Official source Data mirrored from Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Open Payments · General Payments · as published 2026-01-23 View official record Methodology

Covered recipient · General Payments record

RAYMOND G GASTON

Allopathic & Osteopathic Physicians Orthopaedic Surgery Hand Surgery

NPI
1053334367
CMS profile
1246974
Location
CHARLOTTE, NC

General Payments · PY2018–2024

$443,615.85

  • Reported across 412 records
  • CMS publication 2026-01-23

Latest program year · PY2024

$54,833.11

63 records · 0 disputed

Financial relationships do not necessarily indicate an improper relationship; the data is open to interpretation.

How these totals are calculated
  • The total is the sum of the General Payments records CMS published for the labeled program year(s), exactly as published. Nothing is estimated, weighted, or combined across categories.
  • General Payments only. Research and Ownership/Investment are separate datasets and are never summed with these figures; amounts are kept separate per program year.
  • Featured-page threshold (a presentation gate, not a judgment): records>=3 OR total>=100 (all years).
  • Methodology & Data — sourcing, labeling, and limitations.

By nature of payment

PY2024 · sorted by reported total

By paying entity

PY2024 · sorted by reported total

Paying entityAmountRecords
Stryker Corporation $28,252.98 40
Endo USA, Inc. $14,155.21 5
ENCORE MEDICAL, LP $9,986.34 5
Pharmaceutical Business Consultants Limited $1,000.00 2
Ossur Americas, Inc. $460.57 4
Checkpoint Surgical, Inc $400.00 1
AXOGEN $276.09 2
Zimmer Biomet Holdings, Inc. $147.70 1
Endo Pharmaceuticals Inc. $131.05 2
Peerless Surgical Inc. $23.17 1

By program year

All program years on this page · sorted by year

Program yearAmountRecords
PY2018 $36,736.15 63
PY2019 $91,295.29 66
PY2020 $37,552.01 28
PY2021 $85,089.37 81
PY2022 $35,692.43 56
PY2023 $102,417.49 55
PY2024 $54,833.11 63

Payment records · PY2024 (63)

Sorted by paying entity, then date · as published by CMS

Program year 2024 201820192020202120222023 Record-level detail is published for PY2024; earlier years are summarised in “By program year”.
Paying entity Amount Date Nature of payment Dispute status Published Record ID Source
AXOGEN $179.02 01/09/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1143634537 CMS
AXOGEN $97.07 09/21/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1143641459 CMS
Checkpoint Surgical, Inc $400.00 01/24/2024 Compensation for serving as faculty or as a speaker for a medical education program Undisputed 01/23/2026 1143874176 CMS
ENCORE MEDICAL, LP $1,597.34 03/08/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1154729541 CMS
ENCORE MEDICAL, LP $2,775.00 05/01/2024 Consulting Fee Undisputed 01/23/2026 1154729517 CMS
ENCORE MEDICAL, LP $3,330.00 05/01/2024 Consulting Fee Undisputed 01/23/2026 1154729521 CMS
ENCORE MEDICAL, LP $2,220.00 05/01/2024 Consulting Fee Undisputed 01/23/2026 1154729525 CMS
ENCORE MEDICAL, LP $64.00 05/01/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1154729527 CMS
Endo Pharmaceuticals Inc. $19.98 02/29/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1137014272 CMS
Endo Pharmaceuticals Inc. $111.07 03/27/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1137014274 CMS
Endo USA, Inc. $8,050.00 07/01/2024 Consulting Fee Undisputed 01/23/2026 1138580767 CMS
Endo USA, Inc. $1,620.00 09/07/2024 Consulting Fee Undisputed 01/23/2026 1138580769 CMS
Endo USA, Inc. $25.21 09/18/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1138580771 CMS
Endo USA, Inc. $2,030.00 11/18/2024 Compensation for services other than consulting, including serving as faculty or as a speaker at a venue other than a continuing education program Undisputed 01/23/2026 1138580773 CMS
Endo USA, Inc. $2,430.00 12/23/2024 Consulting Fee Undisputed 01/23/2026 1138580775 CMS
Ossur Americas, Inc. $105.16 07/22/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1154278265 CMS
Ossur Americas, Inc. $278.90 07/22/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1154278267 CMS
Ossur Americas, Inc. $55.58 11/20/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1154278269 CMS
Ossur Americas, Inc. $20.93 11/21/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1154278271 CMS
Peerless Surgical Inc. $23.17 10/24/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1125526111 CMS
Pharmaceutical Business Consultants Limited $500.00 08/01/2024 Consulting Fee Undisputed 01/23/2026 1154754029 CMS
Pharmaceutical Business Consultants Limited $500.00 12/23/2024 Consulting Fee Undisputed 01/23/2026 1154754331 CMS
Stryker Corporation $552.87 02/15/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119834645 CMS
Stryker Corporation $1,000.00 02/23/2024 Consulting Fee Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119834647 CMS
Stryker Corporation $211.57 03/01/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119834649 CMS
Stryker Corporation $102.62 03/05/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119834651 CMS
Stryker Corporation $10.35 03/05/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119834653 CMS
Stryker Corporation $28.45 03/05/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119834655 CMS
Stryker Corporation $211.57 03/06/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119834657 CMS
Stryker Corporation $24.99 03/06/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119834659 CMS
Stryker Corporation $23.95 03/06/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119834661 CMS
Stryker Corporation $91.80 03/07/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119834663 CMS
Stryker Corporation $131.21 03/07/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119834665 CMS
Stryker Corporation $383.76 03/07/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119834667 CMS
Stryker Corporation $1,000.00 03/08/2024 Consulting Fee Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119834669 CMS
Stryker Corporation $1,500.00 03/08/2024 Consulting Fee Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119834671 CMS
Stryker Corporation $500.00 03/08/2024 Consulting Fee Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119834673 CMS
Stryker Corporation $193.25 03/08/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119834675 CMS
Stryker Corporation $1,500.00 03/15/2024 Consulting Fee Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119834677 CMS
Stryker Corporation $1,000.00 03/15/2024 Consulting Fee Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119834679 CMS
Stryker Corporation $10,185.00 05/17/2024 Consulting Fee Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119834681 CMS
Stryker Corporation $40.61 05/17/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119834683 CMS
Stryker Corporation $37.19 05/17/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119834685 CMS
Stryker Corporation $3,500.00 06/21/2024 Consulting Fee Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119834687 CMS
Stryker Corporation $2,500.00 07/19/2024 Consulting Fee Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119834689 CMS
Stryker Corporation $33.16 09/20/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119834691 CMS
Stryker Corporation $1,246.66 11/06/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119834693 CMS
Stryker Corporation $227.79 11/12/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119834695 CMS
Stryker Corporation $19.64 11/12/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119834697 CMS
Stryker Corporation $14.76 11/12/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119834699 CMS
Stryker Corporation $122.43 11/12/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119834701 CMS
Stryker Corporation $30.87 11/12/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119834703 CMS
Stryker Corporation $7.78 11/13/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119834705 CMS
Stryker Corporation $2.72 11/13/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119834707 CMS
Stryker Corporation $121.98 11/13/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119834709 CMS
Stryker Corporation $37.18 11/13/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119834711 CMS
Stryker Corporation $294.75 11/14/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119834713 CMS
Stryker Corporation $336.58 11/14/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119834715 CMS
Stryker Corporation $392.82 11/14/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119834717 CMS
Stryker Corporation $294.75 11/15/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119834719 CMS
Stryker Corporation $217.94 11/15/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119834721 CMS
Stryker Corporation $121.98 11/26/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119834723 CMS
Zimmer Biomet Holdings, Inc. $147.70 11/06/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1154996211 CMS

Source & provenance

Dataset
CMS Open Payments — General Payments
Publisher of source data
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
CMS publication date
2026-01-23
Program years on this page
2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024
Source files
Dataset page · Bulk file · PY2018 , PY2019 , PY2020 , PY2021 , PY2022 , PY2023 , PY2024
Generated from
OP_DTL_GNRL_PGYR2024_P01232026_01102026.csv

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