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 CHOW

Allopathic & Osteopathic Physicians Urology

NPI
1699188557
CMS profile
581983
Location
SAINT LOUIS, MO

General Payments · PY2018–2024

$20,529.24

  • Reported across 89 records
  • CMS publication 2026-01-23

Latest program year · PY2024

$6,632.21

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
Education $4,000.00 1
Travel and Lodging $1,320.67 5
Food and Beverage $1,311.54 26

By paying entity

PY2024 · sorted by reported total

Paying entityAmountRecords
INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC. $5,620.67 7
EDAP TECHNOMED INC $552.00 9
BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION $239.70 10
BIOTISSUE HOLDINGS INC. $115.72 1
Astellas Pharma US Inc $29.21 1
Janssen Biotech, Inc. $22.21 1
ABBVIE INC. $20.63 1
PFIZER INC. $18.86 1
Ethicon US, LLC $13.21 1

By program year

All program years on this page · sorted by year

Program yearAmountRecords
PY2018 $1,148.29 13
PY2019 $421.63 5
PY2020 $18.15 1
PY2021 $189.08 3
PY2022 $11,776.22 16
PY2023 $343.66 19
PY2024 $6,632.21 32

Payment records · PY2024 (32)

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
ABBVIE INC. $20.63 08/29/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1103467971 CMS
Astellas Pharma US Inc $29.21 10/21/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1139418329 CMS
BIOTISSUE HOLDINGS INC. $115.72 03/07/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1148749602 CMS
Boston Scientific Corporation $6.20 01/08/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1092569660 CMS
Boston Scientific Corporation $11.97 01/17/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1092569672 CMS
Boston Scientific Corporation $7.89 03/29/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1092569666 CMS
Boston Scientific Corporation $13.48 04/09/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1092569818 CMS
Boston Scientific Corporation $9.91 05/03/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1092569670 CMS
Boston Scientific Corporation $6.95 05/23/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1092569662 CMS
Boston Scientific Corporation $7.69 06/04/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1092569664 CMS
Boston Scientific Corporation $152.10 06/04/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1092569822 CMS
Boston Scientific Corporation $13.66 06/10/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1092569820 CMS
Boston Scientific Corporation $9.85 06/11/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1092569668 CMS
Edap Technomed Inc $169.00 10/24/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1154947786 CMS
Edap Technomed Inc $12.00 10/24/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1154947788 CMS
Edap Technomed Inc $3.00 10/24/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1154947790 CMS
Edap Technomed Inc $169.00 10/24/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1154974915 CMS
Edap Technomed Inc $12.00 10/24/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1154974917 CMS
Edap Technomed Inc $3.00 10/24/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1154974919 CMS
Edap Technomed Inc $169.00 10/24/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1154983768 CMS
Edap Technomed Inc $12.00 10/24/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1154983770 CMS
Edap Technomed Inc $3.00 10/24/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1154983772 CMS
Ethicon US, LLC $13.21 10/07/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1077636538 CMS
INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC. $19.00 03/29/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1137135046 CMS
INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC. $641.74 03/29/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1137272044 CMS
INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC. $19.00 04/11/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1137115603 CMS
INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC. $497.48 04/11/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1137214307 CMS
INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC. $143.45 04/13/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1137209840 CMS
INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC. $4,000.00 05/03/2024 Education Undisputed 01/23/2026 1137200848 CMS
INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC. $300.00 05/03/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1137220561 CMS
Janssen Biotech, Inc. $22.21 10/22/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1078795453 CMS
PFIZER INC. $18.86 08/13/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1131900423 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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