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

FRANCIS A BUZAD

Allopathic & Osteopathic Physicians Surgery

NPI
1477530251
CMS profile
203014
Location
AUSTIN, TX

General Payments · PY2018–2024

$251,223.56

  • Reported across 248 records
  • CMS publication 2026-01-23

Latest program year · PY2024

$21,504.69

31 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 $20,000.00 5
Food and Beverage $1,504.69 26

By paying entity

PY2024 · sorted by reported total

Paying entityAmountRecords
INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC. $21,326.15 29
Virtual Incision Corporation $152.00 1
Medtronic, Inc. $26.54 1

By program year

All program years on this page · sorted by year

Program yearAmountRecords
PY2018 $78,777.10 70
PY2019 $70,942.97 47
PY2020 $5,594.38 16
PY2021 $28,266.62 23
PY2022 $19,287.89 33
PY2023 $26,849.91 28
PY2024 $21,504.69 31

Payment records · PY2024 (31)

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
INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC. $29.71 01/23/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1137076482 CMS
INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC. $121.14 02/13/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1137271552 CMS
INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC. $27.55 02/20/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1137120984 CMS
INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC. $4,000.00 03/06/2024 Education Undisputed 01/23/2026 1137278178 CMS
INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC. $150.00 03/06/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1137281104 CMS
INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC. $8.67 03/12/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1137204530 CMS
INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC. $26.87 03/12/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1137272160 CMS
INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC. $4,000.00 03/20/2024 Education Undisputed 01/23/2026 1137175429 CMS
INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC. $150.00 03/20/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1137226955 CMS
INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC. $6.67 04/02/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1137159387 CMS
INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC. $5.99 04/02/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1137291389 CMS
INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC. $150.00 04/19/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1137157623 CMS
INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC. $4,000.00 04/19/2024 Education Undisputed 01/23/2026 1137254187 CMS
INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC. $10.00 04/30/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1137260357 CMS
INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC. $8.45 06/25/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1137226012 CMS
INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC. $4,000.00 06/26/2024 Education Undisputed 01/23/2026 1137083411 CMS
INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC. $150.00 06/26/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1137248509 CMS
INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC. $5.19 07/30/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1137079973 CMS
INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC. $4,000.00 07/30/2024 Education Undisputed 01/23/2026 1137094407 CMS
INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC. $150.00 07/30/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1137249598 CMS
INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC. $54.44 08/20/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1137073694 CMS
INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC. $16.95 08/20/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1137227181 CMS
INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC. $4.72 09/10/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1137094896 CMS
INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC. $59.96 09/10/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1137165394 CMS
INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC. $5.10 09/10/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1137282092 CMS
INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC. $19.26 10/15/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1137128846 CMS
INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC. $12.03 10/22/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1137101025 CMS
INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC. $38.95 10/29/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1137115747 CMS
INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC. $114.50 11/26/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1137223820 CMS
Medtronic, Inc. $26.54 11/22/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119335343 CMS
Virtual Incision Corporation $152.00 09/18/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1152112865 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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