Jessica Stark, MD
Neurological Surgery · Houston, TXNPI 1174888341
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — consulting fees (48.0%), food and beverage and travel and lodging — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 14 manufacturers reported payments, led by Stryker at 35.0% of the total. 2025 is the largest year on record at $37,594, 9.0 times the $4,180 reported in 2019. Among neurological surgery clinicians in TX 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 675 payments — averaging $114.94 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Stryker$27K
- Medical Device Business Services, Inc.$21K
- VB Spine LLC$14K
- Globus Medical$4K
- Johnson & Johnson$3K
- Si-bone, Inc.$2K
- plus $6K from 8 others
Across 1 payment — averaging $7975.00 each. Payments tied to a research study. These frequently flow through the physician to a hospital or research institution rather than to the physician personally.
- Si-bone, Inc.$8K
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$37,24048%
- Travel & lodging$16,79122%
- Food & beverage$23,55730%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Stryker | 411 | $27,164 |
| Medical Device Business Services, Inc. | 38 | $20,618 |
| VB Spine LLC | 1 | $14,000 |
| Globus Medical(2 entities) | 69 | $4,132 |
| Johnson & Johnson(2 entities) | 56 | $3,106 |
| Si-bone, Inc. | 58 | $2,422 |
| Spineart USA Inc | 8 | $2,052 |
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 18 | $1,717 |
| Alphatec Spine, Inc | 4 | $1,113 |
| Providence Medical Technology, Inc. | 8 | $590 |
| Depuy Synthes Products, Inc. | 1 | $490 |
| Abbott | 1 | $128 |
| Cerapedics Inc. | 1 | $36 |
| Checkpoint Surgical, Inc | 1 | $19 |
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.
- CASCADIA INTERBODY SYSTEM$12,623
- EVEREST SPINAL SYSTEM$4,340
- Teligen$3,072
- SYNFIX Evolution$2,367
- TLIF$1,610
- Osteocel$1,239
- Velys$1,093
- Other - Miscellaneous$1,066
- INTELLIS ADAPTIVESTIM$397
- BASE$364
- YUKON OCT SPINAL SYSTEM$298
- MAZOR X SYSTEM$268
- SERRATO$264
- XLIF$247
- CONDUIT$199
- Perla TL$194
- Sable$168
- SwiftSet$158
- FIBERGRAFT Aeridyan Matrix$150
- LessRay$144
How this compares
$77,587 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 582 neurological 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 | 133 | $1,963 |
| Methocarbamol | 104 | $848 |
| Celecoxib | 12 | $719 |
| Gabapentin | 44 | $563 |
| Pregabalin | 16 | $281 |
| Tizanidine Hcl | 19 | $184 |
| Cyclobenzaprine Hcl | 26 | $174 |
| Cephalexin | 27 | $132 |
| Meloxicam | 18 | $72 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other neurological surgery in Houston
- Andrew RoeserHouston$660K
- Paul HolmanHouston$516K
- Taylor GistHouston$447K
- Meng HuangHouston$324K
- Laurence RhinesHouston$322K
- Omar TanweerHouston$254K
- Jeremy WangHouston$231K
- Alexander RopperHouston$208K
- Fangyi ZhangHouston$192K
- Ashwin ViswanathanHouston$185K
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.