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

CHRISTOPHER DEGROAT

Allopathic & Osteopathic Physicians Internal Medicine Cardiovascular Disease

NPI
1528471091
CMS profile
1380145
Location
BIRMINGHAM, AL

General Payments · PY2018–2024

$32,151.24

  • Reported across 138 records
  • CMS publication 2026-01-23

Latest program year · PY2024

$7,573.18

25 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
Consulting Fee $6,800.00 5
Food and Beverage $773.18 20

By paying entity

PY2024 · sorted by reported total

Paying entityAmountRecords
Abbott Laboratories $7,182.90 14
ABIOMED $121.39 1
CHIESI USA, INC. $118.43 1
Amgen Inc. $90.39 6
PFIZER INC. $39.03 2
Kiniksa Pharmaceuticals International, plc $21.04 1

By program year

All program years on this page · sorted by year

Program yearAmountRecords
PY2018 $767.76 43
PY2019 $500.28 27
PY2020 $74.53 5
PY2022 $6,041.68 16
PY2023 $17,193.81 22
PY2024 $7,573.18 25

Payment records · PY2024 (25)

Sorted by paying entity, then date · as published by CMS

Program year 2024 20182019202020222023 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 $26.21 03/15/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1125111787 CMS
Abbott Laboratories $1,600.00 03/26/2024 Consulting Fee Undisputed 01/23/2026 1125416581 CMS
Abbott Laboratories $1,600.00 03/26/2024 Consulting Fee Undisputed 01/23/2026 1125416583 CMS
Abbott Laboratories $29.76 05/02/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1125111789 CMS
Abbott Laboratories $88.74 05/14/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1125111791 CMS
Abbott Laboratories $1,400.00 05/28/2024 Consulting Fee Undisputed 01/23/2026 1125416585 CMS
Abbott Laboratories $1,000.00 05/28/2024 Consulting Fee Undisputed 01/23/2026 1125416587 CMS
Abbott Laboratories $1,200.00 05/28/2024 Consulting Fee Undisputed 01/23/2026 1125416589 CMS
Abbott Laboratories $16.50 06/24/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1125111793 CMS
Abbott Laboratories $16.09 10/02/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1125111795 CMS
Abbott Laboratories $168.47 10/17/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1125111797 CMS
Abbott Laboratories $13.89 11/08/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1125111799 CMS
Abbott Laboratories $9.57 11/19/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1125111801 CMS
Abbott Laboratories $13.67 12/12/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1125111803 CMS
ABIOMED $121.39 10/22/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1142233144 CMS
Amgen Inc. $14.19 01/23/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1111560811 CMS
Amgen Inc. $15.88 04/02/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1111560813 CMS
Amgen Inc. $15.83 05/21/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1111560815 CMS
Amgen Inc. $13.66 08/13/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1111560817 CMS
Amgen Inc. $15.00 08/21/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1111560819 CMS
Amgen Inc. $15.83 10/29/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1111560821 CMS
Chiesi USA, Inc. $118.43 12/03/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1151804575 CMS
Kiniksa Pharmaceuticals International, plc $21.04 08/28/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1154880140 CMS
PFIZER INC. $17.61 02/14/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1131304163 CMS
PFIZER INC. $21.42 11/14/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1132076193 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, 2022, 2023, 2024
Source files
Dataset page · Bulk file · PY2018 , PY2019 , PY2020 , PY2022 , PY2023 , PY2024
Generated from
OP_DTL_GNRL_PGYR2024_P01232026_01102026.csv

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