John Lopez, MD
Neurological Surgery · Fairbanks, AKNPI 1477504066
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — consulting fees (37.1%), royalties or licence payments and travel and lodging — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 9 manufacturers reported payments, led by Precision Spine, Inc. at 52.4% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2022 at $4,474 and has fallen 66.5% since, to $1,500 in 2025.
Across 30 payments — averaging $427.33 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Precision Spine, Inc.$7K
- Nexus Spine, LLC$3K
- Brainlab, Inc.$2K
- Centinel Spine, LLC$1K
- Richard Wolf Medical Instruments Corp.$309
- Bioventus LLC$93
- plus $88 from 3 others
Across 7 payments — averaging $72,373 each. An ownership or investment interest held by the physician or an immediate family member.
- Sixth Street Solutions, LLC$507K
What the payments were for
- Royalty or licence$2,96423%
- Consulting fees$4,75037%
- Speaking & faculty fees$1,50012%
- Travel & lodging$2,16217%
- Food & beverage$5064%
- Gifts$7786%
- Entertainment$1601%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Precision Spine, Inc. | 4 | $6,714 |
| Nexus Spine, LLC | 17 | $2,967 |
| Brainlab, Inc. | 2 | $1,649 |
| Centinel Spine, LLC | 1 | $1,000 |
| Richard Wolf Medical Instruments Corp. | 1 | $309 |
| Bioventus LLC | 1 | $93 |
| Cerapedics Inc. | 2 | $58 |
| Summit Surgical Corp. | 1 | $15 |
| Stryker | 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.
- Reform Ti Pedicle Screw System$3,750
- SHURFIT LUMBAR INTERBODY SYSTEM$2,964
- Brainlab, Inc.$1,500
- STALIF L FLX$1,000
- PressOn$905
- Image Guided Surgical Device$149
How this compares
Too few neurological surgery providers in Alaskato place this figure against a meaningful peer group, so we don't.
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.
Other neurological surgery in Fairbanks
- Paul JensenFairbanks$829
- Samuel WallerAnchorage$45K
- Estrada BernardAnchorage$29K
- Timothy CohenAnchorage$20K
- le HeAnchorage$18K
- Richard PerrinAnchorage$15K
- David PaulsonAnchorage$10K
- Brian MillerAnchorage$6K
- James BalesAnchorage$2K
- Susanne FixAnchorage$980
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.