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

NICHOLAS HESS

NPI
1548798903
CMS profile
7230509
Location
PITTSBURGH, PA

General Payments · PY2019–2024

$3,625.31

  • Reported across 33 records
  • CMS publication 2026-01-23

Latest program year · PY2024

$3,005.43

29 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 $1,699.27 4
Food and Beverage $1,306.16 25

By paying entity

PY2024 · sorted by reported total

Paying entityAmountRecords
Edwards Lifesciences Corporation $2,492.99 22
Abbott Laboratories $197.56 2
ABIOMED $165.65 1
Getinge USA Sales, LLC $111.29 2
Mid-Atlantic Surgical Systems, LLC $37.94 2

By program year

All program years on this page · sorted by year

Program yearAmountRecords
PY2019 $221.84 1
PY2022 $152.85 1
PY2023 $245.19 2
PY2024 $3,005.43 29

Payment records · PY2024 (29)

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

Program year 2024 201920222023 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 $68.02 12/04/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1122127716 CMS
Abbott Laboratories $129.54 12/04/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1122127732 CMS
ABIOMED $165.65 02/15/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1142267530 CMS
Edwards Lifesciences Corporation $172.06 04/28/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1138787700 CMS
Edwards Lifesciences Corporation $746.57 09/03/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1138787718 CMS
Edwards Lifesciences Corporation $41.45 09/26/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1138787710 CMS
Edwards Lifesciences Corporation $149.04 09/27/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1138787708 CMS
Edwards Lifesciences Corporation $65.84 09/28/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1138787722 CMS
Edwards Lifesciences Corporation $9.59 10/07/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1138787752 CMS
Edwards Lifesciences Corporation $1.87 10/11/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1138787732 CMS
Edwards Lifesciences Corporation $2.86 10/11/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1138787734 CMS
Edwards Lifesciences Corporation $26.70 10/11/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1138787736 CMS
Edwards Lifesciences Corporation $14.84 10/11/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1138787738 CMS
Edwards Lifesciences Corporation $2.51 10/11/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1138787740 CMS
Edwards Lifesciences Corporation $2.17 10/11/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1138787742 CMS
Edwards Lifesciences Corporation $12.75 10/11/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1138787754 CMS
Edwards Lifesciences Corporation $21.51 10/11/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1138787756 CMS
Edwards Lifesciences Corporation $3.77 10/17/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1138787744 CMS
Edwards Lifesciences Corporation $13.44 10/17/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1138787746 CMS
Edwards Lifesciences Corporation $26.24 10/17/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1138787748 CMS
Edwards Lifesciences Corporation $2.46 10/17/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1138787750 CMS
Edwards Lifesciences Corporation $152.40 11/19/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1138787720 CMS
Edwards Lifesciences Corporation $95.46 11/25/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1138787768 CMS
Edwards Lifesciences Corporation $138.06 12/19/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1138787770 CMS
Edwards Lifesciences Corporation $791.40 12/19/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1138787772 CMS
Getinge USA Sales, LLC $16.77 10/23/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1150256103 CMS
Getinge USA Sales, LLC $94.52 10/23/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1150256105 CMS
Mid-Atlantic Surgical Systems, LLC $23.42 07/10/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1126611472 CMS
Mid-Atlantic Surgical Systems, LLC $14.52 07/11/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1126611474 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
2019, 2022, 2023, 2024
Source files
Dataset page · Bulk file · PY2019 , PY2022 , PY2023 , PY2024
Generated from
OP_DTL_GNRL_PGYR2024_P01232026_01102026.csv

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