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

GEORGE COMAS

Allopathic & Osteopathic Physicians Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery)

NPI
1578715454
CMS profile
208072
Location
STERLING HEIGHTS, MI

General Payments · PY2018–2024

$58,060.28

  • Reported across 321 records
  • CMS publication 2026-01-23

Latest program year · PY2024

$18,946.69

63 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 $12,104.67 9
Travel and Lodging $4,456.87 17
Food and Beverage $2,385.15 37

By paying entity

PY2024 · sorted by reported total

Paying entityAmountRecords
INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC. $14,217.57 28
Artivion, Inc. $2,885.61 18
ABIOMED $679.44 2
Abbott Laboratories $466.35 5
Medtronic, Inc. $305.83 2
Edwards Lifesciences Corporation $243.27 4
Surgical Specialties Corporation (US), Inc. $80.37 1
BIOCOMPOSITES INC $31.41 1
ATRICURE, INC. $20.77 1
Getinge USA Sales, LLC $16.07 1

By program year

All program years on this page · sorted by year

Program yearAmountRecords
PY2018 $17,617.77 133
PY2019 $9,608.12 64
PY2020 $3,382.82 26
PY2021 $6,111.24 10
PY2022 $90.76 1
PY2023 $2,302.88 24
PY2024 $18,946.69 63

Payment records · PY2024 (63)

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 $60.52 02/16/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1125135173 CMS
Abbott Laboratories $94.83 03/26/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1125135177 CMS
Abbott Laboratories $108.03 03/28/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1125135175 CMS
Abbott Laboratories $51.74 07/23/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1125135179 CMS
Abbott Laboratories $151.23 12/02/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1125135181 CMS
ABIOMED $607.64 02/02/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1142236337 CMS
ABIOMED $71.80 06/11/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1142236341 CMS
Artivion, Inc. $28.73 03/14/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1145789163 CMS
Artivion, Inc. $48.62 03/14/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1145789165 CMS
Artivion, Inc. $600.48 03/14/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1145791670 CMS
Artivion, Inc. $166.53 03/15/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1145788849 CMS
Artivion, Inc. $130.18 03/15/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1145789283 CMS
Artivion, Inc. $1.10 03/15/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1145789285 CMS
Artivion, Inc. $202.93 03/15/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1145789287 CMS
Artivion, Inc. $34.24 03/18/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1145789421 CMS
Artivion, Inc. $120.78 03/28/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1145791928 CMS
Artivion, Inc. $569.03 06/05/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1145789921 CMS
Artivion, Inc. $415.30 06/05/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1145791672 CMS
Artivion, Inc. $67.55 06/06/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1145789949 CMS
Artivion, Inc. $27.00 06/06/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1145789951 CMS
Artivion, Inc. $34.21 06/06/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1145789953 CMS
Artivion, Inc. $186.20 06/06/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1145789955 CMS
Artivion, Inc. $29.04 06/07/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1145790019 CMS
Artivion, Inc. $54.25 06/08/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1145790049 CMS
Artivion, Inc. $169.44 07/03/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1145790173 CMS
ATRICURE, INC. $20.77 08/22/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1132882696 CMS
BIOCOMPOSITES INC $31.41 06/19/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1146433730 CMS
Edwards Lifesciences Corporation $41.04 01/05/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1138804901 CMS
Edwards Lifesciences Corporation $152.32 01/27/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1138804893 CMS
Edwards Lifesciences Corporation $36.03 01/28/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1138804899 CMS
Edwards Lifesciences Corporation $13.88 12/05/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1138805009 CMS
Getinge USA Sales, LLC $16.07 04/09/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1150251141 CMS
INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC. $6.00 01/23/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1137204114 CMS
INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC. $6.00 02/02/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1137158995 CMS
INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC. $201.03 02/06/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1137123117 CMS
INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC. $828.14 02/09/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1137068002 CMS
INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC. $19.00 02/09/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1137181480 CMS
INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC. $1,500.00 02/13/2024 Education Undisputed 01/23/2026 1137080897 CMS
INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC. $34.90 02/13/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1137242980 CMS
INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC. $380.88 02/14/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1137263489 CMS
INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC. $228.85 02/15/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1137254761 CMS
INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC. $104.67 02/20/2024 Education Undisputed 01/23/2026 1137281670 CMS
INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC. $31.38 03/12/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1137211837 CMS
INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC. $5.49 03/12/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1137241560 CMS
INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC. $1,500.00 03/19/2024 Education Undisputed 01/23/2026 1137213891 CMS
INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC. $44.83 03/19/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1137236016 CMS
INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC. $1,500.00 04/16/2024 Education Undisputed 01/23/2026 1137284799 CMS
INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC. $8.29 04/30/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1137215489 CMS
INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC. $94.68 04/30/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1137242718 CMS
INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC. $96.25 05/07/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1137142061 CMS
INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC. $1,500.00 05/07/2024 Education Undisputed 01/23/2026 1137217229 CMS
INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC. $9.50 05/07/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1137253399 CMS
INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC. $1,500.00 05/21/2024 Education Undisputed 01/23/2026 1137293607 CMS
INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC. $1,500.00 06/04/2024 Education Undisputed 01/23/2026 1137255029 CMS
INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC. $1,500.00 06/18/2024 Education Undisputed 01/23/2026 1137234480 CMS
INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC. $99.61 07/02/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1137111491 CMS
INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC. $4.07 07/16/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1137102455 CMS
INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC. $1,500.00 07/16/2024 Education Undisputed 01/23/2026 1137166891 CMS
INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC. $5.51 07/16/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1137235696 CMS
INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC. $8.49 09/03/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1137166192 CMS
Medtronic, Inc. $169.38 03/07/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119384718 CMS
Medtronic, Inc. $136.45 07/18/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119384720 CMS
Surgical Specialties Corporation (us), Inc. (dba Corza Medical) $80.37 04/02/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1127684136 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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