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Covered recipient · General Payments record

BEN R BARTON

Allopathic & Osteopathic Physicians Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery)

NPI
1487757605
CMS profile
294508
Location
NASHVILLE, TN

General Payments · PY2018–2024

$5,915.45

  • Reported across 161 records
  • CMS publication 2026-01-23

Latest program year · PY2024

$847.44

44 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 $847.44 44

By paying entity

PY2024 · sorted by reported total

By program year

All program years on this page · sorted by year

Program yearAmountRecords
PY2018 $339.35 2
PY2019 $1,809.01 20
PY2020 $398.09 11
PY2021 $748.06 19
PY2022 $943.76 38
PY2023 $829.74 27
PY2024 $847.44 44

Payment records · PY2024 (44)

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 $38.71 04/22/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1125090978 CMS
Abbott Laboratories $24.42 09/13/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1125090982 CMS
Abbott Laboratories $18.49 11/13/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1125090980 CMS
AngioDynamics, Inc. $14.59 02/01/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1095067025 CMS
Artivion, Inc. $22.20 07/10/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1145790199 CMS
AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP $25.81 02/19/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1104546668 CMS
AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP $24.81 05/15/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1104704901 CMS
AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP $22.71 05/20/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1105835815 CMS
ATRICURE, INC. $29.11 04/08/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1132879609 CMS
ATRICURE, INC. $21.01 04/17/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1132859919 CMS
ATRICURE, INC. $14.18 06/04/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1132900236 CMS
ATRICURE, INC. $24.07 09/24/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1132894049 CMS
ATRICURE, INC. $18.91 11/18/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1132845549 CMS
Baxter Healthcare $14.74 07/18/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1120663492 CMS
Becton, Dickinson and Company $61.33 10/21/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1127626960 CMS
Bolton Medical Inc $17.47 02/14/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1150738062 CMS
Bolton Medical Inc $31.78 03/20/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1150738067 CMS
Ethicon US, LLC $15.63 07/29/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1077645746 CMS
KLS-Martin L.P. $15.17 08/14/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1144945347 CMS
La Jolla Pharmaceutical Company $23.94 08/07/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1154247154 CMS
La Jolla Pharmaceutical Company $26.97 09/25/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1154247156 CMS
LeMaitre Vascular, Inc. $24.51 10/30/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1138051256 CMS
LSI SOLUTIONS INC $25.38 03/28/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1147466646 CMS
Medtronic, Inc. $25.71 04/25/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119342078 CMS
Sanara MedTech Inc. $9.48 01/24/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1154917394 CMS
Sanara MedTech Inc. $1.07 03/07/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1154917396 CMS
Sanara MedTech Inc. $7.62 03/07/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1154917398 CMS
Sanara MedTech Inc. $8.94 05/03/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1154917400 CMS
Stryker Corporation $19.40 06/13/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119770466 CMS
ZOLL Services LLC (A/K/A ZOLL LifeCor Corp) $13.52 01/25/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1080571787 CMS
ZOLL Services LLC (A/K/A ZOLL LifeCor Corp) $16.21 02/14/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1080571791 CMS
ZOLL Services LLC (A/K/A ZOLL LifeCor Corp) $12.16 03/08/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1080571793 CMS
ZOLL Services LLC (A/K/A ZOLL LifeCor Corp) $17.39 03/14/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1080571795 CMS
ZOLL Services LLC (A/K/A ZOLL LifeCor Corp) $13.03 04/02/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1080571799 CMS
ZOLL Services LLC (A/K/A ZOLL LifeCor Corp) $13.38 04/12/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1080571803 CMS
ZOLL Services LLC (A/K/A ZOLL LifeCor Corp) $16.67 05/17/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1080571805 CMS
ZOLL Services LLC (A/K/A ZOLL LifeCor Corp) $12.47 05/28/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1080571807 CMS
ZOLL Services LLC (A/K/A ZOLL LifeCor Corp) $16.21 06/20/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1080571813 CMS
ZOLL Services LLC (A/K/A ZOLL LifeCor Corp) $16.21 07/17/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1080571815 CMS
ZOLL Services LLC (A/K/A ZOLL LifeCor Corp) $13.13 09/11/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1080571819 CMS
ZOLL Services LLC (A/K/A ZOLL LifeCor Corp) $22.49 10/15/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1080571825 CMS
ZOLL Services LLC (A/K/A ZOLL LifeCor Corp) $15.80 11/18/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1080571827 CMS
ZOLL Services LLC (A/K/A ZOLL LifeCor Corp) $4.73 12/03/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1080571829 CMS
ZOLL Services LLC (A/K/A ZOLL LifeCor Corp) $15.88 12/20/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1080571831 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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