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CHRISTOPHER ELLINGTON

Allopathic & Osteopathic Physicians Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery)

NPI: 1154579605
CMS profile: 367782
Location: PENSACOLA, FL

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General Payments · PY2020 · Entire year

$7,078.48

53 records · 0 disputed

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By nature of payment

PY2020 · entire year · sorted by reported total

Nature of payment	Amount	Records
Education	$4,500.00	1
Food and Beverage	$1,446.90	49
Travel and Lodging	$1,131.58	3

By paying entity

PY2020 · entire year · sorted by reported total

Paying entity	Amount	Records
Intuitive Surgical, Inc.	$4,829.61	11
Abbott Laboratories	$1,636.67	16
Edwards Lifesciences Corporation	$281.77	14
LeMaitre Vascular, Inc.	$88.04	1
Ethicon US, LLC	$59.19	3
Maquet Cardiovascular U.S. Sales, L.L.C.	$54.50	1
BAXTER HEALTHCARE	$43.22	2
Medtronic Vascular, Inc.	$32.69	2
DePuy Synthes Sales Inc.	$26.86	1
CryoLife, Inc.	$13.96	1
Janssen Pharmaceuticals, Inc	$11.97	1

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CHRISTOPHER ELLINGTON

NPI 1154579605 · CMS profile ID 367782

Allopathic & Osteopathic Physicians / Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery)

PENSACOLA, FL

A payment attributed to a provider may have been made to a third party — a hospital, practice, or research institution — rather than paid to the provider personally.

General Payments, PY2020; Recipient scope: Physicians and non-physician practitioners; Reporting company: All reporting companies; Nature of payment: All payment types

Data edition: cms-20260630-workflow-20261105-v2; CMS publication: 2026-06-30; records imported: 2026-11-05T09:06:52.159882+00:00

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Plain: CHRISTOPHER ELLINGTON, NPI 1154579605, CMS profile ID 367782. General Payments, PY2020; Recipient scope: Physicians and non-physician practitioners; Reporting company: All reporting companies; Nature of payment: All payment types. Data edition: cms-20260630-workflow-20261105-v2; CMS publication: 2026-06-30; records imported: 2026-11-05T09:06:52.159882+00:00. Page 1 of 2; records 1–50 of 53 matching records. This page contains 50 records (maximum 50), not the full filtered export. IndustryPayments. https://industrypayments.org/provider/npi-1154579605?year=2020&recipient=provider#records-h. Source: https://openpaymentsdata.cms.gov/dataset/a08c4b30-5cf3-4948-ad40-36f404619019.
APA 7: IndustryPayments. (2026). CHRISTOPHER ELLINGTON, NPI 1154579605, CMS profile ID 367782. General Payments, PY2020; Recipient scope: Physicians and non-physician practitioners; Reporting company: All reporting companies; Nature of payment: All payment types. Data edition: cms-20260630-workflow-20261105-v2; CMS publication: 2026-06-30; records imported: 2026-11-05T09:06:52.159882+00:00. Page 1 of 2; records 1–50 of 53 matching records. This page contains 50 records (maximum 50), not the full filtered export. [Filtered data set page]. https://industrypayments.org/provider/npi-1154579605?year=2020&recipient=provider#records-h. Source: https://openpaymentsdata.cms.gov/dataset/a08c4b30-5cf3-4948-ad40-36f404619019.
Bluebook: CHRISTOPHER ELLINGTON, NPI 1154579605, CMS profile ID 367782, IndustryPayments, General Payments, PY2020; Recipient scope: Physicians and non-physician practitioners; Reporting company: All reporting companies; Nature of payment: All payment types (Data edition: cms-20260630-workflow-20261105-v2; CMS publication: 2026-06-30; records imported: 2026-11-05T09:06:52.159882+00:00). Page 1 of 2; records 1–50 of 53 matching records. This page contains 50 records (maximum 50), not the full filtered export. Source: https://openpaymentsdata.cms.gov/dataset/a08c4b30-5cf3-4948-ad40-36f404619019. https://industrypayments.org/provider/npi-1154579605?year=2020&recipient=provider#records-h.

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Payment records · PY2020

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General Payments · PY2020 · Physicians and non-physician practitioners · CMS publication 2026-06-30

53 matching records · $7,078.48 reported total · 0 disputed

Nature of payment: All payment types

Records imported here November 5, 2026 (UTC).

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Showing records 1–50 of 53.

Paying entity	Amount	Date	Nature of payment	Dispute status	Publication flags	Published	Record ID	Source
Edwards Lifesciences Corporation	$2.55	12/22/2020	Food and Beverage	No dispute reported	Delay: No Change: UNCHANGED	06/30/2026	750063419	CMS
Edwards Lifesciences Corporation	$2.09	12/22/2020	Food and Beverage	No dispute reported	Delay: No Change: UNCHANGED	06/30/2026	750063421	CMS
Edwards Lifesciences Corporation	$19.29	12/08/2020	Food and Beverage	No dispute reported	Delay: No Change: UNCHANGED	06/30/2026	750063423	CMS
Edwards Lifesciences Corporation	$14.87	11/10/2020	Food and Beverage	No dispute reported	Delay: No Change: UNCHANGED	06/30/2026	750063417	CMS
BAXTER HEALTHCARE	$25.73	11/04/2020	Food and Beverage	No dispute reported	Delay: No Change: UNCHANGED	06/30/2026	714306923	CMS
Medtronic Vascular, Inc.	$12.15	10/28/2020	Food and Beverage	No dispute reported	Delay: No Change: UNCHANGED	06/30/2026	741192887	CMS
Edwards Lifesciences Corporation	$15.89	10/27/2020	Food and Beverage	No dispute reported	Delay: No Change: UNCHANGED	06/30/2026	750063415	CMS
Ethicon US, LLC	$14.69	10/22/2020	Food and Beverage	No dispute reported	Delay: No Change: UNCHANGED	06/30/2026	718890229	CMS
Edwards Lifesciences Corporation	$22.36	10/21/2020	Food and Beverage	No dispute reported	Delay: No Change: UNCHANGED	06/30/2026	750063411	CMS
Abbott Laboratories	$15.41	10/19/2020	Food and Beverage	No dispute reported	Delay: No Change: UNCHANGED	06/30/2026	746580397	CMS
Intuitive Surgical, Inc.	$17.06	10/15/2020	Food and Beverage	No dispute reported	Delay: No Change: UNCHANGED	06/30/2026	752202667	CMS
Intuitive Surgical, Inc.	$12.34	10/15/2020	Food and Beverage	No dispute reported	Delay: No Change: UNCHANGED	06/30/2026	752202777	CMS
Edwards Lifesciences Corporation	$15.53	10/13/2020	Food and Beverage	No dispute reported	Delay: No Change: UNCHANGED	06/30/2026	750063413	CMS
Abbott Laboratories	$15.85	10/04/2020	Food and Beverage	No dispute reported	Delay: No Change: UNCHANGED	06/30/2026	746580375	CMS
Ethicon US, LLC	$30.38	09/30/2020	Food and Beverage	No dispute reported	Delay: No Change: UNCHANGED	06/30/2026	718890237	CMS
Abbott Laboratories	$14.89	09/13/2020	Food and Beverage	No dispute reported	Delay: No Change: UNCHANGED	06/30/2026	746580297	CMS
Intuitive Surgical, Inc.	$4,500.00	09/01/2020	Education	No dispute reported	Delay: No Change: UNCHANGED	06/30/2026	752199581	CMS
Edwards Lifesciences Corporation	$21.19	08/26/2020	Food and Beverage	No dispute reported	Delay: No Change: UNCHANGED	06/30/2026	750063409	CMS
Edwards Lifesciences Corporation	$25.43	07/29/2020	Food and Beverage	No dispute reported	Delay: No Change: UNCHANGED	06/30/2026	750063407	CMS
Edwards Lifesciences Corporation	$30.37	07/14/2020	Food and Beverage	No dispute reported	Delay: No Change: UNCHANGED	06/30/2026	750063405	CMS
Abbott Laboratories	$21.15	07/13/2020	Food and Beverage	No dispute reported	Delay: No Change: UNCHANGED	06/30/2026	746580163	CMS
Maquet Cardiovascular U.S. Sales, L.L.C.	$54.50	06/25/2020	Food and Beverage	No dispute reported	Delay: No Change: UNCHANGED	06/30/2026	749437873	CMS
Edwards Lifesciences Corporation	$34.51	06/23/2020	Food and Beverage	No dispute reported	Delay: No Change: UNCHANGED	06/30/2026	750063403	CMS
Edwards Lifesciences Corporation	$31.96	06/09/2020	Food and Beverage	No dispute reported	Delay: No Change: UNCHANGED	06/30/2026	750063401	CMS
Ethicon US, LLC	$14.12	06/09/2020	Food and Beverage	No dispute reported	Delay: No Change: UNCHANGED	06/30/2026	718890233	CMS
DePuy Synthes Sales Inc.	$26.86	06/04/2020	Food and Beverage	No dispute reported	Delay: No Change: UNCHANGED	06/30/2026	718894863	CMS
Abbott Laboratories	$15.77	06/03/2020	Food and Beverage	No dispute reported	Delay: No Change: UNCHANGED	06/30/2026	746580031	CMS
Medtronic Vascular, Inc.	$20.54	06/02/2020	Food and Beverage	No dispute reported	Delay: No Change: UNCHANGED	06/30/2026	741190081	CMS
CryoLife, Inc.	$13.96	03/10/2020	Food and Beverage	No dispute reported	Delay: No Change: UNCHANGED	06/30/2026	749500075	CMS
Edwards Lifesciences Corporation	$25.12	03/10/2020	Food and Beverage	No dispute reported	Delay: No Change: UNCHANGED	06/30/2026	750063399	CMS
Edwards Lifesciences Corporation	$20.61	02/13/2020	Food and Beverage	No dispute reported	Delay: No Change: UNCHANGED	06/30/2026	750063397	CMS
Abbott Laboratories	$829.92	01/30/2020	Travel and Lodging	No dispute reported	Delay: No Change: UNCHANGED	06/30/2026	747848285	CMS
Abbott Laboratories	$141.86	01/30/2020	Food and Beverage	No dispute reported	Delay: No Change: UNCHANGED	06/30/2026	748859017	CMS
LeMaitre Vascular, Inc.	$88.04	01/30/2020	Food and Beverage	No dispute reported	Delay: No Change: UNCHANGED	06/30/2026	746573187	CMS
BAXTER HEALTHCARE	$17.49	01/29/2020	Food and Beverage	No dispute reported	Delay: No Change: UNCHANGED	06/30/2026	714306921	CMS
Abbott Laboratories	$293.38	01/21/2020	Travel and Lodging	No dispute reported	Delay: No Change: UNCHANGED	06/30/2026	747848045	CMS
Abbott Laboratories	$8.28	01/21/2020	Travel and Lodging	No dispute reported	Delay: No Change: UNCHANGED	06/30/2026	747860019	CMS
Abbott Laboratories	$31.08	01/21/2020	Food and Beverage	No dispute reported	Delay: No Change: UNCHANGED	06/30/2026	748860913	CMS
Abbott Laboratories	$83.57	01/21/2020	Food and Beverage	No dispute reported	Delay: No Change: UNCHANGED	06/30/2026	748861005	CMS
Abbott Laboratories	$35.05	01/21/2020	Food and Beverage	No dispute reported	Delay: No Change: UNCHANGED	06/30/2026	748861097	CMS
Abbott Laboratories	$41.72	01/21/2020	Food and Beverage	No dispute reported	Delay: No Change: UNCHANGED	06/30/2026	748861189	CMS
Abbott Laboratories	$49.49	01/21/2020	Food and Beverage	No dispute reported	Delay: No Change: UNCHANGED	06/30/2026	748861281	CMS
Abbott Laboratories	$10.94	01/21/2020	Food and Beverage	No dispute reported	Delay: No Change: UNCHANGED	06/30/2026	748861373	CMS
Abbott Laboratories	$28.31	01/21/2020	Food and Beverage	No dispute reported	Delay: No Change: UNCHANGED	06/30/2026	748861465	CMS
Janssen Pharmaceuticals, Inc	$11.97	01/16/2020	Food and Beverage	No dispute reported	Delay: No Change: UNCHANGED	06/30/2026	719082881	CMS
Intuitive Surgical, Inc.	$8.46	01/03/2020	Food and Beverage	No dispute reported	Delay: No Change: UNCHANGED	06/30/2026	752154901	CMS
Intuitive Surgical, Inc.	$28.94	01/03/2020	Food and Beverage	No dispute reported	Delay: No Change: UNCHANGED	06/30/2026	752154903	CMS
Intuitive Surgical, Inc.	$36.63	01/03/2020	Food and Beverage	No dispute reported	Delay: No Change: UNCHANGED	06/30/2026	752155439	CMS
Intuitive Surgical, Inc.	$6.05	01/03/2020	Food and Beverage	No dispute reported	Delay: No Change: UNCHANGED	06/30/2026	752155441	CMS
Intuitive Surgical, Inc.	$17.52	01/03/2020	Food and Beverage	No dispute reported	Delay: No Change: UNCHANGED	06/30/2026	752155443	CMS

By program year

All program years on this page · sorted by year

Program year	Amount	Records
PY2019	$4,681.93	48
PY2020	$7,078.48	53
PY2021	$999.64	32
PY2022	$2,660.95	58
PY2023	$1,943.80	55
PY2024	$2,195.18	54
PY2025	$4,594.38	24

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 and profile matching

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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