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

MELISSA M KESTLER

Physician Assistants & Advanced Practice Nursing Providers Nurse Practitioner

NPI
1255988770
CMS profile
10534849
Location
LAUREL, DE

General Payments · PY2021–2024

$4,087.91

  • Reported across 118 records
  • CMS publication 2026-01-23

Latest program year · PY2024

$1,865.34

49 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 $1,684.08 48
Travel and Lodging $181.26 1

By paying entity

PY2024 · sorted by reported total

By program year

All program years on this page · sorted by year

Program yearAmountRecords
PY2021 $199.51 11
PY2022 $232.83 10
PY2023 $1,790.23 48
PY2024 $1,865.34 49

Payment records · PY2024 (49)

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

Program year 2024 202120222023 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. $21.41 02/26/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1107456436 CMS
ABBVIE INC. $125.00 04/04/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1107456438 CMS
ABBVIE INC. $15.67 05/09/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1107456440 CMS
ABBVIE INC. $20.55 05/21/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1107456442 CMS
ABBVIE INC. $12.77 08/15/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1107456444 CMS
ABBVIE INC. $26.46 08/26/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1107456446 CMS
ABBVIE INC. $21.55 09/13/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1107456448 CMS
ACCORD HEALTHCARE, INC. $24.19 01/04/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1120075892 CMS
Axonics, Inc. $137.44 05/06/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1142386726 CMS
Axonics, Inc. $1.99 06/18/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1142386732 CMS
Axonics, Inc. $181.26 09/20/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1142386794 CMS
Axonics, Inc. $165.05 09/20/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1142386796 CMS
Axonics, Inc. $65.72 09/21/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1142386798 CMS
Axonics, Inc. $45.50 09/21/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1142386800 CMS
Axonics, Inc. $10.58 09/21/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1142386802 CMS
Axonics, Inc. $10.58 09/21/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1142386804 CMS
Bayer Healthcare Pharmaceuticals Inc. $23.50 01/06/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1086318314 CMS
Bayer Healthcare Pharmaceuticals Inc. $21.76 03/05/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1086272056 CMS
Bayer Healthcare Pharmaceuticals Inc. $19.72 04/24/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1086281600 CMS
Bayer Healthcare Pharmaceuticals Inc. $17.36 06/20/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1086358390 CMS
Bayer Healthcare Pharmaceuticals Inc. $2.55 07/23/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1086101607 CMS
Bayer Healthcare Pharmaceuticals Inc. $11.17 07/24/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1086099287 CMS
Bayer Healthcare Pharmaceuticals Inc. $17.56 09/17/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1086360146 CMS
Bayer Healthcare Pharmaceuticals Inc. $114.05 09/27/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1086278986 CMS
Bayer Healthcare Pharmaceuticals Inc. $15.88 10/24/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1086298008 CMS
Boston Scientific Corporation $18.11 02/13/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1092329806 CMS
Boston Scientific Corporation $23.02 11/13/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1092329808 CMS
COLOPLAST CORP $17.28 11/15/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1117452878 CMS
Endo Pharmaceuticals Inc. $14.90 02/29/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1137020154 CMS
Endo USA, Inc. $16.65 07/29/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1138593906 CMS
Endo USA, Inc. $15.67 10/08/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1138593908 CMS
Endo USA, Inc. $17.05 12/11/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1138593910 CMS
Janssen Biotech, Inc. $22.09 02/20/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1078392266 CMS
Janssen Biotech, Inc. $19.52 05/09/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1078392270 CMS
Janssen Biotech, Inc. $16.26 08/27/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1078392273 CMS
Medtronic, Inc. $30.21 02/22/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1116924945 CMS
Medtronic, Inc. $58.36 06/27/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1116924947 CMS
Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC $14.65 01/25/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1141697864 CMS
Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC $28.57 07/18/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1141697866 CMS
Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC $20.83 11/07/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1141869489 CMS
Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation $20.55 05/21/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1087110938 CMS
PROGENICS PHARMACEUTICALS, INC. $20.14 03/14/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1128515605 CMS
PROGENICS PHARMACEUTICALS, INC. $18.58 04/16/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1128514439 CMS
PROGENICS PHARMACEUTICALS, INC. $125.00 05/21/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1128507426 CMS
PROGENICS PHARMACEUTICALS, INC. $113.77 06/11/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1128506478 CMS
PROGENICS PHARMACEUTICALS, INC. $22.01 10/09/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1128512687 CMS
Sumitomo Pharma America, Inc. $23.99 04/18/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1148972094 CMS
Teleflex LLC $39.12 07/30/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1142087362 CMS
Tempus AI, Inc $19.74 09/05/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1150183100 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
2021, 2022, 2023, 2024
Source files
Dataset page · Bulk file · PY2021 , PY2022 , PY2023 , PY2024
Generated from
OP_DTL_GNRL_PGYR2024_P01232026_01102026.csv

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