Ahmet Kilic, MD
Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) · Columbus, OHNPI 1124153218
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — consulting fees (53.8%), speaking fees and travel and lodging — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 10 manufacturers reported payments, led by Baxter Healthcare at 58.5% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2024 at $8,608 and has fallen 97.1% since, to $248 in 2025.
Across 62 payments — averaging $301.79 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Baxter Healthcare$11K
- Abbott$4K
- Johnson & Johnson$2K
- Abiomed$314
- Medtronic$280
- Atricure, Inc.$178
- plus $529 from 4 others
Across 58 payments — averaging $5132.07 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.
- Medtronic$178K
- Edwards Lifesciences$119K
- Abiomed$136
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$10,06054%
- Speaking & faculty fees$3,04016%
- Grants$670%
- Travel & lodging$2,96516%
- Food & beverage$2,44413%
- Education$1361%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Baxter Healthcare | 6 | $10,946 |
| Abbott | 31 | $4,317 |
| Johnson & Johnson(3 entities) | 4 | $2,146 |
| Abiomed | 5 | $314 |
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 4 | $280 |
| Atricure, Inc. | 3 | $178 |
| Bolton Medical Inc | 2 | $174 |
| Paragonix Technologies, Inc. | 3 | $160 |
| Medical Device Business Services, Inc. | 2 | $136 |
| Getinge USA Sales, LLC | 2 | $59 |
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.
- ACTIFUSE$10,680
- ADEPT$8,040
- ARTISS$8,040
- CELSTAT$8,040
- ALTAPORE$8,040
- COSEAL$2,640
- FLOSEAL$2,640
- PERI-STRIPS DRY$2,640
- TISSEEL$2,640
- VISTASEAL$2,020
- HeartMate 3 Left Ventricular Dev$1,413
- HeartMate 3 Left Ventricular Assist Device$1,413
- Trifecta GT Tissue Heart Valve$400
- Impella$243
- Epic$170
- SYNERGY ABLATION SYSTEM$141
- ATRICURE CRYOICE CRYOABLATION SYSTEM (CRYO2)$141
- ATRICLIP LAA EXCLUSION SYSTEM$141
- Avalus$140
- Renal - Acute$133
How this compares
$18,711 in reported general payments places this provider in the 75th percentile of 245 thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) providers in Ohio.
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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 |
|---|---|---|
| Furosemide | 15 | $19 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) in Columbus
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- Peter KneuertzColumbus$115K
- Gregory RushingColumbus$91K
- Jefferson LyonsColumbus$72K
- Nahush MokadamColumbus$69K
- Bryan WhitsonColumbus$64K
- Matthew HennColumbus$56K
- Robert MerrittColumbus$49K
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.