Physician profile

Elizabeth Carlson

Surgery · Tacoma, WA

NPI 1730543141

$4,801.99

in general payments reported to CMS, 2019-2025

14 companies · $390 in 2025

The $390 reported for 2025 was more than what a typical Surgery provider received nationally (typical 2025 total: $281).

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Payments by year

General payments by program year, as reported to CMS.

What the payments were for

Nature of payment as categorized by the reporting companies: meals, consulting, travel, and so on.

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Payment typeAmount (2023-2025)
Food and Beverage$2,602.01
Travel and Lodging$2,012.27

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.

CompanyGeneral paymentsYearsTop products
Medtronic, INC. $1,561.97 2022-2023 Simulus, Mosaic, Contour 3d
Abbott Laboratories $1,027.83 2023-2025 Thoratec Heartmate 3 Lvas Implant Kit, 2nd Gen Centrimag Primary Console
Bolton Medical INC $690.15 2023 Relay Thoracic Stent-Graft With Plus Delivery System, Treo Abdominal Stent-Graft System
Edwards Lifesciences Corporation $410.91 2023-2025 Konect Resilia
Abiomed $352.21 2023-2024 Impella
Artivion, INC. $150.82 2023 Cardiac Non-Synergraft
Davol INC. $149.57 2023 Tridyne Vascular Sealant
Angiodynamics, INC. $126.90 2022
Ethicon US, LLC $113.16 2024 Stratafix, Surgicel Nu-Knit
Medical Device Business Services, INC. $101.53 2024 Ethicon
Atricure, INC. $43.49 2024
Lsi Solutions INC $28.61 2025 Ti-Knot, Cor-Knot
Kestra Medical Technology Services, INC. $26.02 2025 Assure Wcd
Amgen INC. $18.82 2024 Repatha

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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Payment summary

Elizabeth Carlson

$4,801.99

in general payments reported 2019-2025

Years
2022-2025
Top company
Medtronic, INC.
Context
The $390 reported for 2025 was more than what a typical Surgery provider received nationally (typical 2025 total: $281).

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Source: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019-2025. Payments are legal and often routine.

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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.