Alberto Pochettino, MD
Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) · Rochester, MNNPI 1184631244
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 93.9% of the total across 7 separate payments, which is the pattern of a clinician who attends manufacturer presentations rather than one with a consulting arrangement. 4 manufacturers reported payments, led by Bolton Medical Inc at 45.4% of the total. That places this record below the midpoint for thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) clinicians in MN, where the typical reported total is $2,388.
Across 7 payments — averaging $111.72 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Bolton Medical Inc$355
- Edwards Lifesciences$256
- Baxter Healthcare$123
- Cook Medical LLC$48
Across 24 payments — averaging $3082.28 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$38K
- Artivion, Inc.$36K
What the payments were for
- Grants$486%
- Food & beverage$73494%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Bolton Medical Inc | 3 | $355 |
| Edwards Lifesciences | 2 | $256 |
| Baxter Healthcare | 1 | $123 |
| Cook Medical LLC | 1 | $48 |
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.
- Relay Plus$149
- Grafts$131
- COSEAL$123
How this compares
$782 in reported general payments places this provider in the 30th percentile of 128 thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) providers in Minnesota.
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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.
Other thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) in Rochester
- Malakh ShresthaRochester$89K
- Juan CrestanelloRochester$56K
- Janani ReisenauerRochester$46K
- Monisha SudarshanRochester$22K
- Arman ArghamiRochester$16K
- Yahya AlwatariRochester$13K
- Elvis CamachoRochester$11K
- Stephen CassiviRochester$10K
- Phillip RowseRochester$9K
- K Robert ShenRochester$7K
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.