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

ANDREW A PALAFOX

Allopathic & Osteopathic Physicians Orthopaedic Surgery

NPI
1700866407
CMS profile
213528
Location
EL PASO, TX

General Payments · PY2018–2024

$12,778.91

  • Reported across 290 records
  • CMS publication 2026-01-23

Latest program year · PY2024

$4,014.05

37 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
Travel and Lodging $2,194.11 3
Food and Beverage $1,819.94 34

By paying entity

PY2024 · sorted by reported total

Paying entityAmountRecords
Stryker Corporation $3,918.48 35
Arthrex, Inc. $68.17 1
Medtronic, Inc. $27.40 1

By program year

All program years on this page · sorted by year

Program yearAmountRecords
PY2018 $1,766.14 45
PY2019 $1,087.92 70
PY2020 $214.35 19
PY2021 $1,644.82 37
PY2022 $2,674.38 44
PY2023 $1,377.25 38
PY2024 $4,014.05 37

Payment records · PY2024 (37)

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
Arthrex, Inc. $68.17 12/10/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1146570555 CMS
Medtronic, Inc. $27.40 02/26/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119445259 CMS
Stryker Corporation $16.79 01/05/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119937067 CMS
Stryker Corporation $123.25 01/31/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119937069 CMS
Stryker Corporation $89.92 02/01/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119937071 CMS
Stryker Corporation $87.29 02/15/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119937073 CMS
Stryker Corporation $56.18 02/22/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119937075 CMS
Stryker Corporation $14.29 02/26/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119937077 CMS
Stryker Corporation $13.92 03/12/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119937079 CMS
Stryker Corporation $32.79 03/21/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119937081 CMS
Stryker Corporation $17.55 04/05/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119937083 CMS
Stryker Corporation $744.98 04/12/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119937085 CMS
Stryker Corporation $77.93 04/18/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119937087 CMS
Stryker Corporation $173.23 04/26/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119937089 CMS
Stryker Corporation $173.32 04/27/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119937091 CMS
Stryker Corporation $45.76 05/16/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119937093 CMS
Stryker Corporation $13.10 06/28/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119937095 CMS
Stryker Corporation $11.67 07/01/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119937097 CMS
Stryker Corporation $65.63 07/04/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119937099 CMS
Stryker Corporation $14.17 07/19/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119937101 CMS
Stryker Corporation $10.83 07/19/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119937103 CMS
Stryker Corporation $629.34 07/22/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119937105 CMS
Stryker Corporation $819.79 08/02/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119937107 CMS
Stryker Corporation $160.03 08/10/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119937109 CMS
Stryker Corporation $104.95 08/10/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119937111 CMS
Stryker Corporation $16.09 08/14/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119937113 CMS
Stryker Corporation $26.45 08/17/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119937115 CMS
Stryker Corporation $5.33 08/28/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119937117 CMS
Stryker Corporation $32.10 08/29/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119937119 CMS
Stryker Corporation $33.01 10/15/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119937121 CMS
Stryker Corporation $91.20 10/30/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119937123 CMS
Stryker Corporation $85.50 11/07/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119937125 CMS
Stryker Corporation $6.36 11/18/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119937127 CMS
Stryker Corporation $24.49 11/20/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119937129 CMS
Stryker Corporation $13.13 12/05/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119937131 CMS
Stryker Corporation $71.88 12/13/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119937133 CMS
Stryker Corporation $16.23 12/16/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119937135 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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