Alec Eror, MD
Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) · St George, UTNPI 1497720569
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by food and beverage: $4,817 of the $7,109 with a category attached, or 67.8%. 13 manufacturers reported payments, led by Medtronic at 43.9% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2023 at $2,648 and has fallen 64.4% since, to $944 in 2025.
Across 167 payments — averaging $42.57 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Medtronic$3K
- Intuitive Surgical$2K
- Edwards Lifesciences$522
- Artivion, Inc.$306
- Atricure, Inc.$297
- Abiomed$247
- plus $927 from 7 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$2,19631%
- Food & beverage$4,81768%
- Education$871%
- Gifts$90%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 95 | $3,121 |
| Intuitive Surgical | 13 | $1,689 |
| Edwards Lifesciences | 13 | $522 |
| Artivion, Inc. | 3 | $306 |
| Atricure, Inc. | 9 | $297 |
| Abiomed | 5 | $247 |
| Abbott | 5 | $246 |
| Corcym Inc | 3 | $235 |
| Pfizer | 14 | $215 |
| Bolton Medical Inc | 1 | $85 |
| Zimmer Biomet | 2 | $76 |
| Johnson & Johnson(2 entities) | 3 | $57 |
| Chiesi USA, Inc. | 1 | $12 |
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.
- Da Vinci Surgical System$1,368
- COREVALVE EVOLUT R$1,319
- Cardiac non-SynerGraft$200
- Epic Stented Tissue Valve$164
- Perceval$139
- Impella$117
- SYNERGY ABLATION SYSTEM$104
How this compares
$7,109 in reported general payments places this provider in the 65th percentile of 46 thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) providers in Utah.
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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 St George
- Brent BowlesSt George$69K
- Charles NeedhamSt George$18K
- Kory WoodburySt George$4K
- Jason GlotzbachSalt Lake City$45K
- Spencer MelbyOrem$30K
- John DotyMurray$18K
- Reilly HobbsMurray$15K
- Ganesh KumpatiSalt Lake City$14K
- John StringhamSalt Lake City$14K
- David AffleckSalt Lake City$14K
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.