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

DAVID R VAVRA

Allopathic & Osteopathic Physicians Surgery

NPI
1154813210
CMS profile
11455688
Location
BRAINERD, MN

General Payments · PY2023–2024

$7,513.55

  • Reported across 40 records
  • CMS publication 2026-01-23

Latest program year · PY2024

$7,362.58

38 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 $2,806.58 10
Education $2,750.00 2
Food and Beverage $1,806.00 26

By paying entity

PY2024 · sorted by reported total

Paying entityAmountRecords
INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC. $4,932.12 13
Medtronic, Inc. $1,808.33 18
W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc. $266.61 3
Ambu Inc. $142.40 2
Endogastric Solutions, Inc $120.19 1
BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION $92.93 1

By program year

All program years on this page · sorted by year

Program yearAmountRecords
PY2023 $150.97 2
PY2024 $7,362.58 38

Payment records · PY2024 (38)

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

Program year 2024 2023 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
Ambu Inc. $19.23 06/12/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1134079630 CMS
Ambu Inc. $123.17 06/12/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1134082712 CMS
Boston Scientific Corporation $92.93 04/11/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1092546042 CMS
Endogastric Solutions, Inc $120.19 06/25/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1144678288 CMS
INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC. $94.46 01/02/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1137207821 CMS
INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC. $419.96 01/23/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1137125059 CMS
INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC. $697.24 01/30/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1137215483 CMS
INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC. $86.22 02/06/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1137240828 CMS
INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC. $95.80 02/20/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1137292719 CMS
INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC. $1,000.00 03/07/2024 Education Undisputed 01/23/2026 1137263341 CMS
INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC. $28.98 03/07/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1137298964 CMS
INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC. $6.00 04/03/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1137147414 CMS
INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC. $1,750.00 04/24/2024 Education Undisputed 01/23/2026 1137184913 CMS
INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC. $573.32 04/26/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1137100670 CMS
INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC. $63.14 06/04/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1137147402 CMS
INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC. $51.75 09/03/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1137111117 CMS
INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC. $65.25 09/03/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1137290850 CMS
Medtronic, Inc. $45.82 04/17/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1117089648 CMS
Medtronic, Inc. $153.08 04/19/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1117089656 CMS
Medtronic, Inc. $34.25 06/06/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1117089660 CMS
Medtronic, Inc. $390.68 06/06/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1117089662 CMS
Medtronic, Inc. $21.12 06/10/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1117089654 CMS
Medtronic, Inc. $23.93 06/11/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1117089650 CMS
Medtronic, Inc. $159.39 06/11/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1117089652 CMS
Medtronic, Inc. $299.00 07/10/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1117089668 CMS
Medtronic, Inc. $37.93 07/10/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1117089670 CMS
Medtronic, Inc. $5.00 07/10/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1117089676 CMS
Medtronic, Inc. $123.09 07/10/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1117089682 CMS
Medtronic, Inc. $11.15 07/11/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1117089658 CMS
Medtronic, Inc. $46.12 07/11/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1117089664 CMS
Medtronic, Inc. $52.08 07/11/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1117089666 CMS
Medtronic, Inc. $309.00 07/11/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1117089672 CMS
Medtronic, Inc. $39.20 07/11/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1117089674 CMS
Medtronic, Inc. $32.00 07/11/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1117089680 CMS
Medtronic, Inc. $25.49 07/12/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1117089678 CMS
W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc. $55.49 02/28/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1148074678 CMS
W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc. $78.54 04/18/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1148074700 CMS
W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc. $132.58 04/18/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1148074712 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
2023, 2024
Source files
Dataset page · Bulk file · PY2023 , PY2024
Generated from
OP_DTL_GNRL_PGYR2024_P01232026_01102026.csv

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