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

TOCHUKWU JUDE ONYEKWELU

Allopathic & Osteopathic Physicians Surgery

NPI
1376960849
CMS profile
10536132
Location
CHARLESTON, SC

General Payments · PY2021–2024

$3,798.15

  • Reported across 33 records
  • CMS publication 2026-01-23

Latest program year · PY2024

$2,821.82

24 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 $1,012.19 7
Education $1,000.00 1
Food and Beverage $800.89 15
Gift $8.74 1

By paying entity

PY2024 · sorted by reported total

Paying entityAmountRecords
INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC. $2,417.81 10
Smith & Nephew, Inc. $194.14 7
PolyNovo North America LLC $59.84 1
Ethicon US, LLC $37.37 1
HISTOSONICS, INC. $34.69 1
AngioDynamics, Inc. $25.20 1
DAVOL INC. $24.29 1
Acera Surgical, Inc. $14.96 1
MIMEDX Group, Inc. $13.52 1

By program year

All program years on this page · sorted by year

Program yearAmountRecords
PY2021 $305.00 1
PY2022 $22.91 1
PY2023 $648.42 7
PY2024 $2,821.82 24

Payment records · PY2024 (24)

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
Acera Surgical, Inc. $14.96 02/15/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1152412472 CMS
AngioDynamics, Inc. $25.20 12/09/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1095089847 CMS
Davol Inc. $24.29 09/26/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1127663765 CMS
Ethicon US, LLC $37.37 02/06/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1077645030 CMS
HISTOSONICS,INC. $34.69 09/23/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1154803081 CMS
INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC. $694.21 02/19/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1137170259 CMS
INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC. $25.00 02/19/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1137279904 CMS
INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC. $25.00 02/22/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1137234836 CMS
INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC. $20.00 02/22/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1137277842 CMS
INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC. $209.98 02/23/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1137068823 CMS
INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC. $1,000.00 02/23/2024 Education Undisputed 01/23/2026 1137233932 CMS
INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC. $19.00 03/29/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1137101563 CMS
INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC. $396.88 04/11/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1137147886 CMS
INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC. $19.00 04/11/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1137173356 CMS
INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC. $8.74 04/11/2024 Gift Undisputed 01/23/2026 1137240640 CMS
MIMEDX Group, Inc. $13.52 07/11/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1140266173 CMS
PolyNovo North America LLC $59.84 04/07/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1148183834 CMS
Smith+Nephew, Inc. $34.26 02/20/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1149597579 CMS
Smith+Nephew, Inc. $22.55 03/14/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1149597577 CMS
Smith+Nephew, Inc. $14.82 04/04/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1149597575 CMS
Smith+Nephew, Inc. $47.92 05/20/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1149597585 CMS
Smith+Nephew, Inc. $0.67 05/20/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1149598652 CMS
Smith+Nephew, Inc. $36.96 08/19/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1149597581 CMS
Smith+Nephew, Inc. $36.96 12/02/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1149597583 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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