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Covered recipient · General Payments record
WALTER S CHOATE
Allopathic & Osteopathic Physicians Orthopaedic Surgery Sports Medicine
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General Payments · PY2019–2025
- CMS publication 2026-06-30
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By nature of payment
PY2025 · sorted by reported total
| Nature of payment | Amount | Records |
|---|---|---|
| Travel and Lodging | $1,716.34 | 5 |
| Food and Beverage | $1,483.49 | 21 |
By paying entity
PY2025 · sorted by reported total
| Paying entity | Amount | Records |
|---|---|---|
| ALON MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY | $1,064.59 | 6 |
| Arthrex, Inc. | $1,054.90 | 7 |
| Stryker Corporation | $314.07 | 3 |
| Linvatec Corporation | $175.51 | 2 |
| Vericel Corporation | $138.63 | 2 |
| Bioventus LLC | $134.72 | 3 |
| Ossur Americas, Inc. | $133.15 | 1 |
| VERTEX PHARMACEUTICALS INCORPORATED | $102.69 | 1 |
| HydroCision, Inc. | $81.57 | 1 |
By program year
All program years on this page · sorted by year
Payment records · PY2025 (26)
Ordering applied by this site (date, newest first, then paying entity) · record values are shown as CMS published them
Source & provenance
- Dataset
- CMS Open Payments — General Payments
- Publisher of source data
- Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
- CMS publication date
- 2026-06-30
- Program years on this page
- 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025
- Source files
- Dataset page · Bulk file · PY2019 , PY2020 , PY2021 , PY2022 , PY2023 , PY2024 , PY2025
- Generated from
- OP_DTL_GNRL_PGYR2025_P06302026_06032026.csv
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Cite this record.
Permalink https://industrypayments.org/provider/npi-1861682791
- Plain
- WALTER S CHOATE, NPI 1861682791. IndustryPayments, data edition 2026-07-26T04:22:22Z. https://industrypayments.org/provider/npi-1861682791.
- APA 7
- IndustryPayments. (2026). WALTER S CHOATE, NPI 1861682791 (Data edition 2026-07-26T04:22:22Z) [Data set]. https://industrypayments.org/provider/npi-1861682791
- Bluebook
- WALTER S CHOATE, NPI 1861682791, IndustryPayments (data edition 2026-07-26T04:22:22Z), https://industrypayments.org/provider/npi-1861682791.
Source: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Open Payments.