RxDoctor Payments Data

Alan Speir, MD

Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) · Falls Church, VANPI 1003885443

Payments from drug & device makers

What this record shows

This record is dominated by consulting fees: $26,900 of the $39,478 with a category attached, or 68.1%. 7 manufacturers reported payments, led by Atricure, Inc. at 57.8% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $36,593 and has fallen 99.8% since, to $56 in 2025. Among thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) clinicians in VA with any reported payments, this total sits in the top 10% — high for the specialty, which is a reason to read the composition above rather than the number alone.

$39,478in general payments, 2019–2025

Across 56 payments — averaging $704.97 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.

  • Atricure, Inc.$23K
  • Medtronic$15K
  • Philips North America LLC$1K
  • Abbott$111
  • Abiomed$36
  • ZOLL Services LLC (a/k/a ZOLL Lifecor Corp)$33
  • plus $23 from 1 others

What the payments were for

  • Consulting fees$26,90068%
  • Speaking & faculty fees$5,50014%
  • Travel & lodging$5,73315%
  • Food & beverage$1,3453%

General payments by program year

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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.

CompanyPaymentsTotal
Atricure, Inc.24$22,828
Medtronic20$15,141
Philips North America LLC3$1,306
Abbott5$111
Abiomed1$36
ZOLL Services LLC (a/k/a ZOLL Lifecor Corp)2$33
Terumo Cardiovascular Systems Corporation1$23

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

$39,478 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 109 thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) providers in Virginia.

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Medicare billing

Part B allowed, 2024
$184,855
Medicare patients
130
Services billed
223

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.

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