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

CHRISTOPHER POLAGE

NPI
1275731416
CMS profile
1293279
Location
SACRAMENTO, CA

General Payments · PY2021–2023

$12,427.19

  • Reported across 11 records
  • CMS publication 2026-01-23

Latest program year · PY2023

$7,437.19

9 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

PY2023 · sorted by reported total

Nature of paymentAmountRecords
Consulting Fee $5,900.00 1
Travel and Lodging $1,388.45 4
Food and Beverage $148.74 4

By paying entity

PY2023 · sorted by reported total

Paying entityAmountRecords
BioFire Diagnostics, LLC $7,437.19 9

By program year

All program years on this page · sorted by year

Program yearAmountRecords
PY2021 $4,140.00 1
PY2022 $850.00 1
PY2023 $7,437.19 9

Payment records · PY2023 (9)

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

Program year 2023 20212022 Record-level detail is published for PY2023; earlier years are summarised in “By program year”.
Paying entity Amount Date Nature of payment Dispute status Published Record ID Source
BioFire Diagnostics, LLC $17.28 06/20/2023 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1028676803 CMS
BioFire Diagnostics, LLC $15.65 06/20/2023 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1028676891 CMS
BioFire Diagnostics, LLC $48.00 06/20/2023 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1028676903 CMS
BioFire Diagnostics, LLC $33.07 06/20/2023 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1028676919 CMS
BioFire Diagnostics, LLC $259.98 06/20/2023 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1028676933 CMS
BioFire Diagnostics, LLC $28.18 06/20/2023 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1028676945 CMS
BioFire Diagnostics, LLC $87.63 06/20/2023 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1028676961 CMS
BioFire Diagnostics, LLC $5,900.00 06/20/2023 Consulting Fee Undisputed 01/23/2026 1028676975 CMS
BioFire Diagnostics, LLC $1,047.40 06/20/2023 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1028676985 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
Source files
Dataset page · Bulk file · PY2021 , PY2022 , PY2023
Generated from
OP_DTL_GNRL_PGYR2023_P01232026_01102026.csv

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