Kristopher Hooten, MD
Neurological Surgery · Bethesda, MDNPI 1528296076
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — travel and lodging (59.8%), food and beverage and consulting fees — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. Globus Medical accounts for 62.3% of it on its own, with 12 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2022 at $6,511 and has fallen 71.1% since, to $1,884 in 2025.
Across 102 payments — averaging $170.98 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Globus Medical$11K
- Zimmer Biomet$3K
- Carlsmed, Inc.$1K
- Irras USA, Inc.$642
- Medtronic$476
- Stryker$453
- plus $1K from 7 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$2,80016%
- Speaking & faculty fees$6424%
- Travel & lodging$10,43060%
- Food & beverage$3,56820%
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) | 61 | $10,857 |
| Zimmer Biomet | 11 | $2,659 |
| Carlsmed, Inc. | 6 | $1,169 |
| Irras USA, Inc. | 1 | $642 |
| Medtronic | 6 | $476 |
| Stryker | 7 | $453 |
| Zimvie Inc. | 1 | $300 |
| Spineology Inc. | 1 | $208 |
| Orthofix Medical, Inc. | 2 | $194 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 2 | $167 |
| Spine Wave, Inc. | 2 | $127 |
| Microtransponder, Inc. | 1 | $106 |
| KARL Storz Endoscopy-america | 1 | $81 |
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.
- XLIF$9,054
- The Tether$2,411
- aprevo$1,030
- IRRASflow$642
- Excelsius - GPS$334
- CAPRI CORPECTOMY CAGE SYSTEM$313
- Mobi-C$300
- OPTIMESH EXPANDABLE INTERBODY FUSION SYSTEM$208
- Pulse$167
- RELINE$142
- Cervical-Stim Osteogenesis Stimulator$121
- Spinal-Stim Osteogenesis Stimulator$121
- COHERE$115
How this compares
$17,440 in reported general payments places this provider in the 75th percentile of 133 neurological surgery providers in Maryland.
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 Bethesda
- Louis ChangBethesda$18K
- Edjah NduomBethesda$18K
- Zachary LevineBethesda$14K
- Alexander CoonBaltimore$2.7M
- Charles SansurBaltimore$1.8M
- Faheem SandhuClinton$1.5M
- Nicholas TheodoreBaltimore$833K
- Daniel SciubbaBaltimore$789K
- Hugo BenalcazarBel Air$380K
- Henry BremBaltimore$353K
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.