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

RAY KRIS CHIHARA

Allopathic & Osteopathic Physicians Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery)

NPI
1740438928
CMS profile
1387943
Location
HOUSTON, TX

General Payments · PY2018–2024

$17,960.22

  • Reported across 106 records
  • CMS publication 2026-01-23

Latest program year · PY2024

$1,004.11

12 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 $1,004.11 12

By paying entity

PY2024 · sorted by reported total

Paying entityAmountRecords
ATRICURE, INC. $398.61 6
Paragonix Technologies, Inc. $187.57 1
DePuy Synthes Sales Inc. $150.00 1
Medtronic, Inc. $124.86 1
INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC. $83.34 1
Bolton Medical Inc $34.94 1
Abbott Laboratories $24.79 1

By program year

All program years on this page · sorted by year

Program yearAmountRecords
PY2018 $3,505.78 22
PY2019 $3,476.30 26
PY2020 $322.83 8
PY2021 $489.11 12
PY2022 $6,961.67 17
PY2023 $2,200.42 9
PY2024 $1,004.11 12

Payment records · PY2024 (12)

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
Abbott Laboratories $24.79 09/10/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1125232142 CMS
ATRICURE, INC. $119.21 01/26/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1132861535 CMS
ATRICURE, INC. $14.98 01/27/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1132872199 CMS
ATRICURE, INC. $45.83 01/27/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1132887528 CMS
ATRICURE, INC. $49.00 02/13/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1132853752 CMS
ATRICURE, INC. $155.60 05/22/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1132871687 CMS
ATRICURE, INC. $13.99 11/16/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1132896852 CMS
Bolton Medical Inc $34.94 01/27/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1150739964 CMS
DePuy Synthes Sales Inc. $150.00 12/10/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1077894086 CMS
INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC. $83.34 01/09/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1137151679 CMS
Medtronic, Inc. $124.86 12/16/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119462749 CMS
Paragonix Technologies, Inc. $187.57 10/01/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1101026168 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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