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Covered recipient · General Payments record

DAVID CHRISTOPHER METZGER

Allopathic & Osteopathic Physicians Internal Medicine Cardiovascular Disease

NPI
1568490464
CMS profile
70995
Location
KINGSPORT, TN

General Payments · PY2018–2024

$483,577.24

  • Reported across 519 records
  • CMS publication 2026-01-23

Latest program year · PY2024

$66,595.68

54 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 $60,675.00 7
Food and Beverage $3,319.35 39
Travel and Lodging $2,601.33 8

By paying entity

PY2024 · sorted by reported total

By program year

All program years on this page · sorted by year

Program yearAmountRecords
PY2018 $78,551.71 86
PY2019 $95,690.75 73
PY2020 $35,649.00 52
PY2021 $60,478.98 74
PY2022 $52,481.15 72
PY2023 $94,129.97 108
PY2024 $66,595.68 54

Payment records · PY2024 (54)

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 $19.28 01/09/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1125128231 CMS
Abbott Laboratories $12.84 01/18/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1125128233 CMS
Abbott Laboratories $20.38 02/06/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1125128235 CMS
Abbott Laboratories $562.24 04/16/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1125418797 CMS
Abbott Laboratories $515.00 04/16/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1125418799 CMS
Abbott Laboratories $226.60 04/16/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1125418803 CMS
Abbott Laboratories $9.02 04/16/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1125418809 CMS
Abbott Laboratories $5,500.00 05/15/2024 Consulting Fee Undisputed 01/23/2026 1125418801 CMS
Abbott Laboratories $23.16 05/16/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1125128237 CMS
Abbott Laboratories $20.68 05/23/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1125128243 CMS
Abbott Laboratories $143.19 05/24/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1125128239 CMS
Abbott Laboratories $15.28 07/03/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1125128249 CMS
Abbott Laboratories $21.70 07/29/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1125128241 CMS
Abbott Laboratories $95.70 10/28/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1125128245 CMS
Abbott Laboratories $3,300.00 11/28/2024 Consulting Fee Undisputed 01/23/2026 1125418805 CMS
Abbott Laboratories $6,000.00 11/28/2024 Consulting Fee Undisputed 01/23/2026 1125418807 CMS
Abbott Laboratories $21.27 12/18/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1125128247 CMS
Amplitude Vascular Systems, Inc. $542.22 05/08/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1089526028 CMS
Amplitude Vascular Systems, Inc. $40,000.00 05/17/2024 Consulting Fee Undisputed 01/23/2026 1089528631 CMS
Bard Peripheral Vascular, Inc. $50.31 01/23/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1128472017 CMS
Boston Scientific Corporation $143.23 05/09/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1092491770 CMS
Boston Scientific Corporation $308.92 05/09/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1092491776 CMS
Boston Scientific Corporation $314.73 05/09/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1092491778 CMS
Boston Scientific Corporation $704.19 05/09/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1092491780 CMS
Boston Scientific Corporation $126.32 05/10/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1092491768 CMS
Boston Scientific Corporation $200.30 05/10/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1092491774 CMS
Boston Scientific Corporation $147.94 05/24/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1092491772 CMS
Boston Scientific Corporation $4,350.00 07/18/2024 Consulting Fee Undisputed 01/23/2026 1092491782 CMS
Boston Scientific Corporation $24.50 07/18/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1092491804 CMS
Boston Scientific Corporation $85.11 08/07/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1092491764 CMS
Boston Scientific Corporation $34.71 08/29/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1092491760 CMS
Boston Scientific Corporation $105.94 09/04/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1092491766 CMS
Boston Scientific Corporation $41.60 10/08/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1092491762 CMS
Boston Scientific Corporation $24.77 11/21/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1092491758 CMS
Contego Medical, Inc $98.24 07/02/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1154307103 CMS
Contego Medical, Inc $99.20 08/20/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1154307105 CMS
CORDIS US CORP. $75.06 03/09/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1145405919 CMS
Endologix LLC $400.00 06/05/2024 Consulting Fee Undisputed 01/23/2026 1116756834 CMS
Endologix LLC $88.33 09/05/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1116756898 CMS
Endologix LLC $15.36 10/16/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1116756933 CMS
Endologix LLC $72.54 11/14/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1116756947 CMS
Endologix LLC $40.04 11/19/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1116756925 CMS
Imperative Care, Inc $16.37 04/08/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1144206583 CMS
Medtronic, Inc. $167.84 01/31/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119378160 CMS
Penumbra, Inc. $109.14 04/18/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1125866015 CMS
Penumbra, Inc. $135.65 06/12/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1076215484 CMS
Penumbra, Inc. $150.00 08/06/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1076215486 CMS
ShockWave Medical, Inc $1.66 04/02/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1152979825 CMS
ShockWave Medical, Inc $8.20 04/30/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1152978971 CMS
ShockWave Medical, Inc $1,125.00 07/19/2024 Consulting Fee Undisputed 01/23/2026 1153003799 CMS
ShockWave Medical, Inc $7.43 12/11/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1152972425 CMS
Silk Road Medical, Inc. $124.20 08/27/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1082264458 CMS
Surmodics, Inc. $74.46 06/05/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1128528730 CMS
W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc. $75.83 03/15/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1148090037 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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