Abelardo Vargas
Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) · Sunny Isles Beach, FLNPI 1477537868
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Pfizer accounts for 77.4% of it on its own, with 5 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $690 and has fallen 94.4% since, to $39 in 2024. That places this record below the midpoint for thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) clinicians in FL, where the typical reported total is $6,925.
Across 8 payments — averaging $104.03 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Pfizer$644
- Abbott$103
- Inari Medical, Inc.$39
- Bolton Medical Inc$20
- Smith+Nephew$15
- Pfizer Pharmaceuticals LLC$11
Across 88 payments — averaging $13,108 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.
- Abbott$982K
- Pfizer$113K
- Amgen$52K
- Trividia Health, Inc.$7K
- Merck$171
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$37345%
- Food & beverage$45955%
Most of this is food and beverage — typically meals provided during product presentations at a clinic or hospital. Nationally that is the single largest category of reported payments by count.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pfizer | 3 | $644 |
| Abbott | 1 | $103 |
| Inari Medical, Inc. | 1 | $39 |
| Bolton Medical Inc | 1 | $20 |
| Smith+Nephew | 1 | $15 |
| Pfizer Pharmaceuticals LLC | 1 | $11 |
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.
- Absorb GT1$103
How this compares
$832 in reported general payments places this provider in the 15th percentile of 408 thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) providers in Florida.
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Other thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) in Sunny Isles Beach
- Anthony NunezOrlando$4.8M
- Barry WintonLargo$687K
- Paul DigiorgiPort Charlotte$666K
- John PirrisJacksonville$640K
- Jacques FontaineTampa$630K
- Andrew ShermanTampa$517K
- Rogerio CarrilloHialeah$515K
- Daniel O'HairFort Myers$429K
- Luis HerreraOrlando$409K
- Joseph LamelasMiami$379K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.