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 THOMAS DIEFFENBAUGHER

Allopathic & Osteopathic Physicians Surgery

NPI
1083033971
CMS profile
7818487
Location
CHARLOTTE, NC

General Payments · PY2020–2024

$15,812.67

  • Reported across 53 records
  • CMS publication 2026-01-23

Latest program year · PY2024

$6,231.84

26 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
Education $4,000.00 2
Travel and Lodging $1,494.83 6
Food and Beverage $737.01 18

By paying entity

PY2024 · sorted by reported total

Paying entityAmountRecords
INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC. $5,770.75 16
Zimmer Biomet Holdings, Inc. $182.94 3
DePuy Synthes Sales Inc. $126.58 1
ATRICURE, INC. $99.26 4
Medical Device Business Services, Inc. $31.53 1
Teleflex LLC $20.78 1

By program year

All program years on this page · sorted by year

Program yearAmountRecords
PY2020 $15.93 1
PY2021 $2,832.54 6
PY2022 $6,206.37 12
PY2023 $525.99 8
PY2024 $6,231.84 26

Payment records · PY2024 (26)

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

Program year 2024 2020202120222023 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
ATRICURE, INC. $21.16 01/26/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1132875681 CMS
ATRICURE, INC. $32.96 05/11/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1132896100 CMS
ATRICURE, INC. $28.60 10/31/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1132888458 CMS
ATRICURE, INC. $16.54 11/26/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1132901432 CMS
DePuy Synthes Sales Inc. $126.58 04/11/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1077867083 CMS
INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC. $6.00 09/18/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1137108098 CMS
INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC. $19.00 09/18/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1137116889 CMS
INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC. $496.97 09/18/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1137232480 CMS
INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC. $184.00 09/19/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1137134124 CMS
INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC. $595.13 10/27/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1137254997 CMS
INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC. $2,500.00 10/28/2024 Education Undisputed 01/23/2026 1137299241 CMS
INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC. $79.68 10/29/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1137087976 CMS
INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC. $6.88 10/29/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1137197167 CMS
INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC. $18.58 10/29/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1137236659 CMS
INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC. $193.73 10/30/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1137111057 CMS
INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC. $21.13 11/05/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1137137720 CMS
INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC. $71.40 11/05/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1137173050 CMS
INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC. $1,500.00 11/07/2024 Education Undisputed 01/23/2026 1137269054 CMS
INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC. $59.74 11/12/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1137143083 CMS
INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC. $6.16 11/12/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1137155585 CMS
INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC. $12.35 11/12/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1137172736 CMS
Medical Device Business Services, Inc. $31.53 04/12/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1077799473 CMS
Teleflex LLC $20.78 04/13/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1142084644 CMS
Zimmer Biomet Holdings, Inc. $31.61 04/12/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1155037650 CMS
Zimmer Biomet Holdings, Inc. $57.71 04/12/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1155037652 CMS
Zimmer Biomet Holdings, Inc. $93.62 04/13/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1155037654 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
2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024
Source files
Dataset page · Bulk file · PY2020 , PY2021 , PY2022 , PY2023 , PY2024
Generated from
OP_DTL_GNRL_PGYR2024_P01232026_01102026.csv

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