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

PAUL K UPATHAM

Dental Providers Dentist Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopedics

NPI
1619136330
CMS profile
978952
Location
SAN DIEGO, CA

General Payments · PY2018–2024

$4,900.64

  • Reported across 94 records
  • CMS publication 2026-01-23

Latest program year · PY2024

$1,630.17

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
Food and Beverage $879.30 20
Travel and Lodging $442.50 1
Gift $268.37 1
Consulting Fee $40.00 2

By paying entity

PY2024 · sorted by reported total

Paying entityAmountRecords
Align Technology, Inc. $1,532.82 20
American Orthodontics Corporation $57.54 2
Dentsply Sirona Inc $39.81 2

By program year

All program years on this page · sorted by year

Program yearAmountRecords
PY2018 $49.26 2
PY2019 $37.27 1
PY2020 $325.85 6
PY2021 $805.74 26
PY2022 $1,369.48 21
PY2023 $682.87 14
PY2024 $1,630.17 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
Align Technology, Inc. $39.99 01/10/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1153153972 CMS
Align Technology, Inc. $7.04 02/07/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1153153954 CMS
Align Technology, Inc. $77.94 02/22/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1153153976 CMS
Align Technology, Inc. $85.00 02/24/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1153153978 CMS
Align Technology, Inc. $19.24 03/20/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1153153960 CMS
Align Technology, Inc. $20.00 03/23/2024 Consulting Fee Undisputed 01/23/2026 1153246073 CMS
Align Technology, Inc. $20.00 04/03/2024 Consulting Fee Undisputed 01/23/2026 1153246075 CMS
Align Technology, Inc. $41.92 05/22/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1153153974 CMS
Align Technology, Inc. $9.80 06/25/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1153153958 CMS
Align Technology, Inc. $25.14 08/14/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1153153966 CMS
Align Technology, Inc. $8.22 08/29/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1153153956 CMS
Align Technology, Inc. $25.35 08/29/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1153153970 CMS
Align Technology, Inc. $24.33 10/03/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1153153964 CMS
Align Technology, Inc. $61.57 10/31/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1153218933 CMS
Align Technology, Inc. $99.88 11/01/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1153153980 CMS
Align Technology, Inc. $25.25 11/02/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1153153968 CMS
Align Technology, Inc. $211.29 11/03/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1153242785 CMS
Align Technology, Inc. $268.37 11/03/2024 Gift Undisputed 01/23/2026 1153242787 CMS
Align Technology, Inc. $442.50 11/03/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1153242791 CMS
Align Technology, Inc. $19.99 12/09/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1153153962 CMS
American Orthodontics Corporation $15.00 03/08/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1113939079 CMS
American Orthodontics Corporation $42.54 10/23/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1113947256 CMS
Dentsply Sirona Inc $26.04 10/10/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1123501219 CMS
Dentsply Sirona Inc $13.77 10/23/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1123501233 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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