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

JOHN J VARGO

Allopathic & Osteopathic Physicians Internal Medicine Gastroenterology

NPI
1992756795
CMS profile
180765
Location
INDEPENDENCE, OH

General Payments · PY2018–2024

$31,623.47

  • Reported across 142 records
  • CMS publication 2026-01-23

Latest program year · PY2024

$9,315.14

27 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
Consulting Fee $7,250.00 4
Food and Beverage $1,524.40 21
Travel and Lodging $540.74 2

By paying entity

PY2024 · sorted by reported total

By program year

All program years on this page · sorted by year

Program yearAmountRecords
PY2018 $832.83 12
PY2019 $8,039.04 28
PY2020 $1,024.00 11
PY2021 $1,907.16 13
PY2022 $6,059.78 25
PY2023 $4,445.52 26
PY2024 $9,315.14 27

Payment records · PY2024 (27)

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
ABBVIE INC. $17.22 04/11/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1106272250 CMS
ABBVIE INC. $14.91 05/16/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1106272252 CMS
ABBVIE INC. $18.70 07/18/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1106272254 CMS
ABBVIE INC. $16.91 09/12/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1106272256 CMS
ABBVIE INC. $20.20 11/07/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1106272258 CMS
Boston Scientific Corporation $138.64 02/27/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1092497924 CMS
Boston Scientific Corporation $91.83 04/29/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1092497922 CMS
Boston Scientific Corporation $141.09 05/18/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1092497926 CMS
Boston Scientific Corporation $73.57 05/19/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1092497920 CMS
Boston Scientific Corporation $500.00 05/24/2024 Consulting Fee Undisputed 01/23/2026 1092497928 CMS
Braintree Laboratories, Inc. $143.95 07/10/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1125518437 CMS
Medtronic, Inc. $506.49 01/31/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119582873 CMS
Medtronic, Inc. $34.25 01/31/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119582875 CMS
Medtronic, Inc. $120.56 05/17/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119582877 CMS
Medtronic, Inc. $52.68 05/22/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119582879 CMS
Medtronic, Inc. $65.43 06/04/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119582881 CMS
Medtronic, Inc. $12.04 12/17/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119582883 CMS
Medtronic, Inc. $113.53 12/17/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1119582885 CMS
Salix Pharmaceuticals, a division of Bausch Health US, LLC $16.97 05/01/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1153663828 CMS
STERIS CORPORATION $19.60 01/05/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1149634457 CMS
STERIS CORPORATION $216.30 05/20/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1149634479 CMS
STERIS CORPORATION $48.90 06/14/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1149634603 CMS
STERIS CORPORATION $28.65 06/27/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1149634495 CMS
STERIS CORPORATION $152.72 06/27/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1149634503 CMS
US ENDOSCOPY $4,000.00 01/22/2024 Consulting Fee Undisputed 01/23/2026 1149634455 CMS
US ENDOSCOPY $750.00 02/19/2024 Consulting Fee Undisputed 01/23/2026 1149634459 CMS
US ENDOSCOPY $2,000.00 11/25/2024 Consulting Fee Undisputed 01/23/2026 1149634535 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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