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Covered recipient · General Payments record

CHRISTOPHER THOMAS SALERNO

Allopathic & Osteopathic Physicians Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery)

NPI
1245259837
CMS profile
146857
Location
CHICAGO, IL

General Payments · PY2018–2024

$146,981.95

  • Reported across 374 records
  • CMS publication 2026-01-23

Latest program year · PY2024

$20,002.87

61 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
Consulting Fee $14,338.50 8
Travel and Lodging $3,192.76 19
Food and Beverage $2,471.61 34

By paying entity

PY2024 · sorted by reported total

Paying entityAmountRecords
Abbott Laboratories $13,227.70 23
Edwards Lifesciences Corporation $5,871.69 25
ATRICURE, INC. $324.38 3
ABIOMED $264.21 4
Paragonix Technologies, Inc. $138.11 2
CVRx Inc. $123.06 1
Medtronic, Inc. $38.77 2
DAVOL INC. $14.95 1

By program year

All program years on this page · sorted by year

Program yearAmountRecords
PY2018 $29,148.66 76
PY2019 $30,431.59 65
PY2020 $26,107.94 25
PY2021 $10,858.59 27
PY2022 $4,240.47 38
PY2023 $26,191.83 82
PY2024 $20,002.87 61

Payment records · PY2024 (61)

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
Abbott Laboratories $1,050.00 02/06/2024 Consulting Fee Undisputed 01/23/2026 1125397336 CMS
Abbott Laboratories $283.04 02/15/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1125397338 CMS
Abbott Laboratories $9.02 02/15/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1125397360 CMS
Abbott Laboratories $118.06 02/16/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1124917981 CMS
Abbott Laboratories $144.77 03/14/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1124917983 CMS
Abbott Laboratories $444.49 03/21/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1125397346 CMS
Abbott Laboratories $1,300.00 03/26/2024 Consulting Fee Undisputed 01/23/2026 1125397340 CMS
Abbott Laboratories $2,788.50 03/26/2024 Consulting Fee Undisputed 01/23/2026 1125397342 CMS
Abbott Laboratories $1,950.00 03/26/2024 Consulting Fee Undisputed 01/23/2026 1125397344 CMS
Abbott Laboratories $133.77 04/02/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1124917999 CMS
Abbott Laboratories $85.77 04/19/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1124917985 CMS
Abbott Laboratories $139.54 04/29/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1124917987 CMS
Abbott Laboratories $156.50 04/29/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1125397348 CMS
Abbott Laboratories $156.50 04/29/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1125397350 CMS
Abbott Laboratories $253.71 04/29/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1125397352 CMS
Abbott Laboratories $85.52 06/10/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1124917989 CMS
Abbott Laboratories $1,300.00 07/11/2024 Consulting Fee Undisputed 01/23/2026 1125397354 CMS
Abbott Laboratories $1,300.00 07/11/2024 Consulting Fee Undisputed 01/23/2026 1125397356 CMS
Abbott Laboratories $1,200.00 07/18/2024 Consulting Fee Undisputed 01/23/2026 1125397358 CMS
Abbott Laboratories $86.49 08/01/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1124917991 CMS
Abbott Laboratories $111.41 08/07/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1124917993 CMS
Abbott Laboratories $113.42 09/18/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1124917995 CMS
Abbott Laboratories $17.19 09/25/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1124917997 CMS
ABIOMED $39.22 01/10/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1142224865 CMS
ABIOMED $30.76 03/29/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1142224867 CMS
ABIOMED $149.11 08/26/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1142224987 CMS
ABIOMED $45.12 11/13/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1142224969 CMS
ATRICURE, INC. $108.19 05/15/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1132901248 CMS
ATRICURE, INC. $38.01 06/13/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1132878889 CMS
ATRICURE, INC. $178.18 12/12/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1132874670 CMS
CVRx, Inc. $123.06 08/05/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1138613887 CMS
Davol Inc. $14.95 05/30/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1127651404 CMS
Edwards Lifesciences Corporation $112.91 04/27/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1138828694 CMS
Edwards Lifesciences Corporation $580.61 05/10/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1138828760 CMS
Edwards Lifesciences Corporation $401.07 05/22/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1138828698 CMS
Edwards Lifesciences Corporation $135.57 05/29/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1138828772 CMS
Edwards Lifesciences Corporation $1.00 06/07/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1138828758 CMS
Edwards Lifesciences Corporation $161.00 06/09/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1138828770 CMS
Edwards Lifesciences Corporation $176.29 06/10/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1138828702 CMS
Edwards Lifesciences Corporation $35.12 06/10/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1138828704 CMS
Edwards Lifesciences Corporation $13.72 06/10/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1138828754 CMS
Edwards Lifesciences Corporation $8.39 06/10/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1138828764 CMS
Edwards Lifesciences Corporation $19.92 06/10/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1138828766 CMS
Edwards Lifesciences Corporation $19.12 06/10/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1138828774 CMS
Edwards Lifesciences Corporation $1.49 06/11/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1138828748 CMS
Edwards Lifesciences Corporation $4.72 06/11/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1138828750 CMS
Edwards Lifesciences Corporation $461.10 06/11/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1138828752 CMS
Edwards Lifesciences Corporation $12.94 06/11/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1138828756 CMS
Edwards Lifesciences Corporation $10.79 06/11/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1138828762 CMS
Edwards Lifesciences Corporation $182.50 06/11/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1138828768 CMS
Edwards Lifesciences Corporation $13.32 06/11/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1138828776 CMS
Edwards Lifesciences Corporation $25.80 06/11/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1138828778 CMS
Edwards Lifesciences Corporation $8.72 06/11/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1138828780 CMS
Edwards Lifesciences Corporation $9.96 06/11/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1138828782 CMS
Edwards Lifesciences Corporation $8.29 06/11/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1138828784 CMS
Edwards Lifesciences Corporation $17.34 06/12/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1138828700 CMS
Edwards Lifesciences Corporation $3,450.00 06/27/2024 Consulting Fee Undisputed 01/23/2026 1138828696 CMS
Medtronic, Inc. $22.16 03/19/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1117125310 CMS
Medtronic, Inc. $16.61 12/11/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1117125312 CMS
Paragonix Technologies, Inc. $51.85 02/25/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1101026622 CMS
Paragonix Technologies, Inc. $86.26 03/19/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1101026624 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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