Richard Hurley
Orthopaedic Surgery of the Spine · Fort Sam Houston, TXNPI 1851653729
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 142 payments — averaging $159.59 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Globus Medical$7K
- Alphatec Spine, Inc$7K
- Zimvie Inc.$3K
- Stryker$2K
- Si-bone, Inc.$1K
- Medtronic$702
- plus $3K from 15 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$15,22867%
- Food & beverage$7,30332%
- Entertainment$1301%
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) | 35 | $6,832 |
| Alphatec Spine, Inc | 23 | $6,577 |
| Zimvie Inc. | 6 | $2,878 |
| Stryker | 21 | $1,946 |
| Si-bone, Inc. | 11 | $1,080 |
| Medtronic | 10 | $702 |
| Curiteva, Inc. | 2 | $494 |
| Cerapedics Inc. | 2 | $347 |
| Orthofix Medical, Inc. | 13 | $314 |
| Centinel Spine, LLC | 2 | $287 |
| Republic Spine | 1 | $173 |
| Abbott | 2 | $169 |
| Relievant Medsystems, Inc. | 3 | $167 |
| Medinc Of Texas | 2 | $163 |
| Kuros Biosciences USA, Inc | 2 | $133 |
| Argentum Medical | 1 | $130 |
| Curonix LLC | 1 | $98 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 2 | $66 |
| SPR Therapeutics, Inc | 1 | $59 |
| Misonix Inc | 1 | $33 |
| Boston Scientific | 1 | $13 |
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.
- Other - Miscellaneous$5,548
- Vital$2,844
- ExcelsiusGPS Robotic Navigation System$2,194
- CREO 5.5$1,777
- XLIF$1,495
- EVEREST SPINAL SYSTEM$865
- Excelsius Robotics System$473
- Solus ALIF$395
- I-FACTOR PEPTIDE ENHANCED BONE GRAFT$347
- Intracept$235
- iFuse Implant$226
- Physio-Stim$220
- nanoLOCK-L$200
- Osteocel$173
- AERO-LL$161
- UNID_PASS$155
- PRODISC L$152
- CD HORIZON SPINAL SYSTEM$150
- Proclaim IPG$148
- TRITANIUM$145
How this compares
$22,662 in reported general payments places this provider in the 55th percentile of 207 orthopaedic surgery of the spine providers in Texas.
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Most prescribed under Part D
| Drug | Claims | Cost to plans & patients |
|---|---|---|
| Celecoxib | 19 | $1,377 |
| Gabapentin | 27 | $229 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other orthopaedic surgery of the spine in Fort Sam Houston
- Randall DryerAustin$2.9M
- Craig KuhnsAustin$2.7M
- David WimberleyHouston$2.2M
- Jeffrey PhelpsNorth Richland Hills$1.9M
- Eric WieserArlington$1.5M
- Richard GuyerPlano$1.3M
- Andrew ClavennaDallas$1.3M
- Ivan ChengKyle$1.2M
- Stephen TolhurstFlower Mound$1.1M
- Michael ObrienPlano$1M
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.