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

CHEERAG DIPAKKUMAR UPADHYAYA

Allopathic & Osteopathic Physicians Neurological Surgery

NPI
1720101827
CMS profile
350415
Location
CHAPEL HILL, NC

General Payments · PY2018–2024

$23,135.64

  • Reported across 37 records
  • CMS publication 2026-01-23

Latest program year · PY2024

$15,192.90

7 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

By paying entity

PY2024 · sorted by reported total

Paying entityAmountRecords
BK Medical Holding Company Inc. $14,774.20 4
Medtronic, Inc. $256.83 2
Globus Medical, Inc. $161.87 1

By program year

All program years on this page · sorted by year

Program yearAmountRecords
PY2018 $778.95 7
PY2019 $5,110.86 6
PY2020 $124.95 1
PY2021 $29.05 1
PY2022 $1,115.80 12
PY2023 $783.13 3
PY2024 $15,192.90 7

Payment records · PY2024 (7)

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
BK Medical Holding Company Inc. $7,310.00 01/04/2024 Consulting Fee Undisputed 01/23/2026 1153999776 CMS
BK Medical Holding Company Inc. $1,362.01 01/09/2024 Consulting Fee Undisputed 01/23/2026 1153999741 CMS
BK Medical Holding Company Inc. $2,585.00 03/06/2024 Compensation for services other than consulting, including serving as faculty or as a speaker at a venue other than a continuing education program Undisputed 01/23/2026 1153999735 CMS
BK Medical Holding Company Inc. $3,517.19 07/10/2024 Consulting Fee Undisputed 01/23/2026 1153999715 CMS
Globus Medical, Inc. $161.87 09/29/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1145030683 CMS
Medtronic, Inc. $41.41 02/22/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119451817 CMS
Medtronic, Inc. $215.42 04/13/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119451819 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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