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

BILLY R CARSTENS

Allopathic & Osteopathic Physicians Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation

NPI
1447342738
CMS profile
201324
Location
SCHENECTADY, NY

General Payments · PY2018–2024

$72,154.75

  • Reported across 570 records
  • CMS publication 2026-01-23

Latest program year · PY2024

$1,315.13

13 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 $762.80 4
Food and Beverage $552.33 9

By paying entity

PY2024 · sorted by reported total

Paying entityAmountRecords
Pacira Pharmaceuticals Incorporated $967.42 7
BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION $170.55 2
Abbott Laboratories $117.18 2
SPR Therapeutics, Inc $38.92 1
PFIZER INC. $21.06 1

By program year

All program years on this page · sorted by year

Program yearAmountRecords
PY2018 $45,345.98 237
PY2019 $15,684.40 124
PY2020 $4,230.31 86
PY2021 $5,091.08 92
PY2022 $288.59 14
PY2023 $199.26 4
PY2024 $1,315.13 13

Payment records · PY2024 (13)

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
Abbott Laboratories $101.36 01/19/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1134595263 CMS
Abbott Laboratories $15.82 04/24/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1125070313 CMS
Boston Scientific Corporation $47.62 02/08/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1092296503 CMS
Boston Scientific Corporation $122.93 02/22/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1092296507 CMS
Pacira Pharmaceuticals Incorporated $195.22 05/03/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1151240533 CMS
Pacira Pharmaceuticals Incorporated $154.53 05/03/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1151240535 CMS
Pacira Pharmaceuticals Incorporated $30.00 05/03/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1151240539 CMS
Pacira Pharmaceuticals Incorporated $208.98 05/03/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1151240541 CMS
Pacira Pharmaceuticals Incorporated $8.04 05/04/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1151240529 CMS
Pacira Pharmaceuticals Incorporated $42.05 05/04/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1151240531 CMS
Pacira Pharmaceuticals Incorporated $328.60 05/04/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1151240537 CMS
PFIZER INC. $21.06 12/06/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1131126492 CMS
SPR Therapeutics, Inc $38.92 01/13/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1104925070 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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