Joaquin Hidalgo, MD
Neurological Surgery · Tupelo, MSNPI 1063777472
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by travel and lodging: $6,925 of the $11,478 with a category attached, or 60.3%. 28 manufacturers reported payments, led by Globus Medical at 26.7% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2024 at $5,046 and has fallen 86.4% since, to $686 in 2025. Among neurological surgery clinicians in MS 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 136 payments — averaging $84.39 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Globus Medical$3K
- Alphatec Spine, Inc$1K
- Stryker$1K
- Medical Device Business Services, Inc.$876
- Eli Lilly$835
- Medtronic$830
- plus $3K from 22 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$6,92560%
- Food & beverage$4,55340%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Globus Medical(2 entities) | 7 | $3,062 |
| Alphatec Spine, Inc | 9 | $1,477 |
| Stryker | 7 | $1,182 |
| Medical Device Business Services, Inc. | 3 | $876 |
| Eli Lilly | 17 | $835 |
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 23 | $830 |
| ALON Medical Technology | 7 | $825 |
| Si-bone, Inc. | 13 | $417 |
| Providence Medical Technology, Inc. | 5 | $349 |
| Arthrex | 4 | $297 |
| Zimmer Biomet | 2 | $209 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 3 | $201 |
| Arbor Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 7 | $129 |
| Spineology Inc. | 1 | $117 |
| Cerapedics Inc. | 1 | $114 |
| Integra Lifesciences Corporation | 2 | $109 |
| AstraZeneca(2 entities) | 5 | $95 |
| Azurity Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 4 | $65 |
| Orthofix Medical, Inc. | 3 | $57 |
| Boston Scientific | 3 | $51 |
| Baxter Healthcare | 1 | $34 |
| Chiesi USA, Inc. | 2 | $32 |
| Davol Inc. | 2 | $28 |
| Portola Pharmaceuticals, LLC | 1 | $24 |
| Innovation Technologies Inc | 1 | $23 |
| Augmedics Inc. | 1 | $15 |
| 4web, Inc. | 1 | $14 |
| Kerecis Limited | 1 | $10 |
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.
- Excelsius - GPS$1,505
- XLIF$1,399
- EVEREST SPINAL SYSTEM$1,029
- Teligen$876
- Other - Miscellaneous$719
- HTR-PEKK$136
- Neuro Plating System$136
- INTELLIS ADAPTIVESTIM$129
- OPTIMESH EXPANDABLE INTERBODY FUSION SYSTEM$117
- I-FACTOR PEPTIDE ENHANCED BONE GRAFT$114
- Velys$105
How this compares
$11,478 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 54 neurological surgery providers in Mississippi.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Mupirocin | 55 | $376 |
| Gabapentin | 27 | $361 |
| Tramadol Hcl | 12 | $36 |
| Methocarbamol | 11 | $31 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other neurological surgery in Tupelo
- Elbert WhiteTupelo$3K
- Carl BeveringTupelo$3K
- Louis RosaTupelo$624
- Daniel DuranTupelo$554
- John WinestoneTupelo$191
- Richard BoboTupelo$69
- Eric WolfsonGulfport$260K
- Allison StricklandJackson$75K
- Remi NaderGulfport$30K
- Jason StacyJackson$28K
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.