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

KAREN LU

Allopathic & Osteopathic Physicians Surgery Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

NPI
1245893536
CMS profile
7057115
Location
GALVESTON, TX

General Payments · PY2019–2024

$7,289.06

  • Reported across 75 records
  • CMS publication 2026-01-23

Latest program year · PY2024

$2,769.89

27 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 $2,769.89 27

By paying entity

PY2024 · sorted by reported total

Paying entityAmountRecords
Acera Surgical, Inc. $765.58 6
Musculoskeletal Transplant Foundation Inc. $592.62 7
ABBVIE INC. $412.18 4
Mentor Worldwide LLC $303.64 3
AXOGEN $243.36 3
Checkpoint Surgical, Inc $210.09 2
Zimmer Biomet Holdings, Inc. $126.00 1
Ethicon US, LLC $116.42 1

By program year

All program years on this page · sorted by year

Program yearAmountRecords
PY2019 $206.86 3
PY2020 $169.69 3
PY2021 $1,702.70 14
PY2022 $601.84 6
PY2023 $1,838.08 22
PY2024 $2,769.89 27

Payment records · PY2024 (27)

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

Program year 2024 20192020202120222023 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
ABBVIE INC. $139.39 07/31/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1104907380 CMS
ABBVIE INC. $23.29 08/02/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1104907382 CMS
ABBVIE INC. $111.52 09/03/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1104907384 CMS
ABBVIE INC. $137.98 12/18/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1104907386 CMS
Acera Surgical, Inc. $50.75 04/25/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1152411420 CMS
Acera Surgical, Inc. $193.57 06/12/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1152411430 CMS
Acera Surgical, Inc. $164.47 07/02/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1152411428 CMS
Acera Surgical, Inc. $53.09 07/12/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1152411422 CMS
Acera Surgical, Inc. $140.05 08/01/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1152411424 CMS
Acera Surgical, Inc. $163.65 09/17/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1152411426 CMS
AXOGEN $105.16 01/02/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1143634435 CMS
AXOGEN $108.62 03/28/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1143636648 CMS
AXOGEN $29.58 08/02/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1143640212 CMS
Checkpoint Surgical, Inc $101.88 04/02/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1143874667 CMS
Checkpoint Surgical, Inc $108.21 07/12/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1143874669 CMS
Ethicon US, LLC $116.42 09/12/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1077647536 CMS
Mentor Worldwide LLC $109.06 01/03/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1077618914 CMS
Mentor Worldwide LLC $79.50 02/28/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1077618920 CMS
Mentor Worldwide LLC $115.08 05/30/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1077618930 CMS
Musculoskeletal Transplant Foundation Inc. $71.15 03/13/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1128565447 CMS
Musculoskeletal Transplant Foundation Inc. $72.87 03/13/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1128565787 CMS
Musculoskeletal Transplant Foundation Inc. $151.39 04/17/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1128565993 CMS
Musculoskeletal Transplant Foundation Inc. $137.12 08/07/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1128568311 CMS
Musculoskeletal Transplant Foundation Inc. $78.52 10/23/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1128568329 CMS
Musculoskeletal Transplant Foundation Inc. $59.17 12/05/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1128569503 CMS
Musculoskeletal Transplant Foundation Inc. $22.40 12/18/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1128570243 CMS
Zimmer Biomet Holdings, Inc. $126.00 08/27/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1155037194 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, 2022, 2023, 2024
Source files
Dataset page · Bulk file · PY2019 , PY2020 , PY2021 , PY2022 , PY2023 , PY2024
Generated from
OP_DTL_GNRL_PGYR2024_P01232026_01102026.csv

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