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

SANTOSH C UPPU

Allopathic & Osteopathic Physicians Internal Medicine Adult Congenital Heart Disease

NPI
1710199161
CMS profile
668630
Location
HOUSTON, TX

General Payments · PY2021–2024

$5,140.41

  • Reported across 45 records
  • CMS publication 2026-01-23

Latest program year · PY2024

$2,363.01

21 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 $1,190.69 14
Travel and Lodging $1,172.32 7

By paying entity

PY2024 · sorted by reported total

Paying entityAmountRecords
Medtronic, Inc. $2,200.48 20
Edwards Lifesciences Corporation $162.53 1

By program year

All program years on this page · sorted by year

Program yearAmountRecords
PY2021 $95.09 2
PY2023 $2,682.31 22
PY2024 $2,363.01 21

Payment records · PY2024 (21)

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

Program year 2024 20212023 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
Edwards Lifesciences Corporation $162.53 05/22/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1138791978 CMS
Medtronic, Inc. $204.64 01/02/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119447531 CMS
Medtronic, Inc. $62.12 01/24/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119447529 CMS
Medtronic, Inc. $111.51 01/31/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119447533 CMS
Medtronic, Inc. $260.98 02/06/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119447539 CMS
Medtronic, Inc. $27.68 02/07/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1112056099 CMS
Medtronic, Inc. $14.60 02/07/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1112056103 CMS
Medtronic, Inc. $319.46 02/07/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119447557 CMS
Medtronic, Inc. $51.82 02/08/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119447537 CMS
Medtronic, Inc. $71.16 02/08/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119447549 CMS
Medtronic, Inc. $186.57 02/08/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119447551 CMS
Medtronic, Inc. $92.54 02/08/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119447553 CMS
Medtronic, Inc. $268.67 02/08/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119447555 CMS
Medtronic, Inc. $30.54 02/09/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1112056101 CMS
Medtronic, Inc. $69.35 02/09/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119447543 CMS
Medtronic, Inc. $25.57 02/09/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119447545 CMS
Medtronic, Inc. $85.92 02/09/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119447547 CMS
Medtronic, Inc. $52.15 02/10/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119447535 CMS
Medtronic, Inc. $80.75 04/23/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119447541 CMS
Medtronic, Inc. $113.09 07/17/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119447559 CMS
Medtronic, Inc. $71.36 10/22/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119447561 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
2021, 2023, 2024
Source files
Dataset page · Bulk file · PY2021 , PY2023 , PY2024
Generated from
OP_DTL_GNRL_PGYR2024_P01232026_01102026.csv

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