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

STEPHEN L MARTIN

Allopathic & Osteopathic Physicians Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery)

NPI
1699762146
CMS profile
349013
Location
CHATTANOOGA, TN

General Payments · PY2018–2024

$813.51

  • Reported across 34 records
  • CMS publication 2026-01-23

Latest program year · PY2024

$310.39

14 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 $310.39 14

By paying entity

PY2024 · sorted by reported total

Paying entityAmountRecords
ATRICURE, INC. $144.77 7
Merck Sharp & Dohme Corporation $33.37 1
LSI SOLUTIONS INC $26.56 1
La Jolla Pharmaceutical Company $26.39 1
Ethicon US, LLC $24.53 1
Olympus America Inc. $20.35 1
Abbott Laboratories $18.88 1
KLS-Martin L.P. $15.54 1

By program year

All program years on this page · sorted by year

Program yearAmountRecords
PY2018 $44.79 4
PY2019 $11.48 1
PY2020 $25.02 2
PY2021 $61.83 4
PY2022 $23.78 1
PY2023 $336.22 8
PY2024 $310.39 14

Payment records · PY2024 (14)

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
Abbott Laboratories $18.88 02/23/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1125204244 CMS
ATRICURE, INC. $33.02 01/17/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1132873070 CMS
ATRICURE, INC. $7.74 01/31/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1132866105 CMS
ATRICURE, INC. $14.86 03/04/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1132863974 CMS
ATRICURE, INC. $24.03 04/24/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1132867714 CMS
ATRICURE, INC. $16.59 07/08/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1132852117 CMS
ATRICURE, INC. $16.26 08/28/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1132899254 CMS
ATRICURE, INC. $32.27 10/08/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1132839657 CMS
Ethicon US, LLC $24.53 02/21/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1077645402 CMS
KLS-Martin L.P. $15.54 07/13/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1144949798 CMS
La Jolla Pharmaceutical Company $26.39 06/17/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1154249678 CMS
LSI SOLUTIONS INC $26.56 08/13/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1147466538 CMS
Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC $33.37 05/21/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1141681513 CMS
Olympus America Inc. $20.35 03/28/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1108485300 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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