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

CHASITY B HESTER

Physician Assistants & Advanced Practice Nursing Providers Physician Assistant Medical

NPI
1851095251
CMS profile
11521624
Location
LEXINGTON, KY

General Payments · PY2023–2024

$12,512.55

  • Reported across 61 records
  • CMS publication 2026-01-23

Latest program year · PY2024

$4,278.05

34 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 $2,415.51 2
Food and Beverage $1,862.54 32

By paying entity

PY2024 · sorted by reported total

Paying entityAmountRecords
MERZ NORTH AMERICA, INC. $4,120.06 30
Galderma Laboratories, L.P. $133.24 3
SUN PHARMACEUTICAL INDUSTRIES INC. $24.75 1

By program year

All program years on this page · sorted by year

Program yearAmountRecords
PY2023 $8,234.50 27
PY2024 $4,278.05 34

Payment records · PY2024 (34)

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

Program year 2024 2023 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
Galderma Laboratories, L.P. $3.98 04/11/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1145363865 CMS
Galderma Laboratories, L.P. $112.53 05/08/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1145363867 CMS
Galderma Laboratories, L.P. $16.73 06/27/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1145363869 CMS
MERZ NORTH AMERICA, INC. $29.00 02/13/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1146380666 CMS
MERZ NORTH AMERICA, INC. $7.49 03/01/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1146380664 CMS
MERZ NORTH AMERICA, INC. $13.00 05/02/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1146380670 CMS
MERZ NORTH AMERICA, INC. $582.46 05/09/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1146380686 CMS
MERZ NORTH AMERICA, INC. $158.19 05/09/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1146380688 CMS
MERZ NORTH AMERICA, INC. $1,833.05 05/09/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1146380696 CMS
MERZ NORTH AMERICA, INC. $87.34 05/10/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1146380668 CMS
MERZ NORTH AMERICA, INC. $139.91 05/10/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1146380690 CMS
MERZ NORTH AMERICA, INC. $208.44 05/10/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1146380692 CMS
MERZ NORTH AMERICA, INC. $43.59 05/10/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1146380694 CMS
MERZ NORTH AMERICA, INC. $65.42 05/10/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1146380702 CMS
MERZ NORTH AMERICA, INC. $72.21 05/10/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1146380706 CMS
MERZ NORTH AMERICA, INC. $121.11 05/11/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1146380684 CMS
MERZ NORTH AMERICA, INC. $53.50 05/11/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1146380698 CMS
MERZ NORTH AMERICA, INC. $145.21 05/11/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1146380700 CMS
MERZ NORTH AMERICA, INC. $51.38 05/11/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1146380704 CMS
MERZ NORTH AMERICA, INC. $71.03 05/11/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1146380708 CMS
MERZ NORTH AMERICA, INC. $132.14 06/18/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1146380674 CMS
MERZ NORTH AMERICA, INC. $7.95 06/27/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1146380672 CMS
MERZ NORTH AMERICA, INC. $128.12 06/28/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1146380716 CMS
MERZ NORTH AMERICA, INC. $20.18 07/18/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1146380676 CMS
MERZ NORTH AMERICA, INC. $43.00 07/31/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1146380680 CMS
MERZ NORTH AMERICA, INC. $6.81 08/08/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1146380678 CMS
MERZ NORTH AMERICA, INC. $12.99 09/30/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1146380682 CMS
MERZ NORTH AMERICA, INC. $20.24 10/23/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1146380658 CMS
MERZ NORTH AMERICA, INC. $6.53 11/01/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1146380660 CMS
MERZ NORTH AMERICA, INC. $15.60 12/05/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1146380710 CMS
MERZ NORTH AMERICA, INC. $29.97 12/10/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1146380662 CMS
MERZ NORTH AMERICA, INC. $8.26 12/17/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1146380714 CMS
MERZ NORTH AMERICA, INC. $5.94 12/31/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1146380712 CMS
SUN PHARMACEUTICAL INDUSTRIES INC. $24.75 02/23/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1152225155 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
2023, 2024
Source files
Dataset page · Bulk file · PY2023 , PY2024
Generated from
OP_DTL_GNRL_PGYR2024_P01232026_01102026.csv

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