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

JOHN L BUTSCH

Allopathic & Osteopathic Physicians Surgery

NPI
1396810172
CMS profile
1171544
Location
BUFFALO, NY

General Payments · PY2018–2024

$6,979.02

  • Reported across 93 records
  • CMS publication 2026-01-23

Latest program year · PY2024

$1,792.72

25 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 $1,058.76 4
Food and Beverage $725.22 20
Gift $8.74 1

By paying entity

PY2024 · sorted by reported total

Paying entityAmountRecords
INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC. $1,563.97 15
Medtronic, Inc. $82.78 3
ABBVIE INC. $54.73 2
STERIS CORPORATION $39.70 2
Stryker Corporation $20.17 1
DAVOL INC. $18.25 1
MESH SUTURE INC $13.12 1

By program year

All program years on this page · sorted by year

Program yearAmountRecords
PY2018 $2,285.43 22
PY2019 $307.39 8
PY2020 $1,118.85 7
PY2021 $232.91 7
PY2022 $539.30 15
PY2023 $702.42 9
PY2024 $1,792.72 25

Payment records · PY2024 (25)

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

Program year 2024 201820192020202120222023 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. $29.71 04/19/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1103399243 CMS
ABBVIE INC. $25.02 09/19/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1103399245 CMS
Davol Inc. $18.25 03/13/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1127665802 CMS
INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC. $19.00 03/01/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1137071905 CMS
INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC. $621.43 03/01/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1137198064 CMS
INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC. $15.87 03/12/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1137162654 CMS
INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC. $14.98 03/12/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1137281992 CMS
INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC. $8.74 04/11/2024 Gift Undisputed 01/23/2026 1137120410 CMS
INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC. $396.88 04/11/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1137195793 CMS
INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC. $399.33 04/12/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1137168905 CMS
INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC. $19.00 04/12/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1137200802 CMS
INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC. $11.14 06/25/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1137072255 CMS
INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC. $14.21 06/25/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1137290177 CMS
INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC. $6.29 08/27/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1137097093 CMS
INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC. $5.47 08/27/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1137185413 CMS
INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC. $5.57 08/27/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1137251103 CMS
INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC. $12.94 10/22/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1137069499 CMS
INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC. $13.12 10/22/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1137265089 CMS
Medtronic, Inc. $32.17 04/29/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119301673 CMS
Medtronic, Inc. $33.95 07/19/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119301675 CMS
Medtronic, Inc. $16.66 12/06/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119301677 CMS
MESH SUTURE INC $13.12 09/25/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1084418245 CMS
STERIS CORPORATION $19.85 01/22/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1149633415 CMS
STERIS CORPORATION $19.85 01/24/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1149633425 CMS
Stryker Corporation $20.17 02/26/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119789240 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
2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024
Source files
Dataset page · Bulk file · PY2018 , PY2019 , PY2020 , PY2021 , PY2022 , PY2023 , PY2024
Generated from
OP_DTL_GNRL_PGYR2024_P01232026_01102026.csv

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