Adam Kingston, MD
Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) · Omaha, NENPI 1356665392
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
14 manufacturers reported payments, led by Edwards Lifesciences at 54.4% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2023 at $2,680 and has fallen 89.2% since, to $290 in 2025. That places this record below the midpoint for thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) clinicians in NE, where the typical reported total is $6,785.
Across 72 payments — averaging $67.54 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Edwards Lifesciences$3K
- Getinge USA Sales, LLC$620
- Atricure, Inc.$412
- Abbott$382
- Medtronic$363
- W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc.$155
- plus $287 from 8 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$2,41450%
- Food & beverage$2,44950%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Edwards Lifesciences | 20 | $2,645 |
| Getinge USA Sales, LLC | 8 | $620 |
| Atricure, Inc. | 7 | $412 |
| Abbott | 14 | $382 |
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 10 | $363 |
| W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc. | 1 | $155 |
| Abiomed | 3 | $89 |
| Lemaitre Vascular, Inc. | 1 | $53 |
| Baxter Healthcare | 2 | $43 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 2 | $41 |
| Zimmer Biomet | 1 | $20 |
| ZOLL Services LLC (a/k/a ZOLL Lifecor Corp) | 1 | $15 |
| Mallinckrodt Hospital Products Inc. | 1 | $15 |
| Amgen | 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.
How this compares
$4,863 in reported general payments places this provider in the 40th percentile of 29 thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) providers in Nebraska.
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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.
Most prescribed under Part D
| Drug | Claims | Cost to plans & patients |
|---|---|---|
| Chlorhexidine Gluconate | 13 | $53 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) in Omaha
- Helenmari MerrittOmaha$287K
- John BatterOmaha$29K
- Kim DuncanOmaha$23K
- David BerkheimOmaha$20K
- John UmOmaha$16K
- Karin TrujilloOmaha$16K
- Anthony CastleberryOmaha$16K
- Thomas LangdonOmaha$14K
- Marian UrbanOmaha$10K
- Jill NohlOmaha$9K
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.