Physician profile

Howard C Harper

Surgery · Opelika, AL

NPI 1184654592

$1,398.22

in general payments reported to CMS, 2019-2025

28 companies · $74.59 in 2025

The $74.59 reported for 2025 was less than what a typical Surgery provider received nationally (typical 2025 total: $281).

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Payments by year

General payments by program year, as reported to CMS.

What the payments were for

Nature of payment as categorized by the reporting companies: meals, consulting, travel, and so on.

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Payment typeAmount (2023-2025)
Food and Beverage$319.99

Payment-type detail covers 2023-2025; earlier years are included in totals but not broken out here.

Who reported paying

General payments only, as reported to CMS. Product names cover 2023-2025.

CompanyGeneral paymentsYearsTop products
Inari Medical, INC. $303.51 2022
W. L. Gore & Associates, INC. $279.48 2019-2024 Excluder Conformable Aaa Endoprosthesis With Active Control
Intuitive Surgical, INC. $164.40 2020-2023 Da Vinci Surgical System
Angiodynamics, INC. $60.12 2019-2025 Auryon Laser System 100-120 Vac
Bard Peripheral Vascular, INC. $50.33 2019-2021
Boston Scientific Corporation $39.25 2021-2022
Artivion, INC. $38.27 2022-2024 Bioglue Surgical Adhesive, Photofix Decellularized Bovine Pericardium
Acera Surgical, INC. $37.90 2019-2024 Restrata Wound Matrix
Tela Bio, INC. $34.85 2020-2023 Ovitex Reinforced Bioscaffold With Permanent Polymer (Ovitex)
Phathom Pharmaceuticals, INC. $34.24 2025 Voquezna
Smith+Nephew, INC. $30.78 2019-2021
Ethicon US, LLC $29.47 2021-2023 Echelon; Endopath
Elucent Medical $26.37 2025
Janssen Pharmaceuticals, INC $26.35 2019-2020
Integra Lifesciences Corporation $24.59 2024 Integra, Surgimend, Omnigraft
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CompanyGeneral paymentsYearsTop products
Allergan, INC. $23.99 2021
Medtronic Vascular, INC. $23.37 2019
Kerecis Limited $19.50 2024 Kerecis Omega3 Marigen, Kerecis Omega3 Graftguide, Kerecis Omega3 Surgiclose
Cardinal Health 414 LLC $18.42 2019
Innocoll Pharmaceuticals Limited $17.02 2021
Polynovo North America LLC $16.11 2022
Cook Medical LLC $15.92 2024 Zenith Spiral-Z
Medtronic, INC. $15.72 2023 Signia
Exact Sciences Corporation $15.72 2024 Cologuard Collection Kit
Lsi Solutions INC $14.62 2021
E.R. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. $13.00 2021
Focal Therapeutics, INC. $12.86 2021
Aesculap, INC. $12.06 2019

Drugs and devices associated with these payments

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Payment summary

Howard C Harper

$1,398.22

in general payments reported 2019-2025

Years
2019-2025
Top company
Inari Medical, INC.
Context
The $74.59 reported for 2025 was less than what a typical Surgery provider received nationally (typical 2025 total: $281).

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Source: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019-2025. Payments are legal and often routine.

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Source: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019-2025, as reported to CMS by drug and device makers (published June 30, 2026). Drug and device detail covers 2023-2025.