RxDoctor Payments Data

Amy Hackmann, MD

Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) · Boston, MANPI 1700987211

Payments from drug & device makers

What this record shows

This record is dominated by consulting fees: $51,385 of the $79,708 with a category attached, or 64.5%. 7 manufacturers reported payments, led by Abbott at 43.7% of the total. Among thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) clinicians in MA 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.

$79,708in general payments, 2019–2025

Across 182 payments — averaging $437.96 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.

  • Abbott$35K
  • Medtronic$33K
  • Magenta Medical Inc$10K
  • Abiomed$1K
  • Edwards Lifesciences$349
  • Atricure, Inc.$144
  • plus $60 from 1 others

What the payments were for

  • Consulting fees$51,38564%
  • Speaking & faculty fees$10,81314%
  • Travel & lodging$9,65912%
  • Food & beverage$7,85210%

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
Abbott66$34,823
Medtronic(2 entities)87$33,317
Magenta Medical Inc3$9,522
Abiomed20$1,494
Edwards Lifesciences3$349
Atricure, Inc.2$144
Johnson & Johnson1$60

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

$79,708 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 171 thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) providers in Massachusetts.

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Medicare billing

Part B allowed, 2024
$100,209
Medicare patients
131
Services billed
246

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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