Edward Auyang, MD
Surgery · Albuquerque, NMNPI 1629210869
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — speaking fees (42.5%), education and consulting fees — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 12 manufacturers reported payments, led by CMR Surgical, Inc. at 29.8% of the total. 2025 is the largest year on record at $33,201, more than ten times the $678 reported in 2019. Among surgery clinicians in NM with any reported payments, this total sits in the top 5% — high for the specialty, which is a reason to read the composition above rather than the number alone.
Across 99 payments — averaging $709.23 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- CMR Surgical, Inc.$21K
- Intuitive Surgical$18K
- Boston Scientific$17K
- Johnson & Johnson$12K
- Medtronic$901
- Cook Medical LLC$501
- plus $707 from 6 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$11,48516%
- Speaking & faculty fees$29,82542%
- Travel & lodging$9,01113%
- Food & beverage$3,8936%
- Education$16,00023%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| CMR Surgical, Inc. | 23 | $20,920 |
| Intuitive Surgical | 22 | $18,263 |
| Boston Scientific | 24 | $16,902 |
| Johnson & Johnson(2 entities) | 8 | $12,021 |
| Medtronic | 9 | $901 |
| Cook Medical LLC | 5 | $501 |
| W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc. | 2 | $243 |
| Teleflex LLC | 1 | $175 |
| Cook Incorporated | 2 | $124 |
| Endogastric Solutions, Inc | 1 | $101 |
| KARL Storz Endoscopy-america | 1 | $32 |
| Covidien LP | 1 | $31 |
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.
- Versius Surgical System (Versius Plus)$20,453
- Da Vinci Surgical System$14,718
- SPYGLASS$12,787
- SpyGlass Discover$3,173
- DAVINCI XI$3,000
- AXIOS$500
- Cook Medical CBDE$419
- LigaSure$227
- QuikClot$175
- Signia$153
- SpyScope DS$148
- GORE SYNECOR Biomaterial$147
- BIOBUTTON$140
- ESOPHYX$101
How this compares
$70,214 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 162 surgery providers in New Mexico.
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 surgery in Albuquerque
- Mario LeybaAlbuquerque$1.2M
- Michael BleaAlbuquerque$420K
- David HoangAlbuquerque$264K
- Erica McBrideAlbuquerque$95K
- Gregory BorahAlbuquerque$77K
- Jacquelyn BrandenburgAlbuquerque$60K
- Jay ZhuAlbuquerque$57K
- Brian HoltAlbuquerque$48K
- Christopher DominguezAlbuquerque$48K
- Vinay RaiAlbuquerque$30K
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.