Ryan McCormack
Neurological Surgery · Houston, TXNPI 1962922146
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by travel and lodging: $10,940 of the $18,092 with a category attached, or 60.5%. 16 manufacturers reported payments, led by Alphatec Spine, Inc at 25.3% of the total. 2025 is the largest year on record at $12,886, more than ten times the $22 reported in 2023.
Across 139 payments — averaging $130.16 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Alphatec Spine, Inc$5K
- Medical Device Business Services, Inc.$4K
- Globus Medical$3K
- Orthofix Medical, Inc.$1K
- Johnson & Johnson$1K
- Synthes GmbH$930
- plus $3K from 10 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$10,94060%
- Food & beverage$7,15240%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Alphatec Spine, Inc | 14 | $4,582 |
| Medical Device Business Services, Inc. | 27 | $4,193 |
| Globus Medical | 20 | $2,519 |
| Orthofix Medical, Inc. | 14 | $1,464 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 27 | $1,361 |
| Synthes GmbH | 2 | $930 |
| Si-bone, Inc. | 5 | $627 |
| Abbott | 6 | $487 |
| Icotec Medical Inc. | 9 | $468 |
| VB Spine LLC | 5 | $455 |
| Medtronic | 2 | $287 |
| Stryker | 3 | $252 |
| Carlsmed, Inc. | 1 | $198 |
| Integra Lifesciences Corporation | 1 | $173 |
| Baxter Healthcare | 1 | $56 |
| Livanova USA, Inc. | 2 | $40 |
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$4,005
- VIPER$2,263
- Excelsius - GPS$1,832
- Teligen$1,008
- Mariner Deformity$911
- Velys$496
- INVICTUS OPEN$328
- PROCLAIM$304
- MISCELLANEOUS$202
- aprevo$198
- EVEREST SPINAL SYSTEM$190
- VADER PEDICLE SYSTEM 6.0, SCREW, Carbon/PEEK, POLYAX., FEN., O 5.5 X 45 MM$181
- KONG-TL VBR E, EXPANDABLE BODY, L, 19 MM X 27 - 37 MM$181
- VADER PEDICLE SYSTEM, ROD, Carbon/PEEK, CURVED, 6.0 R450 X 200 MM$181
- KONG-TL VBR, END PLATE, RECTANGULAR, M AND SCREW, 12 X 33 MM$181
- KONG-TL VBR, END PLATE, ROUND, L AND SCREW, 12 X 43 MM$181
- CODMAN CERTAS$173
- CUSA CLARITY$173
- CODMAN HAKIM$173
- DURASEAL EXACT SPINAL SEALANT SYSTEM$173
How this compares
$18,092 in reported general payments places this provider in the 75th percentile of 582 neurological surgery providers in Texas.
Other neurological surgery in Houston
- Andrew RoeserHouston$660K
- Paul HolmanHouston$516K
- Taylor GistHouston$447K
- Meng HuangHouston$324K
- Laurence RhinesHouston$322K
- Omar TanweerHouston$254K
- Jeremy WangHouston$231K
- Alexander RopperHouston$208K
- Fangyi ZhangHouston$192K
- Ashwin ViswanathanHouston$185K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.