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

JOSE F ESCOBAR

Allopathic & Osteopathic Physicians Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery)

NPI
1144424920
CMS profile
233101
Location
EDINBURG, TX

General Payments · PY2018–2024

$4,839.84

  • Reported across 64 records
  • CMS publication 2026-01-23

Latest program year · PY2024

$2,588.43

19 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 $1,482.01 3
Food and Beverage $1,106.42 16

By paying entity

PY2024 · sorted by reported total

Paying entityAmountRecords
ATRICURE, INC. $1,017.11 6
ABIOMED $931.06 4
Medtronic, Inc. $249.18 4
Abbott Laboratories $120.37 1
CVRx Inc. $112.41 1
Edwards Lifesciences Corporation $106.89 1
Bolton Medical Inc $30.30 1
Ethicon US, LLC $21.11 1

By program year

All program years on this page · sorted by year

Program yearAmountRecords
PY2018 $721.14 10
PY2019 $387.31 7
PY2020 $66.53 2
PY2021 $46.43 3
PY2022 $179.52 9
PY2023 $850.48 14
PY2024 $2,588.43 19

Payment records · PY2024 (19)

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
Abbott Laboratories $120.37 07/30/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1124867373 CMS
ABIOMED $701.85 02/02/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1142266408 CMS
ABIOMED $148.56 03/26/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1142266364 CMS
ABIOMED $45.76 11/07/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1142266454 CMS
ABIOMED $34.89 11/21/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1142266462 CMS
ATRICURE, INC. $393.21 03/15/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1132882292 CMS
ATRICURE, INC. $3.79 04/20/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1132864502 CMS
ATRICURE, INC. $56.38 04/20/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1132869286 CMS
ATRICURE, INC. $69.92 04/20/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1132870062 CMS
ATRICURE, INC. $106.86 04/20/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1132870751 CMS
ATRICURE, INC. $386.95 04/20/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1132873582 CMS
Bolton Medical Inc $30.30 05/03/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1150741489 CMS
CVRx, Inc. $112.41 07/24/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1128521038 CMS
Edwards Lifesciences Corporation $106.89 04/15/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1138854064 CMS
Ethicon US, LLC $21.11 09/05/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1077646930 CMS
Medtronic, Inc. $30.37 01/10/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1117083001 CMS
Medtronic, Inc. $26.80 04/10/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1117083003 CMS
Medtronic, Inc. $166.72 05/23/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1117083005 CMS
Medtronic, Inc. $25.29 06/18/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1117083007 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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