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

DARRELL WU

Allopathic & Osteopathic Physicians Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery)

NPI
1598921272
CMS profile
494337
Location
ESCONDIDO, CA

General Payments · PY2018–2024

$8,884.05

  • Reported across 93 records
  • CMS publication 2026-01-23

Latest program year · PY2024

$1,595.81

24 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 $900.00 1
Food and Beverage $695.81 23

By paying entity

PY2024 · sorted by reported total

Paying entityAmountRecords
Edwards Lifesciences Corporation $1,017.03 9
ABIOMED $489.72 11
Ethicon US, LLC $48.94 2
Merck Sharp & Dohme Corporation $21.01 1
ATRICURE, INC. $19.11 1

By program year

All program years on this page · sorted by year

Program yearAmountRecords
PY2018 $783.09 6
PY2019 $4,767.88 25
PY2020 $14.82 1
PY2021 $790.12 10
PY2022 $612.13 11
PY2023 $320.20 16
PY2024 $1,595.81 24

Payment records · PY2024 (24)

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
ABIOMED $46.58 01/24/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1142236855 CMS
ABIOMED $28.22 02/27/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1142236865 CMS
ABIOMED $22.36 05/10/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1142236909 CMS
ABIOMED $142.35 05/11/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1142236907 CMS
ABIOMED $24.51 07/25/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1142236942 CMS
ABIOMED $40.76 08/19/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1142236940 CMS
ABIOMED $21.34 09/24/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1142236958 CMS
ABIOMED $21.15 10/03/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1142236972 CMS
ABIOMED $95.00 10/18/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1142236964 CMS
ABIOMED $14.10 10/18/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1142236966 CMS
ABIOMED $33.35 12/11/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1142237000 CMS
ATRICURE, INC. $19.11 08/28/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1132892365 CMS
Edwards Lifesciences Corporation $2.89 04/01/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1138884803 CMS
Edwards Lifesciences Corporation $15.08 05/02/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1138884847 CMS
Edwards Lifesciences Corporation $23.47 05/03/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1138884849 CMS
Edwards Lifesciences Corporation $18.91 07/14/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1138884875 CMS
Edwards Lifesciences Corporation $6.93 08/22/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1138884871 CMS
Edwards Lifesciences Corporation $32.54 08/24/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1138884869 CMS
Edwards Lifesciences Corporation $13.24 10/14/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1138884881 CMS
Edwards Lifesciences Corporation $900.00 11/01/2024 Consulting Fee Undisputed 01/23/2026 1138884885 CMS
Edwards Lifesciences Corporation $3.97 11/22/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1138884883 CMS
Ethicon US, LLC $23.36 02/22/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1077623790 CMS
Ethicon US, LLC $25.58 06/04/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1077623794 CMS
Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC $21.01 03/06/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1141900922 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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