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

ALAN S BASSIN

Allopathic & Osteopathic Physicians Surgery

NPI
1831191790
CMS profile
218829
Location
LUFKIN, TX

General Payments · PY2018–2024

$2,415.41

  • Reported across 33 records
  • CMS publication 2026-01-23

Latest program year · PY2024

$1,336.52

9 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
Travel and Lodging $732.94 3
Food and Beverage $594.84 5
Gift $8.74 1

By paying entity

PY2024 · sorted by reported total

Paying entityAmountRecords
INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC. $1,287.14 7
BAXTER HEALTHCARE $27.19 1
Ethicon US, LLC $22.19 1

By program year

All program years on this page · sorted by year

Program yearAmountRecords
PY2018 $439.24 6
PY2019 $71.47 4
PY2020 $48.49 3
PY2021 $170.55 4
PY2022 $41.58 1
PY2023 $307.56 6
PY2024 $1,336.52 9

Payment records · PY2024 (9)

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
Baxter Healthcare $27.19 11/14/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1120667168 CMS
Ethicon US, LLC $22.19 04/01/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1077648842 CMS
INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC. $52.94 01/09/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1137222854 CMS
INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC. $34.00 03/21/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1137188755 CMS
INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC. $19.00 03/21/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1137244670 CMS
INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC. $679.94 03/21/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1137291819 CMS
INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC. $8.74 04/11/2024 Gift Undisputed 01/23/2026 1137108112 CMS
INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC. $396.88 04/11/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1137150082 CMS
INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC. $95.64 06/25/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1137133778 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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