Jason Cormier, MD
Neurological Surgery · Lafayette, LANPI 1982812723
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by royalties or licence payments: $145,477 of the $178,075 with a category attached, or 81.7%. 32 manufacturers reported payments, led by The Institute Of Musculoskeletal Science And Education at 44.4% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2022 at $51,988 and has fallen 73.0% since, to $14,044 in 2025. Among neurological surgery clinicians in LA 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 176 payments — averaging $1011.79 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- The Institute Of Musculoskeletal Science And Education$79K
- Mirus, LLC$79K
- Sanara Medtech Inc.$5K
- Orthofix Medical, Inc.$3K
- Alphatec Spine, Inc$3K
- Cerapedics Inc.$2K
- plus $7K from 26 others
What the payments were for
- Royalty or licence$145,47782%
- Consulting fees$3,2002%
- Speaking & faculty fees$7,0704%
- Travel & lodging$14,0868%
- Food & beverage$8,2415%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| The Institute Of Musculoskeletal Science And Education | 23 | $79,088 |
| Mirus, LLC | 30 | $78,687 |
| Sanara Medtech Inc. | 2 | $5,414 |
| Orthofix Medical, Inc. | 17 | $3,117 |
| Alphatec Spine, Inc | 12 | $2,868 |
| Cerapedics Inc. | 2 | $1,655 |
| Stryker | 18 | $1,386 |
| Augmedics Inc. | 4 | $1,098 |
| Camber Spine Technologies LLC | 12 | $1,088 |
| Aesculap Implant Systems, LLC | 7 | $705 |
| Centinel Spine, LLC | 5 | $632 |
| Irras USA, Inc. | 2 | $270 |
| Saluda Medical Americas, Inc. | 2 | $247 |
| Wenzel Spine, Inc. | 1 | $247 |
| Globus Medical | 3 | $239 |
| Curiteva, Inc. | 1 | $220 |
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 5 | $144 |
| Zimmer Biomet | 2 | $142 |
| Ulrich Medical USA, Inc. | 1 | $124 |
| Kuros Biosciences USA, Inc | 1 | $116 |
| Si-bone, Inc. | 7 | $111 |
| Johnson & Johnson(2 entities) | 5 | $104 |
| Providence Medical Technology, Inc. | 1 | $89 |
| Nevro Corp. | 4 | $77 |
| Philips North America LLC | 1 | $52 |
| Aesculap, Inc. | 1 | $36 |
| Arbor Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 2 | $35 |
| Portola Pharmaceuticals, LLC | 1 | $21 |
| Viseon, Inc. | 1 | $18 |
| Misonix Inc | 1 | $17 |
| Boston Scientific | 1 | $16 |
| Assertio Therapeutics, Inc. | 1 | $12 |
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.
- EUROPA Pedicle Screw System$78,597
- CYGNUS Anterior Cervical Plate$76,407
- IO Expandable Lumbar Interbody$59,833
- MiRus 3DR Lumbar Interbody System$36,311
- RIGEL 3DR Cervical Interbody$36,311
- Enza 2.0$28,167
- Spira$24,482
- Enza$12,078
- CellerateRx$5,414
- Xvision$5,368
- Other - Miscellaneous$2,620
- M6-C$2,088
- i-FACTOR Putty$1,655
- ACTIVL ARTIFICIAL DISC$592
- Ascent$498
- PRODISC C VIVO$350
- IRRASflow$254
- Evoke SCS$247
- Varilift$247
- NEW PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT$242
How this compares
$178,075 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 116 neurological surgery providers in Louisiana.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Oxycodone-AcetaminophenOxycodone Hcl/Acetaminophen | 11 | $168 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other neurological surgery in Lafayette
- Jayme TrahanLafayette$68K
- Ahmad ElakilLafayette$12K
- Saul Morales ValeroLafayette$9K
- Alan AppleyLafayette$8K
- Todd FountainLafayette$6K
- Ilyas MunshiLafayette$5K
- Anthony SinShreveport$1.5M
- Sebastian KogaHammond$720K
- Eric OberlanderBaton Rouge$660K
- Najeeb ThomasMetairie$440K
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.