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

CASSANDRA SANKO

Allopathic & Osteopathic Physicians Orthopaedic Surgery

NPI
1235660440
CMS profile
7229657
Location
AUGUSTA, ME

General Payments · PY2019–2024

$12,150.98

  • Reported across 32 records
  • CMS publication 2026-01-23

Latest program year · PY2024

$1,482.36

8 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 $1,258.90 3
Food and Beverage $223.46 5

By paying entity

PY2024 · sorted by reported total

Paying entityAmountRecords
Kairos Surgical Inc $1,155.38 4
Arthrex, Inc. $262.65 2
DePuy Synthes Sales Inc. $37.73 1
Stryker Corporation $26.60 1

By program year

All program years on this page · sorted by year

Program yearAmountRecords
PY2019 $5,441.00 3
PY2020 $616.00 1
PY2021 $2,400.00 2
PY2023 $2,211.62 18
PY2024 $1,482.36 8

Payment records · PY2024 (8)

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

Program year 2024 2019202020212023 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
Arthrex, Inc. $238.65 04/12/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1146519948 CMS
Arthrex, Inc. $24.00 04/13/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1146519951 CMS
DePuy Synthes Sales Inc. $37.73 02/02/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1077854664 CMS
Kairos Surgical Inc $238.65 04/12/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1153903587 CMS
Kairos Surgical Inc $781.60 04/12/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1153903591 CMS
Kairos Surgical Inc $58.23 04/12/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1153903595 CMS
Kairos Surgical Inc $76.90 04/13/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1153903583 CMS
Stryker Corporation $26.60 05/10/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119889324 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
2019, 2020, 2021, 2023, 2024
Source files
Dataset page · Bulk file · PY2019 , PY2020 , PY2021 , PY2023 , PY2024
Generated from
OP_DTL_GNRL_PGYR2024_P01232026_01102026.csv

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