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

CHRISTOPHER DERMARKARIAN

Allopathic & Osteopathic Physicians Ophthalmology Ophthalmic Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

NPI
1093246076
CMS profile
5704693
Location
DURHAM, NC

General Payments · PY2018–2024

$2,165.76

  • Reported across 29 records
  • CMS publication 2026-01-23

Latest program year · PY2024

$589.58

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
Food and Beverage $589.58 9

By paying entity

PY2024 · sorted by reported total

Paying entityAmountRecords
Amgen Inc. $412.12 7
Merz Pharmaceuticals, LLC $151.08 1
DePuy Synthes Sales Inc. $26.38 1

By program year

All program years on this page · sorted by year

Program yearAmountRecords
PY2018 $243.50 2
PY2019 $119.38 1
PY2020 $220.19 3
PY2021 $540.88 10
PY2022 $89.20 1
PY2023 $363.03 3
PY2024 $589.58 9

Payment records · PY2024 (9)

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
Amgen Inc. $9.21 08/06/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1111562101 CMS
Amgen Inc. $4.81 09/03/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1111562103 CMS
Amgen Inc. $196.66 10/08/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1111562111 CMS
Amgen Inc. $135.67 10/17/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1111562107 CMS
Amgen Inc. $40.17 10/18/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1111562105 CMS
Amgen Inc. $11.25 10/30/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1111562109 CMS
Amgen Inc. $14.35 11/21/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1111562113 CMS
DePuy Synthes Sales Inc. $26.38 02/07/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1077867447 CMS
Merz Pharmaceuticals, LLC $151.08 11/01/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1137947820 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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