Hcl | 43 | $564 |
| Celecoxib | 36 | $499 |
| Tramadol Hcl | 77 | $304 |
| Meloxicam | 79 | $291 |
| Methocarbamol | 32 | $290 |
| Cephalexin | 59 | $246 |
| Oxycodone-AcetaminophenOxycodone Hcl/Acetaminophen | 14 | $135 |
| Acetaminophen-CodeineAcetaminophen With Codeine | 12 | $133 |
| Methylprednisolone | 17 | $120 |
| Diazepam | 11 | $10 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other orthopaedic surgery in Plano
- Isador LiebermanPlano$1.3M
- Gerhard MaalePlano$983K
- Jack ZiglerPlano$949K
- Michael SchwartzPlano$639K
- Cyrus AbbaschianPlano$605K
- Khalid YousufPlano$485K
- Robert JohnsonPlano$217K
- Stephen BurkhartSan Antonio$185.3M
- Kirby HittTemple$9.1M
- Robert GrahamAustin$6.3M
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.