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

RAMESH B CHERUKURI

Allopathic & Osteopathic Physicians Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery)

NPI
1962482539
CMS profile
88574
Location
SAGINAW, MI

General Payments · PY2018–2024

$6,317.97

  • Reported across 131 records
  • CMS publication 2026-01-23

Latest program year · PY2024

$1,088.75

13 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 $1,088.75 13

By paying entity

PY2024 · sorted by reported total

Paying entityAmountRecords
Edwards Lifesciences Corporation $658.38 9
ATRICURE, INC. $250.88 2
LeMaitre Vascular, Inc. $110.24 1
BAXTER HEALTHCARE $69.25 1

By program year

All program years on this page · sorted by year

Program yearAmountRecords
PY2018 $1,564.63 29
PY2019 $1,625.38 51
PY2020 $513.67 14
PY2021 $377.94 6
PY2022 $709.63 11
PY2023 $437.97 7
PY2024 $1,088.75 13

Payment records · PY2024 (13)

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
ATRICURE, INC. $138.52 01/31/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1132886965 CMS
ATRICURE, INC. $112.36 06/11/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1132857242 CMS
Baxter Healthcare $69.25 02/13/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1120634278 CMS
Edwards Lifesciences Corporation $57.49 01/04/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1138778937 CMS
Edwards Lifesciences Corporation $103.78 03/15/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1138779005 CMS
Edwards Lifesciences Corporation $102.57 05/16/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1138779055 CMS
Edwards Lifesciences Corporation $60.88 06/27/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1138779021 CMS
Edwards Lifesciences Corporation $48.54 09/04/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1138779051 CMS
Edwards Lifesciences Corporation $57.76 10/24/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1138779067 CMS
Edwards Lifesciences Corporation $77.08 11/21/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1138779077 CMS
Edwards Lifesciences Corporation $41.24 12/05/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1138779073 CMS
Edwards Lifesciences Corporation $109.04 12/16/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1138779089 CMS
LeMaitre Vascular, Inc. $110.24 01/22/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1138050311 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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