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

ERIC A ESPINAL

Allopathic & Osteopathic Physicians Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery)

NPI
1053386581
CMS profile
1247021
Location
AKRON, OH

General Payments · PY2018–2024

$9,461.82

  • Reported across 61 records
  • CMS publication 2026-01-23

Latest program year · PY2024

$244.53

6 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

Nature of paymentAmountRecords
Food and Beverage $214.53 5
Education $30.00 1

By paying entity

PY2024 · sorted by reported total

Paying entityAmountRecords
ATRICURE, INC. $97.77 3
INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC. $83.35 1
ABIOMED $38.89 1
ZOLL Services LLC (A/K/A ZOLL LifeCor Corp) $24.52 1

By program year

All program years on this page · sorted by year

Program yearAmountRecords
PY2018 $354.00 16
PY2019 $8,204.89 21
PY2020 $44.33 3
PY2021 $101.28 3
PY2022 $29.75 1
PY2023 $483.04 11
PY2024 $244.53 6

Payment records · PY2024 (6)

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
ABIOMED $38.89 08/05/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1142253953 CMS
ATRICURE, INC. $40.35 05/23/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1132902612 CMS
ATRICURE, INC. $27.42 06/03/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1132850374 CMS
ATRICURE, INC. $30.00 11/12/2024 Education Undisputed 01/23/2026 1132902296 CMS
INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC. $83.35 03/26/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1137257753 CMS
ZOLL Services LLC (A/K/A ZOLL LifeCor Corp) $24.52 10/15/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1080597487 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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