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

JAMES J CHOO

Allopathic & Osteopathic Physicians Anesthesiology Pain Medicine

NPI
1396935227
CMS profile
199133
Location
KNOXVILLE, TN

General Payments · PY2018–2024

$5,913.08

  • Reported across 117 records
  • CMS publication 2026-01-23

Latest program year · PY2024

$2,375.57

65 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 $1,937.59 57
Travel and Lodging $437.98 8

By paying entity

PY2024 · sorted by reported total

Paying entityAmountRecords
Medtronic, Inc. $1,663.69 38
MML US, Inc. $266.43 6
BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION $224.46 13
Vertos Medical, Inc. $84.96 4
SPR Therapeutics, Inc $79.03 1
Nalu Medical, Inc. $41.02 2
SI-BONE, INC. $15.98 1

By program year

All program years on this page · sorted by year

Program yearAmountRecords
PY2018 $1,782.89 8
PY2019 $52.89 3
PY2020 $11.62 1
PY2021 $850.12 10
PY2022 $485.16 14
PY2023 $354.83 16
PY2024 $2,375.57 65

Payment records · PY2024 (65)

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
Boston Scientific Corporation $3.26 02/07/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1092471983 CMS
Boston Scientific Corporation $5.85 02/20/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1092471985 CMS
Boston Scientific Corporation $40.22 03/26/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1092472005 CMS
Boston Scientific Corporation $27.55 04/02/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1092472003 CMS
Boston Scientific Corporation $40.97 04/18/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1092472007 CMS
Boston Scientific Corporation $18.64 05/01/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1092471999 CMS
Boston Scientific Corporation $25.93 07/09/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1092472001 CMS
Boston Scientific Corporation $6.92 07/31/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1092471987 CMS
Boston Scientific Corporation $12.43 08/10/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1092471995 CMS
Boston Scientific Corporation $12.82 09/11/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1092471997 CMS
Boston Scientific Corporation $10.02 10/15/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1092471991 CMS
Boston Scientific Corporation $10.65 11/27/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1092471993 CMS
Boston Scientific Corporation $9.20 12/17/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1092471989 CMS
Medtronic, Inc. $12.36 01/26/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119302339 CMS
Medtronic, Inc. $27.87 02/07/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119302337 CMS
Medtronic, Inc. $12.84 04/05/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119302341 CMS
Medtronic, Inc. $21.32 04/11/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119302343 CMS
Medtronic, Inc. $19.01 04/22/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119302345 CMS
Medtronic, Inc. $3.47 06/25/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119302347 CMS
Medtronic, Inc. $20.24 07/01/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119302349 CMS
Medtronic, Inc. $53.63 07/11/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119302351 CMS
Medtronic, Inc. $58.25 07/12/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119302353 CMS
Medtronic, Inc. $14.41 07/12/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119302357 CMS
Medtronic, Inc. $159.32 07/12/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119302359 CMS
Medtronic, Inc. $13.22 07/13/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119302355 CMS
Medtronic, Inc. $12.88 07/13/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1121136250 CMS
Medtronic, Inc. $21.88 09/11/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119302361 CMS
Medtronic, Inc. $15.93 09/17/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119302363 CMS
Medtronic, Inc. $15.03 10/31/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119302367 CMS
Medtronic, Inc. $158.03 11/01/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119302365 CMS
Medtronic, Inc. $23.96 11/01/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119302369 CMS
Medtronic, Inc. $27.75 11/01/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119302371 CMS
Medtronic, Inc. $15.49 11/01/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119302373 CMS
Medtronic, Inc. $129.94 11/01/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119302375 CMS
Medtronic, Inc. $63.06 11/01/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119302387 CMS
Medtronic, Inc. $246.98 11/01/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119302389 CMS
Medtronic, Inc. $24.37 11/01/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119302393 CMS
Medtronic, Inc. $8.91 11/01/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119302395 CMS
Medtronic, Inc. $8.28 11/01/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119302399 CMS
Medtronic, Inc. $36.59 11/02/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119302377 CMS
Medtronic, Inc. $34.43 11/02/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119302379 CMS
Medtronic, Inc. $33.10 11/02/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119302381 CMS
Medtronic, Inc. $98.67 11/02/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119302383 CMS
Medtronic, Inc. $72.04 11/02/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119302385 CMS
Medtronic, Inc. $40.08 11/02/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119302391 CMS
Medtronic, Inc. $41.15 11/02/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119302397 CMS
Medtronic, Inc. $34.35 11/02/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119302401 CMS
Medtronic, Inc. $15.81 11/02/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119302403 CMS
Medtronic, Inc. $34.35 11/03/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119302405 CMS
Medtronic, Inc. $15.80 11/03/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119302407 CMS
Medtronic, Inc. $18.89 11/15/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119302409 CMS
MML US, Inc. $31.72 05/29/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1152305919 CMS
MML US, Inc. $23.47 07/09/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1152305921 CMS
MML US, Inc. $152.57 07/11/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1152305923 CMS
MML US, Inc. $25.42 08/12/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1152305925 CMS
MML US, Inc. $15.67 10/16/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1152305927 CMS
MML US, Inc. $17.58 10/16/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1152305929 CMS
Nalu Medical, Inc. $16.59 08/13/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1133990283 CMS
Nalu Medical, Inc. $24.43 12/11/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1133990285 CMS
SI-BONE, INC. $15.98 02/20/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1120073718 CMS
SPR Therapeutics, Inc $79.03 07/11/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1104954932 CMS
Vertos Medical, Inc. $16.40 02/29/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1133346793 CMS
Vertos Medical, Inc. $23.57 04/16/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1133346789 CMS
Vertos Medical, Inc. $21.01 05/29/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1133346791 CMS
Vertos Medical, Inc. $23.98 08/01/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1133346787 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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