Official source Data mirrored from Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Open Payments · General Payments · as published 2026-06-30 View official record Methodology

Covered recipient · General Payments record

WALTER JOSEPH SUROWIEC

Allopathic & Osteopathic Physicians Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery)

NPI
1134142821
CMS profile
50859
Location
GULFPORT, MS

General Payments · PY2019–2025

$12,072.32

  • Reported across 177 records
  • CMS publication 2026-06-30

Latest program year · PY2025

$1,420.36

41 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

PY2025 · sorted by reported total

Nature of paymentAmountRecords
Food and Beverage $1,420.36 41

By paying entity

PY2025 · sorted by reported total

Paying entityAmountRecords
Ethicon US, LLC $593.21 17
ABIOMED $309.49 13
BAXTER HEALTHCARE $266.30 3
Bolton Medical Inc $77.68 1
Innovation Technologies Inc $34.70 1
Bayer HealthCare Pharmaceuticals Inc. $30.53 1
CVRx Inc. $29.38 1
Kerecis Limited $24.17 1
VERTEX PHARMACEUTICALS INCORPORATED $19.92 1
Medtronic, Inc. $19.65 1
Amgen Inc. $15.33 1

By program year

All program years on this page · sorted by year

Program yearAmountRecords
PY2019 $148.71 3
PY2020 $745.28 12
PY2021 $1,181.75 33
PY2022 $6,713.64 34
PY2023 $1,103.15 32
PY2024 $759.43 22
PY2025 $1,420.36 41

Payment records · PY2025 (41)

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

Program year 2025 201920202021202220232024 Record-level detail is published for PY2025; earlier years are summarised in “By program year”.
Paying entity Amount Date Nature of payment Dispute status Published Record ID Source
ABIOMED $38.16 01/20/2025 Food and Beverage Undisputed 06/30/2026 1174725277 CMS
ABIOMED $16.21 02/13/2025 Food and Beverage Undisputed 06/30/2026 1174724804 CMS
ABIOMED $18.56 02/14/2025 Food and Beverage Undisputed 06/30/2026 1174725317 CMS
ABIOMED $24.77 02/17/2025 Food and Beverage Undisputed 06/30/2026 1174725424 CMS
ABIOMED $17.20 02/25/2025 Food and Beverage Undisputed 06/30/2026 1174725961 CMS
ABIOMED $30.56 05/05/2025 Food and Beverage Undisputed 06/30/2026 1174724887 CMS
ABIOMED $29.24 05/12/2025 Food and Beverage Undisputed 06/30/2026 1174725829 CMS
ABIOMED $16.35 07/10/2025 Food and Beverage Undisputed 06/30/2026 1174724771 CMS
ABIOMED $21.16 07/31/2025 Food and Beverage Undisputed 06/30/2026 1174725583 CMS
ABIOMED $21.47 09/17/2025 Food and Beverage Undisputed 06/30/2026 1174725688 CMS
ABIOMED $28.39 10/17/2025 Food and Beverage Undisputed 06/30/2026 1174725979 CMS
ABIOMED $25.65 10/30/2025 Food and Beverage Undisputed 06/30/2026 1174725078 CMS
ABIOMED $21.77 11/04/2025 Food and Beverage Undisputed 06/30/2026 1174726025 CMS
Amgen Inc. $15.33 05/29/2025 Food and Beverage Undisputed 06/30/2026 1228455628 CMS
Baxter Healthcare $74.50 09/16/2025 Food and Beverage Undisputed 06/30/2026 1181557034 CMS
Baxter Healthcare $103.97 10/16/2025 Food and Beverage Undisputed 06/30/2026 1181557036 CMS
Baxter Healthcare $87.83 12/06/2025 Food and Beverage Undisputed 06/30/2026 1181557038 CMS
Bayer Healthcare Pharmaceuticals Inc. $30.53 09/03/2025 Food and Beverage Undisputed 06/30/2026 1225834083 CMS
Bolton Medical Inc $77.68 07/10/2025 Food and Beverage Undisputed 06/30/2026 1245155766 CMS
CVRx, Inc. $29.38 02/17/2025 Food and Beverage Undisputed 06/30/2026 1218114047 CMS
Ethicon US, LLC $28.05 01/05/2025 Food and Beverage Undisputed 06/30/2026 1173853490 CMS
Ethicon US, LLC $35.17 02/15/2025 Food and Beverage Undisputed 06/30/2026 1173853498 CMS
Ethicon US, LLC $16.52 03/15/2025 Food and Beverage Undisputed 06/30/2026 1173853536 CMS
Ethicon US, LLC $51.23 03/23/2025 Food and Beverage Undisputed 06/30/2026 1173853468 CMS
Ethicon US, LLC $41.73 03/29/2025 Food and Beverage Undisputed 06/30/2026 1173853562 CMS
Ethicon US, LLC $39.87 04/25/2025 Food and Beverage Undisputed 06/30/2026 1173853526 CMS
Ethicon US, LLC $26.05 05/04/2025 Food and Beverage Undisputed 06/30/2026 1173853532 CMS
Ethicon US, LLC $50.44 05/08/2025 Food and Beverage Undisputed 06/30/2026 1173853440 CMS
Ethicon US, LLC $14.94 07/01/2025 Food and Beverage Undisputed 06/30/2026 1173853546 CMS
Ethicon US, LLC $64.50 07/02/2025 Food and Beverage Undisputed 06/30/2026 1173853476 CMS
Ethicon US, LLC $100.62 07/22/2025 Food and Beverage Undisputed 06/30/2026 1173853460 CMS
Ethicon US, LLC $6.71 08/16/2025 Food and Beverage Undisputed 06/30/2026 1173853472 CMS
Ethicon US, LLC $43.18 10/14/2025 Food and Beverage Undisputed 06/30/2026 1173853530 CMS
Ethicon US, LLC $30.90 10/24/2025 Food and Beverage Undisputed 06/30/2026 1173853552 CMS
Ethicon US, LLC $28.29 11/18/2025 Food and Beverage Undisputed 06/30/2026 1173853502 CMS
Ethicon US, LLC $6.57 12/05/2025 Food and Beverage Undisputed 06/30/2026 1173853492 CMS
Ethicon US, LLC $8.44 12/23/2025 Food and Beverage Undisputed 06/30/2026 1173853458 CMS
Innovation Technologies Inc $34.70 09/22/2025 Food and Beverage Undisputed 06/30/2026 1208802614 CMS
Kerecis Limited $24.17 03/17/2025 Food and Beverage Undisputed 06/30/2026 1243673707 CMS
Medtronic, Inc. $19.65 05/05/2025 Food and Beverage Undisputed 06/30/2026 1219931212 CMS
VERTEX PHARMACEUTICALS INCORPORATED $19.92 04/01/2025 Food and Beverage Undisputed 06/30/2026 1213955830 CMS

Source & provenance

Dataset
CMS Open Payments — General Payments
Publisher of source data
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
CMS publication date
2026-06-30
Program years on this page
2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025
Source files
Dataset page · Bulk file · PY2019 , PY2020 , PY2021 , PY2022 , PY2023 , PY2024 , PY2025
Generated from
OP_DTL_GNRL_PGYR2025_P06302026_06032026.csv

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