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

ANTHONY L ESTRERA

Allopathic & Osteopathic Physicians Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery)

NPI
1811915457
CMS profile
354927
Location
HOUSTON, TX

General Payments · PY2018–2024

$15,436.38

  • Reported across 103 records
  • CMS publication 2026-01-23

Latest program year · PY2024

$1,759.09

17 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 $1,737.57 16
Travel and Lodging $21.52 1

By paying entity

PY2024 · sorted by reported total

Paying entityAmountRecords
W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc. $380.29 3
Medtronic, Inc. $316.35 2
ABIOMED $273.33 3
Edwards Lifesciences Corporation $272.05 2
Abbott Laboratories $199.74 3
Medinc of Texas $174.17 2
Artivion, Inc. $121.57 1
Bolton Medical Inc $21.59 1

By program year

All program years on this page · sorted by year

Program yearAmountRecords
PY2018 $4,374.80 31
PY2019 $3,049.15 22
PY2020 $2,051.48 6
PY2021 $1,904.55 10
PY2022 $1,130.94 9
PY2023 $1,166.37 8
PY2024 $1,759.09 17

Payment records · PY2024 (17)

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 $15.46 05/30/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1125286404 CMS
Abbott Laboratories $169.96 07/17/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1125286406 CMS
Abbott Laboratories $14.32 08/26/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1125286408 CMS
ABIOMED $87.01 01/29/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1142248044 CMS
ABIOMED $21.52 12/12/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1142248216 CMS
ABIOMED $164.80 12/12/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1142248218 CMS
Artivion, Inc. $121.57 03/27/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1145789513 CMS
Bolton Medical Inc $21.59 11/20/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1150741509 CMS
Edwards Lifesciences Corporation $157.00 07/22/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1138813101 CMS
Edwards Lifesciences Corporation $115.05 10/10/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1138813127 CMS
Medinc of Texas $132.61 09/25/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1125025808 CMS
Medinc of Texas $41.56 11/09/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1125025813 CMS
Medtronic, Inc. $180.45 03/21/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119498366 CMS
Medtronic, Inc. $135.90 08/29/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119498368 CMS
W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc. $64.90 06/05/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1148150879 CMS
W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc. $183.54 07/18/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1148150894 CMS
W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc. $131.85 10/24/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1148150913 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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