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

BALAKRISHNAN MAHESH

Allopathic & Osteopathic Physicians Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery)

NPI
1639586381
CMS profile
552210
Location
HERSHEY, PA

General Payments · PY2021–2024

$21,889.89

  • Reported across 151 records
  • CMS publication 2026-01-23

Latest program year · PY2024

$9,518.45

53 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 $4,000.00 1
Food and Beverage $2,833.51 42
Travel and Lodging $2,684.94 10

By paying entity

PY2024 · sorted by reported total

Paying entityAmountRecords
ATRICURE, INC. $6,575.55 29
Abbott Laboratories $2,017.58 14
ABIOMED $447.73 6
Medtronic, Inc. $178.11 2
Paragonix Technologies, Inc. $152.31 1
BAXTER HEALTHCARE $147.17 1

By program year

All program years on this page · sorted by year

Program yearAmountRecords
PY2021 $5,375.03 33
PY2022 $2,338.50 26
PY2023 $4,657.91 39
PY2024 $9,518.45 53

Payment records · PY2024 (53)

Sorted by paying entity, then date · as published by CMS

Program year 2024 202120222023 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 $19.50 01/08/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1125167032 CMS
Abbott Laboratories $12.98 06/13/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1125167034 CMS
Abbott Laboratories $142.20 08/09/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1125167036 CMS
Abbott Laboratories $7.77 10/02/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1125167038 CMS
Abbott Laboratories $786.81 12/09/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1125423771 CMS
Abbott Laboratories $62.99 12/09/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1125423773 CMS
Abbott Laboratories $9.02 12/09/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1125423783 CMS
Abbott Laboratories $38.26 12/19/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1125167040 CMS
Abbott Laboratories $77.94 12/19/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1125167042 CMS
Abbott Laboratories $56.30 12/20/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1125167044 CMS
Abbott Laboratories $94.49 12/20/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1125423775 CMS
Abbott Laboratories $80.96 12/20/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1125423777 CMS
Abbott Laboratories $386.65 12/20/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1125423779 CMS
Abbott Laboratories $241.71 12/20/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1125423781 CMS
ABIOMED $116.56 01/16/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1142270933 CMS
ABIOMED $113.58 06/14/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1142271011 CMS
ABIOMED $92.65 08/08/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1142271061 CMS
ABIOMED $8.50 10/31/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1142271049 CMS
ABIOMED $102.66 11/14/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1142271067 CMS
ABIOMED $13.78 11/21/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1142271085 CMS
ATRICURE, INC. $49.60 01/03/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1132874398 CMS
ATRICURE, INC. $54.53 01/17/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1132874362 CMS
ATRICURE, INC. $54.53 01/24/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1132873282 CMS
ATRICURE, INC. $102.24 01/31/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1132873272 CMS
ATRICURE, INC. $9.66 01/31/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1132873276 CMS
ATRICURE, INC. $54.53 03/19/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1132864324 CMS
ATRICURE, INC. $54.53 04/22/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1132864452 CMS
ATRICURE, INC. $88.17 04/25/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1132870555 CMS
ATRICURE, INC. $28.62 04/26/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1132868224 CMS
ATRICURE, INC. $140.91 04/27/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1132896438 CMS
ATRICURE, INC. $61.62 04/29/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1132869808 CMS
ATRICURE, INC. $125.62 05/13/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1132871043 CMS
ATRICURE, INC. $54.53 05/29/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1132903887 CMS
ATRICURE, INC. $54.53 06/13/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1132903855 CMS
ATRICURE, INC. $54.53 06/19/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1132851508 CMS
ATRICURE, INC. $21.66 06/20/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1132878591 CMS
ATRICURE, INC. $99.89 06/20/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1132903082 CMS
ATRICURE, INC. $63.42 07/19/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1132843258 CMS
ATRICURE, INC. $136.00 08/13/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1132861187 CMS
ATRICURE, INC. $54.53 08/27/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1132897634 CMS
ATRICURE, INC. $46.74 09/24/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1132898190 CMS
ATRICURE, INC. $4,000.00 10/04/2024 Consulting Fee Undisputed 01/23/2026 1132876333 CMS
ATRICURE, INC. $854.71 10/07/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1132850079 CMS
ATRICURE, INC. $31.60 10/11/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1132876427 CMS
ATRICURE, INC. $54.53 11/06/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1132876987 CMS
ATRICURE, INC. $75.17 11/20/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1132881474 CMS
ATRICURE, INC. $57.22 12/11/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1132889622 CMS
ATRICURE, INC. $57.20 12/18/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1132883414 CMS
ATRICURE, INC. $34.73 12/20/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1132884129 CMS
Baxter Healthcare $147.17 09/25/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1120658741 CMS
Medtronic, Inc. $147.67 04/26/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119414480 CMS
Medtronic, Inc. $30.44 07/29/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119414482 CMS
Paragonix Technologies, Inc. $152.31 05/30/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1101026434 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
2021, 2022, 2023, 2024
Source files
Dataset page · Bulk file · PY2021 , PY2022 , PY2023 , PY2024
Generated from
OP_DTL_GNRL_PGYR2024_P01232026_01102026.csv

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