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CMS Open Payments · Program Year 2024

Acera Surgical, Inc.

Acera Surgical, Inc. reported $863,722.47 in payments to 4,195 physicians and teaching hospitals across 4,244 transactions.

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$863.7K
Total payments
4,244
Transactions
4,195
Recipients
+$270.8K
General Payments vs PY2023

Acera Surgical, Inc. reported $863,722.47 in payments to 4,195 physicians and teaching hospitals in CMS Open Payments Program Year 2024 - ranking #652 of 1,925 reporting manufacturers (0.0% of all US industry payments), averaging $205.89 per recipient across 7 payment categories. Figures are company-reported under the Physician Payments Sunshine Act; a reported payment is a financial relationship, not evidence of wrongdoing.

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The verdict

Acera Surgical, Inc. pairs above-median payment volume with a broadly spread payment pattern across many recipients.

#652
of 1,925 companies
0.0%
of all US industry payments
0.2%
paid to its single top recipient
7
payment categories

Release-over-release change

General Payments changed from PY2023 to PY2024

Acera Surgical, Inc.'s CMS-reported General Payments increased by $270.8K (+76.8%) from PY2023 to PY2024. The comparison uses the same CMS manufacturer-by-payment-category summary for both years and excludes research and ownership or investment records.

CMS source labels for this exact identifier: PY2022: ACERA SURGICAL, INC.PY2023: ACERA SURGICAL, INC.PY2024: Acera Surgical, Inc.. Matching identifiers support a bounded record comparison; a label difference would be reported as unresolved rather than treated as a corporate event.

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General Payments: PY2023 vs PY2024

Annual CMS-reported totals for this company, not an all-category Open Payments total

PY2023$352.7KPY2024$623.5K
PY2023
$352,697.33
PY2024
$623,473.90

How Acera Surgical, Inc. ranks nationally

Where this company's total reported payments fall within the full national distribution of all 1,925 companies in CMS Open Payments, not just its nearest peers.

Acera Surgical, Inc.'s total vs. every reporting company

CMS Open Payments, Program Year 2024

$863,722 Top 34% higher than 66% of 1,925 reporting companies

$9–$28: 3 reporting companies (0%). Below this entry. $28–$87: 10 reporting companies (1%). Below this entry. $87–$270: 20 reporting companies (1%). Below this entry. $270–$838: 41 reporting companies (2%). Below this entry. $838–$2,603: 76 reporting companies (4%). Below this entry. $2,603–$8,084: 114 reporting companies (6%). Below this entry. $8,084–$25,112: 167 reporting companies (9%). Below this entry. $25,112–$78,003: 249 reporting companies (13%). Below this entry. $78,003–$242,294: 295 reporting companies (15%). Below this entry. $242,294–$752,621: 270 reporting companies (14%). Below this entry. $752,621–$2,337,813: 263 reporting companies (14%). This entry sits in this band. $2,337,813–$7,261,783: 200 reporting companies (10%). Above this entry. $7,261,783–$22,556,757: 133 reporting companies (7%). Above this entry. $22,556,757–$70,066,439: 45 reporting companies (2%). Above this entry. $70,066,439–$217,642,369: 26 reporting companies (1%). Above this entry. $217,642,369–$676,046,922: 13 reporting companies (1%). Above this entry. This company $9 $676,046,922 every reporting company, bucketed by value

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Source CMS Open Payments · 2024

What the Data Shows for Acera Surgical, Inc.

Rank #652 of 1,925 companies in CMS Open Payments for 2024 belongs to Acera Surgical, Inc., which reported $863,722.47 across 4,244 transactions to 4,195 recipients - a comparatively small 0.0% slice of all industry payments reported nationwide for the year. Averages work out to $203.52 per transaction and $205.89 per recipient.

"Debt Forgiveness" leads the 7-category general-payment breakdown below at $253.4K (29.3% of the company's reported total, 50 transactions) - see our methodology for how research and ownership payments are reported separately.

General Payment Breakdown by Type

Acera Surgical, Inc. made 7 types of general payments. "Debt Forgiveness" is the largest category at $253.4K, 29.3% of the company's reported total.

How Acera Surgical, Inc. divides its payments

How the reported total splits across payment categories

1. Debt Forgiveness$253.4K2. Food and Beverage$248.6K3. Consulting Fee$71.9K4. Travel and Lodging$33.2K5. Charitable Contribution$10.0K6. Grant$4.0K7. Education$2.5K
Payment Type Amount Transactions
Debt Forgiveness $253.4K 50
Food and Beverage $248.6K 3,995
Consulting Fee $71.9K 43
Travel and Lodging $33.2K 104
Charitable Contribution $10.0K 1
Grant $4.0K 1
Education $2.5K 1

Recipient Concentration in General Payments

The five largest recipient relationships account for $217,537.44 (34.9%) of $623,473.90 in this company's General Payments records across 2,923 recipients. This is a CMS Open Payments Program Year 2024 General Payments view only: it excludes research and ownership/investment records, so it is not the all-category company total above.

Largest General-Payment relationships for Acera Surgical, Inc.

The five named recipients with the highest reported General Payments from this company

Adrian Legaspi Sauter$111.8KVanitha Vasudevan$42.3KDeviney A Rattigan$27.6KLuis G Fernandez$18.9KKatherine Bernadette Santosa$17.0K
  1. 1

    Adrian Legaspi Sauter

    $111,800.00 across 27 reported transactions

  2. 2

    Vanitha Vasudevan

    $42,250.00 across 4 reported transactions

  3. 3

    Deviney A Rattigan

    $27,620.00 across 1 reported transactions

  4. 4

    Luis G Fernandez

    $18,853.79 across 6 reported transactions

  5. 5

    Katherine Bernadette Santosa

    $17,013.65 across 28 reported transactions

Compare this company's payment profile with similarly sized manufacturers in the company comparison tool, and consult the methodology for the CMS source scope.

Payment Size Analysis

Average transaction size: $203.52. Average per recipient: $205.89.

Total Amount

$863,722.47

Avg per Transaction

$203.52

Avg per Recipient

$205.89

Payment Transparency Context

What is the Sunshine Act?

The Physician Payments Sunshine Act (part of the Affordable Care Act) requires pharmaceutical and medical device manufacturers to report payments and transfers of value to physicians and teaching hospitals. These payments can include consulting fees, research grants, speaker fees, food and beverages, travel, royalties, and other forms of compensation.

Industry Total (2024)

$13.9B

across 1,925 companies

Acera Surgical, Inc. Share

0.0%

#652 by total payments

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Frequently Asked Questions

How much did Acera Surgical, Inc. pay to physicians and hospitals in 2024? ▾
Acera Surgical, Inc. made $863,722.47 in payments to physicians and hospitals in Program Year 2024, across 4,244 individual transactions. This represents 0.0% of all industry payments reported to CMS Open Payments.
How many physicians received payments from Acera Surgical, Inc.? ▾
Acera Surgical, Inc. made payments to 4,195 physicians and teaching hospitals in 2024. The average payment per recipient was $205.89.
What types of payments did Acera Surgical, Inc. make? ▾
7 categories of general payment make up Acera Surgical, Inc.'s reported activity, including consulting, meals, travel, and similar types. The largest general-payment category was "Debt Forgiveness" at $253.4K, representing 29.3% of the company's reported total.
How does Acera Surgical, Inc. rank among pharmaceutical companies? ▾
Out of 1,925 companies in the CMS Open Payments database for 2024, Acera Surgical, Inc. ranks #652 by total payment amount.
What is the average payment size from Acera Surgical, Inc.? ▾
In 2024, Acera Surgical, Inc. averaged $203.52 per transaction across 4,244 transactions to 4,195 recipients.
Where does the payment data for Acera Surgical, Inc. come from? ▾
This data comes from the CMS Open Payments program (Sunshine Act), which requires pharmaceutical and medical device companies to report payments and transfers of value to physicians and teaching hospitals. The data covers Program Year 2024.

Data Source: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Open Payments, Program Year 2024. Data includes general payments, research payments, and physician ownership/investment interests as required by the Physician Payments Sunshine Act. Total industry payments: $13.9B across 1,925 companies.

Data sourced from CMS Open Payments (Physician Payments Sunshine Act). See our methodology for details. Retrieved and formatted by PlainPharmaWatch Editorial
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