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

CHRISTOS BALLAS

Allopathic & Osteopathic Physicians Obstetrics & Gynecology

NPI
1184618118
CMS profile
98500
Location
WESTMINSTER, MD

General Payments · PY2018–2024

$3,691.79

  • Reported across 149 records
  • CMS publication 2026-01-23

Latest program year · PY2024

$404.98

18 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 $404.98 18

By paying entity

PY2024 · sorted by reported total

Paying entityAmountRecords
Astellas Pharma US Inc $229.21 11
Ethicon US, LLC $70.68 2
Exeltis, USA Inc. $55.60 3
Sumitomo Pharma America, Inc. $49.49 2

By program year

All program years on this page · sorted by year

Program yearAmountRecords
PY2018 $577.09 33
PY2019 $1,431.57 39
PY2020 $235.48 13
PY2021 $236.87 12
PY2022 $666.46 26
PY2023 $139.34 8
PY2024 $404.98 18

Payment records · PY2024 (18)

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
Astellas Pharma US Inc $26.20 02/23/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1139308416 CMS
Astellas Pharma US Inc $25.04 04/30/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1139329972 CMS
Astellas Pharma US Inc $10.93 07/18/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1139298892 CMS
Astellas Pharma US Inc $22.07 07/23/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1139271400 CMS
Astellas Pharma US Inc $21.21 07/30/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1139284378 CMS
Astellas Pharma US Inc $11.26 07/31/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1139268354 CMS
Astellas Pharma US Inc $31.95 08/06/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1139394027 CMS
Astellas Pharma US Inc $21.54 10/24/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1139431490 CMS
Astellas Pharma US Inc $24.63 11/25/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1139430640 CMS
Astellas Pharma US Inc $12.73 12/05/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1139436916 CMS
Astellas Pharma US Inc $21.65 12/09/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1139435056 CMS
Ethicon US, LLC $33.38 02/26/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1077634634 CMS
Ethicon US, LLC $37.30 04/24/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1077634604 CMS
Exeltis, USA Inc. $22.88 04/04/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1149985627 CMS
Exeltis, USA Inc. $16.00 06/03/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1149985631 CMS
Exeltis, USA Inc. $16.72 11/11/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1149985634 CMS
Sumitomo Pharma America, Inc. $19.94 04/22/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1148824174 CMS
Sumitomo Pharma America, Inc. $29.55 06/10/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1148824176 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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