Amit Bhargava, MD
Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) · Minneapolis, MNNPI 1679796999
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — education (29.6%), speaking fees and travel and lodging — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. Intuitive Surgical accounts for 95.4% of it on its own, with 11 other manufacturers making up the rest. Among thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) clinicians in MN 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.
Across 98 payments — averaging $278.63 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Intuitive Surgical$26K
- Medtronic$353
- Atricure, Inc.$267
- AstraZeneca$151
- Merit Medical Systems Inc$148
- Abbott$94
- plus $251 from 6 others
What the payments were for
- Speaking & faculty fees$8,00029%
- Travel & lodging$7,74128%
- Food & beverage$3,45713%
- Education$8,08730%
- Gifts$220%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Intuitive Surgical | 69 | $26,043 |
| Medtronic | 4 | $353 |
| Atricure, Inc. | 2 | $267 |
| AstraZeneca | 5 | $151 |
| Merit Medical Systems Inc | 1 | $148 |
| Abbott | 5 | $94 |
| Zimmer Biomet | 1 | $80 |
| Merck | 3 | $52 |
| Bayer | 4 | $50 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 2 | $30 |
| E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. | 1 | $22 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 1 | $15 |
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$24,004
- DAVINCI XI$1,000
- ESOPHYX$148
- EndoFlip$142
- ATRICLIP LAA EXCLUSION SYSTEM$140
- SYNERGY ABLATION SYSTEM$127
- MINIMED 780G$112
How this compares
$27,306 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th 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.
Most prescribed under Part D
| Drug | Claims | Cost to plans & patients |
|---|---|---|
| Omeprazole | 15 | $323 |
| Gabapentin | 37 | $318 |
| Oxycodone Hcl | 22 | $251 |
| Ondansetron OdtOndansetron | 16 | $191 |
| Famotidine | 13 | $73 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) in Minneapolis
- Vinayak BapatMinneapolis$792K
- Benjamin SunMinneapolis$443K
- Nader MoazamiMinneapolis$28K
- Sarah PalmerMinneapolis$28K
- Matthew GraczykMinneapolis$28K
- Eric AndersonMinneapolis$24K
- Aitua SalamiMinneapolis$14K
- Robert SteffenMinneapolis$9K
- Sebastian Iturra UrriolaMinneapolis$9K
- Erik BeckmannMinneapolis$6K
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.