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

ARIEL CHACON BALADO

Allopathic & Osteopathic Physicians Orthopaedic Surgery

NPI
1710050521
CMS profile
258748
Location
AIBONITO, PR

General Payments · PY2019–2024

$8,119.03

  • Reported across 56 records
  • CMS publication 2026-01-23

Latest program year · PY2024

$3,887.32

29 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 $2,507.57 12
Education $1,000.00 1
Food and Beverage $379.75 16

By paying entity

PY2024 · sorted by reported total

Paying entityAmountRecords
RMC Orthopedic & Surgical, Inc. $1,821.11 4
Arthrex, Inc. $1,653.51 22
ENCORE MEDICAL, LP $412.70 3

By program year

All program years on this page · sorted by year

Program yearAmountRecords
PY2019 $3,421.76 24
PY2022 $142.79 1
PY2023 $667.16 2
PY2024 $3,887.32 29

Payment records · PY2024 (29)

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

Program year 2024 201920222023 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. $93.54 01/19/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1146544744 CMS
Arthrex, Inc. $19.26 01/20/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1146544746 CMS
Arthrex, Inc. $37.50 01/20/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1146544748 CMS
Arthrex, Inc. $5.00 01/20/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1146544750 CMS
Arthrex, Inc. $5.00 01/20/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1146544752 CMS
Arthrex, Inc. $5.00 01/20/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1146544754 CMS
Arthrex, Inc. $5.00 01/20/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1146544756 CMS
Arthrex, Inc. $5.00 01/20/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1146549876 CMS
Arthrex, Inc. $5.00 01/20/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1146549878 CMS
Arthrex, Inc. $10.00 01/20/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1146549880 CMS
Arthrex, Inc. $45.00 01/20/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1146549882 CMS
Arthrex, Inc. $45.00 01/20/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1146549884 CMS
Arthrex, Inc. $24.00 01/21/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1146544730 CMS
Arthrex, Inc. $15.00 01/21/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1146544732 CMS
Arthrex, Inc. $15.66 01/21/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1146544736 CMS
Arthrex, Inc. $37.50 01/21/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1146544742 CMS
Arthrex, Inc. $112.02 01/21/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1146549890 CMS
Arthrex, Inc. $20.60 01/28/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1146549888 CMS
Arthrex, Inc. $442.89 02/01/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1146544738 CMS
Arthrex, Inc. $442.89 02/01/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1146544740 CMS
Arthrex, Inc. $238.65 04/05/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1146549886 CMS
Arthrex, Inc. $24.00 04/06/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1146544734 CMS
ENCORE MEDICAL, LP $347.82 08/23/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1154726549 CMS
ENCORE MEDICAL, LP $43.21 08/23/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1154726563 CMS
ENCORE MEDICAL, LP $21.67 09/14/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1154726527 CMS
RMC Orthopedic & Surgical, Inc. $1,000.00 02/28/2024 Education Undisputed 01/23/2026 1125639882 CMS
RMC Orthopedic & Surgical, Inc. $704.60 03/21/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1125639913 CMS
RMC Orthopedic & Surgical, Inc. $47.97 04/02/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1125640795 CMS
RMC Orthopedic & Surgical, Inc. $68.54 04/05/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1125640831 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
2019, 2022, 2023, 2024
Source files
Dataset page · Bulk file · PY2019 , PY2022 , PY2023 , PY2024
Generated from
OP_DTL_GNRL_PGYR2024_P01232026_01102026.csv

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