Christopher Choi, MD
Anesthesiology · Dallas, TXNPI 1184044380
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Edwards Lifesciences accounts for 72.5% of it on its own, with 3 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2022 at $1,022 and has fallen 96.5% since, to $35 in 2023.
Across 12 payments — averaging $98.56 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Edwards Lifesciences$858
- Vyaire Medical, Inc.$165
- CSL Behring$125
- Abbott$35
Across 60 payments — averaging $1702.78 each. Payments tied to a research study. These frequently flow through the physician to a hospital or research institution rather than to the physician personally.
- Dompe Farmaceutici S.p.a.$102K
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$66156%
- Food & beverage$52244%
General payments by program year
Who reported the general payments
Companies are grouped under their corporate parent — a single manufacturer often files under several CMS reporting entities. Research and ownership payments are counted separately and are not in this table.
| Company | Payments | Total |
|---|---|---|
| Edwards Lifesciences | 9 | $858 |
| Vyaire Medical, Inc. | 1 | $165 |
| CSL Behring | 1 | $125 |
| Abbott | 1 | $35 |
What the payments were tied to
Products named in the reported payments. Only payments of $100 or more are attributed here — the typical reported payment nationally is a meal worth about $16, and listing those product-by-product would be noise.
- HemoSphere$703
- Kcentra$125
How this compares
$1,183 in reported general payments places this provider in the 85th percentile of 3,899 anesthesiology providers in Texas.
Medicare billing
What this is not: this is the amount Original Medicare Part B allowed for services this provider billed in 2024. It is not their income. It excludes Medicare Advantage — now more than half of all Medicare enrollment — along with Medicaid and all commercial insurance, and it is gross practice revenue before staff, rent, supplies and malpractice premiums. CMS also suppresses any figure covering ten or fewer patients, so low-volume providers appear smaller than they are.
Other anesthesiology in Dallas
- James MuellerDallas$636K
- Girish JoshiDallas$239K
- Christina RiccioDallas$131K
- Richard DuttonDallas$105K
- Shawn ThomasDallas$77K
- Kelly LeblancDallas$70K
- Michael WalshDallas$66K
- Holly BarkoDallas$66K
- Melissa BurgerDallas$30K
- Amy MarinoDallas$23K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Billing: Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners, data year 2024. Original Medicare Part B only.
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.