Jorge Urquiaga
Neurological Surgery · St. Louis, MONPI 1952831208
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — food and beverage (59.5%), travel and lodging and entertainment — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. It is spread thinly across 23 manufacturers, the largest accounting for just 22.4%.
Across 88 payments — averaging $95.01 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Medical Device Business Services, Inc.$2K
- Johnson & Johnson$2K
- Globus Medical$1K
- Lifenet Health$615
- Stryker$506
- Spineology Inc.$376
- plus $2K from 17 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$3,20438%
- Food & beverage$4,97760%
- Entertainment$1802%
Most of this is food and beverage — typically meals provided during product presentations at a clinic or hospital. Nationally that is the single largest category of reported payments by count.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Medical Device Business Services, Inc. | 9 | $1,869 |
| Johnson & Johnson(2 entities) | 25 | $1,861 |
| Globus Medical | 12 | $1,461 |
| Lifenet Health | 4 | $615 |
| Stryker | 10 | $506 |
| Spineology Inc. | 3 | $376 |
| Arthrex | 1 | $352 |
| GT Medical Technologies, Inc | 2 | $307 |
| Cerapedics Inc. | 1 | $134 |
| Brainlab, Inc. | 2 | $125 |
| NICO Corporation | 1 | $123 |
| Penumbra, Inc. | 1 | $100 |
| Abbott | 2 | $99 |
| Zimmer Biomet | 2 | $79 |
| Corelink, LLC | 4 | $79 |
| Alphatec Spine, Inc | 1 | $70 |
| Elite Orthopedics, LLC | 2 | $49 |
| Medtronic | 1 | $43 |
| VGI Medical, LLC | 1 | $39 |
| Solventum Corporation | 1 | $21 |
| Biocomposites Inc | 1 | $21 |
| Boston Scientific | 1 | $19 |
| Zavation Medical Products, LLC | 1 | $11 |
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.
- Teligen$2,274
- Excelsius - GPS$781
- Vivigen MIS$449
- MATRIXNEURO$389
- OPTIMESH EXPANDABLE INTERBODY FUSION SYSTEM$376
- GammaTile$307
- SYMPHONY$240
- ExcelsiusGPS Robotic Navigation System$167
- EVEREST SPINAL SYSTEM$155
- RELINE$148
- XLIF$148
- Modulus$140
- I-FACTOR PEPTIDE ENHANCED BONE GRAFT$134
- DURAMATRIX$132
- ADHERUS AUTOSPRAY DURAL SEALANT$132
- NICO AUTOMATED PRESERVATION SYSTEM$123
- NICO BRAINPATH$123
- NICO MENIGLIDE$123
- NICO SECUREHOLD$123
- NICO FLUID SYSTEM$123
How this compares
$8,361 in reported general payments places this provider in the 70th percentile of 172 neurological surgery providers in Missouri.
Other neurological surgery in St. Louis
- Neill WrightSaint Louis$1.1M
- Wilson RaySaint Louis$586K
- Carlos BagleyKansas City$532K
- Kaywan GamadiaCape Girardeau$458K
- Camilo MolinaSaint Louis$412K
- Paul SantiagoSaint Louis$368K
- Daniel ScodarySaint Louis$278K
- Daniel HafezSaint Louis$273K
- John OgunladeSaint Louis$220K
- Parag PatilSaint Joseph$167K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.