Physician profile
Alexander C Chen
NPI 1881802783
$678,795.80
in general payments reported to CMS, 2019-2025
27 companies · $90K in 2025
The $90K reported for 2025 was more than what 99% of Pulmonary Disease providers received nationally (typical 2025 total: $500).
Payments by year
General payments by program year, as reported to CMS.
General payments by year: 2019: $167K · 2020: $59K · 2021: $38K · 2022: $104K · 2023: $105K · 2024: $116K · 2025: $90K.
What the payments were for
Nature of payment as categorized by the reporting companies: meals, consulting, travel, and so on.
Education: $192K · Consulting Fee: $70K · Travel and Lodging: $25K · Compensation For Services Other Than Consulting, Including Serving As Faculty Or As A Speaker At A Venue Other Than A Continuing Education Program: $17K · Food and Beverage: $6,817.
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| Payment type | Amount (2023-2025) |
|---|---|
| Education | $192,272.50 |
| Consulting Fee | $70,342.50 |
| Travel and Lodging | $24,863.03 |
| Compensation For Services Other Than Consulting, Including Serving As Faculty Or As A Speaker At A Venue Other Than A Continuing Education Program | $17,325.00 |
| Food and Beverage | $6,817.00 |
Payment-type detail covers 2023-2025; earlier years are included in totals but not broken out here.
Who reported paying
General payments only, as reported to CMS. Product names cover 2023-2025.
| Company | General payments | Years | Top products |
|---|---|---|---|
| Olympus Corporation of The Americas | $421,627.12 | 2019-2025 | Single Use Suction Valve (Sterile), Eves Eus Ultrasound Bronchofibervideoscope, Olympus |
| Olympus America INC. | $69,777.14 | 2019-2025 | Eves Eus Ultrasound Bronchofibervideoscope, Evis Exera II Ultrasonic Bronchofibervideoscope, Vizishot 2 Flex |
| Boston Scientific Corporation | $48,541.54 | 2019-2023 | Acquire |
| Ethicon INC. | $22,873.22 | 2019-2023 | Monarch Platform, Monarch |
| Olympus Corporation | $17,273.11 | 2019-2023 | |
| Spiration, INC. | $16,215.77 | 2019-2020 | |
| Gyrus Acmi, INC. | $15,632.65 | 2020-2024 | Spiration Valve System |
| Erbe Elektromedizin Gmbh | $14,524.82 | 2019-2020 | |
| Auris Health, INC. | $13,144.30 | 2019 | |
| Intuitive Surgical, INC. | $9,054.40 | 2019-2025 | Da Vinci Surgical System, Ion |
| Astrazeneca Pharmaceuticals Lp | $6,184.92 | 2019-2025 | Imfinzi |
| Serpex Medical INC | $5,685.12 | 2023-2025 | |
| Olympus Medical Systems Corporation | $5,485.59 | 2024 | |
| Bard Peripheral Vascular, INC. | $4,886.11 | 2019-2022 | |
| Cook Incorporated | $4,675.00 | 2025 |
Show all 26 companies
| Company | General payments | Years | Top products |
|---|---|---|---|
| Veran Medical Technologies, INC. | $1,898.09 | 2019-2024 | |
| Pulmonx Corporation | $274.44 | 2019-2023 | Chartis Catheter, Pulmonx Chartis Tablet Console, Zephyr Delivery Catheter |
| Elucent Medical | $250.00 | 2025 | |
| Cook Medical LLC | $211.86 | 2023-2025 | Wayne, Blue Rhino |
| Erbe USA INC | $197.76 | 2022 | |
| Ge Healthcare | $133.24 | 2022 | |
| Rocket Medical LLC | $74.04 | 2022 | |
| Ambu INC. | $64.05 | 2021-2022 | |
| Becton, Dickinson and Company | $63.81 | 2019 | |
| Melinta Therapeutics, LLC | $35.00 | 2020 | |
| Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC | $12.70 | 2019 |
1 company reported research payments only; those appear in the research section below.
Drugs and devices associated with these payments
CMS records which products a payment was associated with, not how the money was allocated. Association is not allocation: one payment can be associated with several products, and a product listing does not mean the payment was made because of that product. Product detail covers 2023-2025.
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Source: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019-2025, as reported to CMS by drug and device makers (published June 30, 2026). Drug and device detail covers 2023-2025.