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

SEAN LI GAO

Allopathic & Osteopathic Physicians Orthopaedic Surgery

NPI
1063944270
CMS profile
5705889
Location
SAN DIEGO, CA

General Payments · PY2018–2024

$29,732.42

  • Reported across 94 records
  • CMS publication 2026-01-23

Latest program year · PY2024

$1,210.29

9 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
Travel and Lodging $950.25 4
Food and Beverage $260.04 5

By paying entity

PY2024 · sorted by reported total

Paying entityAmountRecords
Stryker Corporation $1,165.00 7
Linvatec Corporation $26.70 1
ConvaTec Inc. $18.59 1

By program year

All program years on this page · sorted by year

Program yearAmountRecords
PY2018 $71.62 1
PY2020 $63.45 1
PY2021 $137.40 2
PY2022 $24,095.38 33
PY2023 $4,154.28 48
PY2024 $1,210.29 9

Payment records · PY2024 (9)

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

Program year 2024 20182020202120222023 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
ConvaTec Inc. $18.59 03/10/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1151374096 CMS
Linvatec Corporation $26.70 02/27/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1147085639 CMS
Stryker Corporation $22.99 03/28/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119833663 CMS
Stryker Corporation $26.79 06/03/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119833665 CMS
Stryker Corporation $274.68 06/25/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119833667 CMS
Stryker Corporation $293.10 06/25/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119833669 CMS
Stryker Corporation $224.87 07/07/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119833671 CMS
Stryker Corporation $164.97 07/12/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119833673 CMS
Stryker Corporation $157.60 07/15/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119833675 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, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024
Source files
Dataset page · Bulk file · PY2018 , PY2020 , PY2021 , PY2022 , PY2023 , PY2024
Generated from
OP_DTL_GNRL_PGYR2024_P01232026_01102026.csv

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