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

PAUL W LINER

Allopathic & Osteopathic Physicians Surgery

NPI
1396421996
CMS profile
11447191
Location
SPARTANBURG, SC

General Payments · PY2023–2024

$6,313.57

  • Reported across 22 records
  • CMS publication 2026-01-23

Latest program year · PY2024

$6,252.76

19 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
Education $4,000.00 1
Travel and Lodging $1,831.33 11
Food and Beverage $421.43 7

By paying entity

PY2024 · sorted by reported total

Paying entityAmountRecords
INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC. $6,036.46 15
PolyNovo North America LLC $164.38 1
Medtronic, Inc. $33.13 2
Merit Medical Systems Inc $18.79 1

By program year

All program years on this page · sorted by year

Program yearAmountRecords
PY2023 $60.81 3
PY2024 $6,252.76 19

Payment records · PY2024 (19)

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

Program year 2024 2023 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
INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC. $19.00 10/24/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1137139214 CMS
INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC. $19.00 10/24/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1137174717 CMS
INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC. $332.97 10/24/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1137210812 CMS
INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC. $357.73 10/24/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1137291317 CMS
INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC. $674.53 10/26/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1137073684 CMS
INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC. $30.77 11/13/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1137296485 CMS
INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC. $83.90 11/14/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1137100642 CMS
INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC. $33.22 11/14/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1137149488 CMS
INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC. $0.01 11/15/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1137152535 CMS
INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC. $132.50 11/15/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1137213145 CMS
INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC. $74.25 11/15/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1137237190 CMS
INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC. $4,000.00 11/22/2024 Education Undisputed 01/23/2026 1137099634 CMS
INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC. $141.14 12/11/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1137167027 CMS
INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC. $63.19 12/11/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1137219377 CMS
INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC. $74.25 12/12/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1137205583 CMS
Medtronic, Inc. $16.57 01/10/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119300541 CMS
Medtronic, Inc. $16.56 04/24/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119300543 CMS
Merit Medical Systems Inc $18.79 02/14/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1120960599 CMS
PolyNovo North America LLC $164.38 07/23/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1148182435 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
2023, 2024
Source files
Dataset page · Bulk file · PY2023 , PY2024
Generated from
OP_DTL_GNRL_PGYR2024_P01232026_01102026.csv

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