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

LUIS G ECHEVERRI

Allopathic & Osteopathic Physicians Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery)

NPI
1457351777
CMS profile
202171
Location
HOUSTON, TX

General Payments · PY2018–2024

$17,146.41

  • Reported across 340 records
  • CMS publication 2026-01-23

Latest program year · PY2024

$1,626.57

37 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 $1,626.57 37

By paying entity

PY2024 · sorted by reported total

By program year

All program years on this page · sorted by year

Program yearAmountRecords
PY2018 $5,125.20 62
PY2019 $1,458.91 57
PY2020 $709.68 19
PY2021 $2,133.94 49
PY2022 $2,986.22 63
PY2023 $3,105.89 53
PY2024 $1,626.57 37

Payment records · PY2024 (37)

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
AngioDynamics, Inc. $15.21 05/30/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1095073698 CMS
ATRICURE, INC. $154.28 07/11/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1132881293 CMS
ATRICURE, INC. $33.29 07/31/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1132881295 CMS
ATRICURE, INC. $34.45 08/15/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1132837897 CMS
ATRICURE, INC. $31.96 10/01/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1132892685 CMS
ATRICURE, INC. $18.73 10/29/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1132881912 CMS
ATRICURE, INC. $5.60 11/07/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1132903681 CMS
ATRICURE, INC. $44.54 12/12/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1132847588 CMS
ATRICURE, INC. $38.71 12/18/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1132889390 CMS
ATRICURE, INC. $45.52 12/20/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1132889350 CMS
Bard Peripheral Vascular, Inc. $56.13 01/25/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1128473547 CMS
Baxter Healthcare $43.99 04/24/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1120667570 CMS
Baxter Healthcare $47.07 10/30/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1120667572 CMS
Becton, Dickinson and Company $21.88 01/31/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1127615659 CMS
Bolton Medical Inc $22.91 11/06/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1150741272 CMS
CashFlow Solutions, LLC $12.58 02/21/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1139261149 CMS
Edwards Lifesciences Corporation $22.17 11/06/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1138772859 CMS
Inari Medical, Inc. $15.98 01/29/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1140085112 CMS
INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC. $125.38 10/29/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1137161445 CMS
Medtronic, Inc. $172.91 01/23/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119325719 CMS
Medtronic, Inc. $5.09 02/13/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119325721 CMS
Medtronic, Inc. $71.39 02/13/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119325723 CMS
Medtronic, Inc. $98.10 02/27/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119325725 CMS
Medtronic, Inc. $16.03 04/23/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119325727 CMS
Medtronic, Inc. $23.82 05/02/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119325735 CMS
Medtronic, Inc. $114.84 05/04/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119325733 CMS
Medtronic, Inc. $22.98 05/11/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119325731 CMS
Medtronic, Inc. $22.13 05/17/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119325729 CMS
Medtronic, Inc. $36.17 08/05/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119325737 CMS
Smith+Nephew, Inc. $27.00 09/19/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1149514087 CMS
Smith+Nephew, Inc. $23.40 10/16/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1149514085 CMS
Surmodics, Inc. $25.65 08/20/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1128530440 CMS
Surmodics, Inc. $33.87 10/03/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1128530444 CMS
Surmodics, Inc. $20.60 10/16/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1128530446 CMS
Surmodics, Inc. $19.62 12/11/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1128530442 CMS
W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc. $67.42 03/02/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1148106314 CMS
W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc. $35.17 11/20/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1148106449 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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