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

JUSTIN J WATSON

Allopathic & Osteopathic Physicians Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery)

NPI
1760748008
CMS profile
4224970
Location
MADISON, WI

General Payments · PY2019–2024

$23,049.63

  • Reported across 72 records
  • CMS publication 2026-01-23

Latest program year · PY2024

$2,611.22

11 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
Education $1,500.00 1
Travel and Lodging $599.74 2
Food and Beverage $511.48 8

By paying entity

PY2024 · sorted by reported total

Paying entityAmountRecords
INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC. $2,211.12 5
Janssen Biotech, Inc. $125.00 1
Tempus AI, Inc $125.00 1
Pinnacle Biologics, Inc $111.12 2
Solventum Corporation $21.99 1
Ferring Pharmaceuticals Inc. $16.99 1

By program year

All program years on this page · sorted by year

Program yearAmountRecords
PY2019 $98.67 1
PY2020 $418.13 2
PY2022 $8,174.41 24
PY2023 $11,747.20 34
PY2024 $2,611.22 11

Payment records · PY2024 (11)

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

Program year 2024 2019202020222023 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
Ferring Pharmaceuticals Inc. $16.99 07/09/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1137517534 CMS
INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC. $580.74 04/09/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1137127242 CMS
INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC. $19.00 04/09/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1137256869 CMS
INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC. $50.00 05/14/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1137097509 CMS
INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC. $61.38 05/14/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1137210886 CMS
INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC. $1,500.00 06/27/2024 Education Undisputed 01/23/2026 1137203324 CMS
Janssen Biotech, Inc. $125.00 11/02/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1078837890 CMS
Pinnacle Biologics, Inc $75.40 05/31/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1132919593 CMS
Pinnacle Biologics, Inc $35.72 05/31/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1132919903 CMS
Solventum Corporation $21.99 09/17/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1144089647 CMS
Tempus AI, Inc $125.00 11/02/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1150176887 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, 2020, 2022, 2023, 2024
Source files
Dataset page · Bulk file · PY2019 , PY2020 , PY2022 , PY2023 , PY2024
Generated from
OP_DTL_GNRL_PGYR2024_P01232026_01102026.csv

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