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

ALEXANDER ANGELO BRESCIA

Allopathic & Osteopathic Physicians Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery)

NPI
1669853289
CMS profile
5702952
Location
SAINT LOUIS, MO

General Payments · PY2018–2024

$12,850.55

  • Reported across 75 records
  • CMS publication 2026-01-23

Latest program year · PY2024

$9,244.62

42 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 $5,225.00 1
Food and Beverage $2,051.45 35
Travel and Lodging $1,968.17 6

By paying entity

PY2024 · sorted by reported total

Paying entityAmountRecords
Edwards Lifesciences Corporation $9,007.62 38
Medtronic, Inc. $174.89 3
Bolton Medical Inc $62.11 1

By program year

All program years on this page · sorted by year

Program yearAmountRecords
PY2018 $107.02 1
PY2021 $59.27 2
PY2022 $650.51 3
PY2023 $2,789.13 27
PY2024 $9,244.62 42

Payment records · PY2024 (42)

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

Program year 2024 2018202120222023 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
Bolton Medical Inc $62.11 04/29/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1150738509 CMS
Edwards Lifesciences Corporation $23.66 03/14/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1138886919 CMS
Edwards Lifesciences Corporation $143.37 03/14/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1138886921 CMS
Edwards Lifesciences Corporation $151.76 04/04/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1138886917 CMS
Edwards Lifesciences Corporation $165.77 04/17/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1138886925 CMS
Edwards Lifesciences Corporation $134.25 04/28/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1138886927 CMS
Edwards Lifesciences Corporation $57.56 06/14/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1138886937 CMS
Edwards Lifesciences Corporation $188.17 06/19/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1138886935 CMS
Edwards Lifesciences Corporation $581.12 08/20/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1138886973 CMS
Edwards Lifesciences Corporation $55.94 09/20/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1138886945 CMS
Edwards Lifesciences Corporation $236.22 09/22/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1138886959 CMS
Edwards Lifesciences Corporation $89.54 09/26/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1138886951 CMS
Edwards Lifesciences Corporation $154.74 09/27/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1138886947 CMS
Edwards Lifesciences Corporation $9.59 10/07/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1138887075 CMS
Edwards Lifesciences Corporation $435.27 10/10/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1138886971 CMS
Edwards Lifesciences Corporation $1.87 10/11/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1138887055 CMS
Edwards Lifesciences Corporation $2.86 10/11/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1138887057 CMS
Edwards Lifesciences Corporation $26.70 10/11/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1138887059 CMS
Edwards Lifesciences Corporation $14.84 10/11/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1138887061 CMS
Edwards Lifesciences Corporation $2.51 10/11/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1138887063 CMS
Edwards Lifesciences Corporation $2.17 10/11/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1138887065 CMS
Edwards Lifesciences Corporation $12.75 10/11/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1138887077 CMS
Edwards Lifesciences Corporation $21.51 10/11/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1138887079 CMS
Edwards Lifesciences Corporation $5,225.00 10/17/2024 Consulting Fee Undisputed 01/23/2026 1138886949 CMS
Edwards Lifesciences Corporation $3.77 10/17/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1138887067 CMS
Edwards Lifesciences Corporation $13.44 10/17/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1138887069 CMS
Edwards Lifesciences Corporation $26.24 10/17/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1138887071 CMS
Edwards Lifesciences Corporation $2.45 10/17/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1138887073 CMS
Edwards Lifesciences Corporation $34.95 10/31/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1138886955 CMS
Edwards Lifesciences Corporation $29.97 10/31/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1138886957 CMS
Edwards Lifesciences Corporation $19.27 10/31/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1138886961 CMS
Edwards Lifesciences Corporation $17.21 10/31/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1138886963 CMS
Edwards Lifesciences Corporation $25.16 10/31/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1138886965 CMS
Edwards Lifesciences Corporation $49.33 10/31/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1138886967 CMS
Edwards Lifesciences Corporation $8.98 10/31/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1138886969 CMS
Edwards Lifesciences Corporation $95.46 11/25/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1138887081 CMS
Edwards Lifesciences Corporation $14.76 12/05/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1138886975 CMS
Edwards Lifesciences Corporation $138.06 12/19/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1138887083 CMS
Edwards Lifesciences Corporation $791.40 12/19/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1138887085 CMS
Medtronic, Inc. $14.61 06/05/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119427161 CMS
Medtronic, Inc. $40.03 11/07/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119427163 CMS
Medtronic, Inc. $120.25 11/13/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119427165 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, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024
Source files
Dataset page · Bulk file · PY2018 , PY2021 , PY2022 , PY2023 , PY2024
Generated from
OP_DTL_GNRL_PGYR2024_P01232026_01102026.csv

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