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

JAMEY L COST

Allopathic & Osteopathic Physicians Otolaryngology

NPI
1154527976
CMS profile
279731
Location
HICKORY, NC

General Payments · PY2018–2024

$864.77

  • Reported across 20 records
  • CMS publication 2026-01-23

Latest program year · PY2024

$293.88

5 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 $293.88 5

By paying entity

PY2024 · sorted by reported total

Paying entityAmountRecords
GlaxoSmithKline, LLC. $133.73 1
AERIN MEDICAL INC. $130.39 2
Inspire Medical Systems, Inc. $15.45 1
Integra LifeSciences Corporation $14.31 1

By program year

All program years on this page · sorted by year

Program yearAmountRecords
PY2018 $12.01 1
PY2019 $116.84 1
PY2020 $39.88 2
PY2021 $102.71 2
PY2022 $165.36 4
PY2023 $134.09 5
PY2024 $293.88 5

Payment records · PY2024 (5)

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
AERIN MEDICAL INC. $13.08 07/10/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1144647822 CMS
AERIN MEDICAL INC. $117.31 08/20/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1144645955 CMS
GlaxoSmithKline, LLC. $133.73 02/27/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1116356485 CMS
Inspire Medical Systems, Inc. $15.45 07/29/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1148049096 CMS
Integra LifeSciences Corporation $14.31 06/03/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1140101759 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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