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

DUSTIN WALTERS

Allopathic & Osteopathic Physicians Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery)

NPI
1114122405
CMS profile
231916
Location
FARMINGTON, CT

General Payments · PY2018–2024

$15,552.85

  • Reported across 88 records
  • CMS publication 2026-01-23

Latest program year · PY2024

$2,992.79

20 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 $1,632.51 15
Travel and Lodging $1,345.29 4
Gift $14.99 1

By paying entity

PY2024 · sorted by reported total

Paying entityAmountRecords
INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC. $2,086.29 7
Galvanize Therapeutics, Inc $330.40 5
Lexington Medical, Inc. $220.94 3
Noah Medical Corporation $175.82 1
Ethicon US, LLC $112.22 2
Ethicon Inc. $67.12 2

By program year

All program years on this page · sorted by year

Program yearAmountRecords
PY2018 $4,040.11 42
PY2019 $7,619.57 15
PY2020 $324.00 2
PY2021 $159.59 3
PY2022 $324.29 3
PY2023 $92.50 3
PY2024 $2,992.79 20

Payment records · PY2024 (20)

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
Ethicon Inc. $28.66 07/22/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1077582272 CMS
Ethicon Inc. $38.46 07/31/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1077582248 CMS
Ethicon US, LLC $69.61 03/14/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1077626866 CMS
Ethicon US, LLC $42.61 04/02/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1077626856 CMS
Galvanize Therapeutics, Inc $65.47 02/21/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1144505126 CMS
Galvanize Therapeutics, Inc $96.59 02/29/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1144505128 CMS
Galvanize Therapeutics, Inc $20.95 03/25/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1144505130 CMS
Galvanize Therapeutics, Inc $38.93 05/16/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1144505132 CMS
Galvanize Therapeutics, Inc $108.46 07/29/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1144505134 CMS
INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC. $65.67 03/12/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1137236206 CMS
INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC. $347.96 08/21/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1137123955 CMS
INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC. $37.00 08/21/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1137267454 CMS
INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC. $14.99 09/14/2024 Gift Undisputed 01/23/2026 1137253493 CMS
INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC. $660.34 09/14/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1137256709 CMS
INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC. $941.33 12/13/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1137069581 CMS
INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC. $19.00 12/13/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1137267174 CMS
Lexington Medical, Inc. $121.57 07/18/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1082391819 CMS
Lexington Medical, Inc. $39.17 11/06/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1082391915 CMS
Lexington Medical, Inc. $60.20 12/10/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1082391943 CMS
Noah Medical Corporation $175.82 06/13/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1143700102 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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