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

GERT MD PRETORIUS

Allopathic & Osteopathic Physicians Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery)

NPI
1629385836
CMS profile
255623
Location
SAN DIEGO, CA

General Payments · PY2018–2024

$121,092.43

  • Reported across 144 records
  • CMS publication 2026-01-23

Latest program year · PY2024

$5,099.39

8 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
Travel and Lodging $4,275.62 3
Food and Beverage $823.77 5

By paying entity

PY2024 · sorted by reported total

Paying entityAmountRecords
TRANSMEDICS, INC. $4,275.62 3
XVIVO Perfusion Inc. $627.50 2
Paragonix Technologies, Inc. $162.73 1
ABIOMED $18.74 1
Edwards Lifesciences Corporation $14.80 1

By program year

All program years on this page · sorted by year

Program yearAmountRecords
PY2018 $11,614.51 64
PY2019 $12,742.51 34
PY2020 $217.13 4
PY2021 $423.48 4
PY2022 $2,083.90 12
PY2023 $88,911.51 18
PY2024 $5,099.39 8

Payment records · PY2024 (8)

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 $18.74 03/14/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1142233426 CMS
Edwards Lifesciences Corporation $14.80 02/14/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1138820272 CMS
Paragonix Technologies, Inc. $162.73 05/21/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1101026544 CMS
TransMedics, Inc. $1,198.11 11/01/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1154757080 CMS
TransMedics, Inc. $665.83 11/01/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1154757082 CMS
TransMedics, Inc. $2,411.68 11/12/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1154757084 CMS
XVIVO Perfusion Inc. $346.05 05/02/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1087635330 CMS
XVIVO Perfusion Inc. $281.45 09/20/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1087635340 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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