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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

SARKIS JOHN CHOBANIAN

Allopathic & Osteopathic Physicians Internal Medicine Gastroenterology

NPI
1730114141
CMS profile
259482
Location
KNOXVILLE, TN

General Payments · PY2018–2023

$6,120.54

  • Reported across 393 records
  • CMS publication 2026-01-23

Latest program year · PY2023

$1,026.22

63 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.

Related groups: Gastroenterology TN All categories

By nature of payment

PY2023 · sorted by reported total

Nature of paymentAmountRecords
Food and Beverage $1,026.22 63

By paying entity

PY2023 · sorted by reported total

Paying entityAmountRecords
ABBVIE INC. $270.03 15
Salix Pharmaceuticals, a division of Bausch Health US, LLC $218.31 14
Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. $157.37 13
Ferring Pharmaceuticals Inc. $113.55 5
NESTLE HEALTHCARE NUTRITION INC. $75.41 4
Janssen Biotech, Inc. $72.91 5
Ardelyx, Inc. $49.53 3
PFIZER INC. $22.18 1
GENZYME CORPORATION $19.17 1
Amgen Inc. $14.64 1
Braintree Laboratories, Inc. $13.12 1

By program year

All program years on this page · sorted by year

Program yearAmountRecords
PY2018 $1,618.69 109
PY2019 $1,136.32 72
PY2020 $318.22 20
PY2021 $810.42 60
PY2022 $1,210.67 69
PY2023 $1,026.22 63

Payment records · PY2023 (63)

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

Program year 2023 20182019202020212022 Record-level detail is published for PY2023; earlier years are summarised in “By program year”.
Paying entity Amount Date Nature of payment Dispute status Published Record ID Source
AbbVie Inc. $17.02 02/03/2023 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 996431697 CMS
AbbVie Inc. $17.19 02/28/2023 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 996431701 CMS
AbbVie Inc. $19.00 03/10/2023 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 996431703 CMS
AbbVie Inc. $4.95 05/25/2023 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 996431707 CMS
AbbVie Inc. $20.31 06/03/2023 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 996431713 CMS
AbbVie Inc. $21.04 07/12/2023 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 996431717 CMS
AbbVie Inc. $18.98 08/08/2023 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 996431721 CMS
AbbVie Inc. $14.44 08/09/2023 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 996431725 CMS
AbbVie Inc. $24.03 08/22/2023 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 996431729 CMS
AbbVie Inc. $21.80 09/06/2023 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 996431733 CMS
AbbVie Inc. $16.90 10/28/2023 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 996431737 CMS
AbbVie Inc. $11.46 10/30/2023 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 996431741 CMS
AbbVie Inc. $24.17 11/02/2023 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 996431745 CMS
AbbVie Inc. $18.07 11/07/2023 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 996431749 CMS
AbbVie Inc. $20.67 12/20/2023 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 996431753 CMS
Amgen Inc. $14.64 06/14/2023 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1020116641 CMS
Ardelyx, Inc. $16.63 07/23/2023 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1052942235 CMS
Ardelyx, Inc. $14.55 10/23/2023 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1052942239 CMS
Ardelyx, Inc. $18.35 11/28/2023 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1052942243 CMS
Braintree Laboratories, Inc. $13.12 08/14/2023 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1006441581 CMS
Ferring Pharmaceuticals Inc. $15.88 01/26/2023 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1044120151 CMS
Ferring Pharmaceuticals Inc. $27.73 02/01/2023 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1044120163 CMS
Ferring Pharmaceuticals Inc. $29.34 03/02/2023 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1044120173 CMS
Ferring Pharmaceuticals Inc. $20.12 10/23/2023 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1044120183 CMS
Ferring Pharmaceuticals Inc. $20.48 11/13/2023 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1044120193 CMS
GENZYME CORPORATION $19.17 06/06/2023 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1050301049 CMS
Janssen Biotech, Inc. $13.41 01/18/2023 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 988744983 CMS
Janssen Biotech, Inc. $14.70 03/30/2023 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 988744985 CMS
Janssen Biotech, Inc. $16.51 05/25/2023 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 988744981 CMS
Janssen Biotech, Inc. $14.79 08/10/2023 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 988744979 CMS
Janssen Biotech, Inc. $13.50 11/15/2023 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 988744977 CMS
NESTLE HEALTHCARE NUTRITION INC. $17.79 02/13/2023 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1012456543 CMS
NESTLE HEALTHCARE NUTRITION INC. $18.44 04/03/2023 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1012507321 CMS
NESTLE HEALTHCARE NUTRITION INC. $20.81 08/03/2023 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1012513621 CMS
NESTLE HEALTHCARE NUTRITION INC. $18.37 10/26/2023 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1012488027 CMS
PFIZER INC. $22.18 05/17/2023 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1050630871 CMS
Salix Pharmaceuticals, a division of Bausch Health US, LLC $16.41 02/15/2023 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1057446595 CMS
Salix Pharmaceuticals, a division of Bausch Health US, LLC $13.68 03/08/2023 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1057363579 CMS
Salix Pharmaceuticals, a division of Bausch Health US, LLC $17.58 03/29/2023 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1057376797 CMS
Salix Pharmaceuticals, a division of Bausch Health US, LLC $15.73 05/31/2023 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1057272779 CMS
Salix Pharmaceuticals, a division of Bausch Health US, LLC $15.83 06/14/2023 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1057203431 CMS
Salix Pharmaceuticals, a division of Bausch Health US, LLC $15.92 07/05/2023 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1057247861 CMS
Salix Pharmaceuticals, a division of Bausch Health US, LLC $14.18 07/17/2023 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1057296451 CMS
Salix Pharmaceuticals, a division of Bausch Health US, LLC $19.13 08/23/2023 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1057331559 CMS
Salix Pharmaceuticals, a division of Bausch Health US, LLC $16.97 08/30/2023 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1057117917 CMS
Salix Pharmaceuticals, a division of Bausch Health US, LLC $17.29 08/30/2023 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1057322289 CMS
Salix Pharmaceuticals, a division of Bausch Health US, LLC $13.56 08/30/2023 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1057370767 CMS
Salix Pharmaceuticals, a division of Bausch Health US, LLC $13.98 11/13/2023 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1057470799 CMS
Salix Pharmaceuticals, a division of Bausch Health US, LLC $15.37 11/21/2023 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1057191985 CMS
Salix Pharmaceuticals, a division of Bausch Health US, LLC $12.68 12/20/2023 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1057192681 CMS
Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. $15.10 01/25/2023 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1055368535 CMS
Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. $2.28 01/25/2023 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1055368537 CMS
Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. $17.54 02/28/2023 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1055368539 CMS
Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. $4.70 02/28/2023 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1055368541 CMS
Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. $16.68 06/15/2023 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1055368543 CMS
Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. $3.68 07/12/2023 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1055368545 CMS
Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. $14.57 07/12/2023 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1055368547 CMS
Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. $22.54 07/18/2023 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1055368549 CMS
Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. $15.27 10/11/2023 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1055368551 CMS
Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. $2.62 10/11/2023 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1055368553 CMS
Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. $25.19 10/24/2023 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1055368555 CMS
Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. $2.21 10/24/2023 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1055368557 CMS
Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. $14.99 11/30/2023 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1055368559 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
Source files
Dataset page · Bulk file · PY2018 , PY2019 , PY2020 , PY2021 , PY2022 , PY2023
Generated from
OP_DTL_GNRL_PGYR2023_P01232026_01102026.csv

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