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

BALAJI S CHARLU

Allopathic & Osteopathic Physicians Pain Medicine Interventional Pain Medicine

NPI
1609980432
CMS profile
73058
Location
NEWPORT BEACH, CA

General Payments · PY2018–2024

$9,331.56

  • Reported across 80 records
  • CMS publication 2026-01-23

Latest program year · PY2024

$502.53

13 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
Food and Beverage $502.53 13

By paying entity

PY2024 · sorted by reported total

Paying entityAmountRecords
BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION $466.17 11
Avanos Medical $21.63 1
DePuy Synthes Sales Inc. $14.73 1

By program year

All program years on this page · sorted by year

Program yearAmountRecords
PY2018 $3,906.56 13
PY2019 $1,510.60 5
PY2020 $288.27 5
PY2021 $214.15 3
PY2022 $492.77 9
PY2023 $2,416.68 32
PY2024 $502.53 13

Payment records · PY2024 (13)

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
Avanos Medical $21.63 05/20/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1149304683 CMS
Boston Scientific Corporation $9.83 02/01/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1069134610 CMS
Boston Scientific Corporation $23.93 04/11/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1092719340 CMS
Boston Scientific Corporation $48.24 04/24/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1092719350 CMS
Boston Scientific Corporation $38.27 05/13/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1092719346 CMS
Boston Scientific Corporation $18.36 08/07/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1092719338 CMS
Boston Scientific Corporation $68.72 09/11/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1092719352 CMS
Boston Scientific Corporation $31.80 10/17/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1092719342 CMS
Boston Scientific Corporation $139.76 11/13/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1092719354 CMS
Boston Scientific Corporation $3.52 12/09/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1092719336 CMS
Boston Scientific Corporation $46.44 12/11/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1092719348 CMS
Boston Scientific Corporation $37.30 12/16/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1092719344 CMS
DePuy Synthes Sales Inc. $14.73 10/16/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1077808747 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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