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

BRADLEY MERK CEREMUGA

Allopathic & Osteopathic Physicians Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery)

NPI
1679957542
CMS profile
1359199
Location
SPARTANBURG, SC

General Payments · PY2018–2024

$9,190.38

  • Reported across 113 records
  • CMS publication 2026-01-23

Latest program year · PY2024

$807.03

32 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 $807.03 32

By paying entity

PY2024 · sorted by reported total

By program year

All program years on this page · sorted by year

Program yearAmountRecords
PY2018 $118.56 1
PY2020 $170.77 5
PY2021 $3,385.80 36
PY2022 $4,166.71 18
PY2023 $541.51 21
PY2024 $807.03 32

Payment records · PY2024 (32)

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

Program year 2024 20182020202120222023 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 $24.13 02/12/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1125194322 CMS
Abbott Laboratories $24.68 06/27/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1125194337 CMS
Abbott Laboratories $24.97 07/10/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1125194326 CMS
Abbott Laboratories $18.69 10/21/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1125194330 CMS
Abbott Laboratories $20.26 11/27/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1125194334 CMS
ABIOMED $46.12 12/18/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1142264728 CMS
AngioDynamics, Inc. $49.28 06/26/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1095070105 CMS
ATRICURE, INC. $30.86 02/01/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1132868340 CMS
ATRICURE, INC. $21.76 02/03/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1132862074 CMS
ATRICURE, INC. $20.58 05/24/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1132867164 CMS
ATRICURE, INC. $24.91 09/04/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1132881702 CMS
ATRICURE, INC. $11.88 09/18/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1132890130 CMS
ATRICURE, INC. $30.57 10/11/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1132838195 CMS
ATRICURE, INC. $22.16 11/05/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1132860394 CMS
ATRICURE, INC. $10.38 11/06/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1132859697 CMS
Baxter Healthcare $22.29 02/24/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1120662127 CMS
Becton, Dickinson and Company $26.46 06/18/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1127612059 CMS
Becton, Dickinson and Company $25.44 08/15/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1127612063 CMS
Becton, Dickinson and Company $19.39 10/23/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1127630705 CMS
Edwards Lifesciences Corporation $19.59 02/29/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1138803800 CMS
Endologix LLC $15.81 06/03/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1116751466 CMS
Ethicon Inc. $38.97 08/01/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1077584622 CMS
Imperative Care, Inc $24.34 12/16/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1144202916 CMS
Janssen Pharmaceuticals, Inc $13.93 09/08/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1078179505 CMS
LSI SOLUTIONS INC $13.15 04/24/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1147466940 CMS
Medtronic, Inc. $26.11 09/11/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119432313 CMS
Peerless Surgical Inc. $31.10 03/20/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1125525959 CMS
Peerless Surgical Inc. $42.32 10/30/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1125525961 CMS
PFIZER INC. $17.12 04/15/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1131391049 CMS
ShockWave Medical, Inc $28.98 07/29/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1152988925 CMS
Teleflex LLC $47.70 03/12/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1142072838 CMS
W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc. $13.10 03/27/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1148080987 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, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024
Source files
Dataset page · Bulk file · PY2018 , PY2020 , PY2021 , PY2022 , PY2023 , PY2024
Generated from
OP_DTL_GNRL_PGYR2024_P01232026_01102026.csv

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