Andrew Mesher, MD
Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) · Boise, IDNPI 1003131509
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
13 manufacturers reported payments, led by Edwards Lifesciences at 39.6% of the total. 2025 is the largest year on record at $2,510, 8.1 times the $308 reported in 2019.
Across 180 payments — averaging $47.19 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Edwards Lifesciences$3K
- Bolton Medical Inc$2K
- Medtronic$1K
- W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc.$324
- Abiomed$289
- Boston Scientific$204
- plus $903 from 7 others
Across 1 payment — averaging $7700.00 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.
- Atricure, Inc.$8K
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$3,42240%
- Food & beverage$5,07160%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Edwards Lifesciences | 105 | $3,360 |
| Bolton Medical Inc | 13 | $1,936 |
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 17 | $1,478 |
| W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc. | 2 | $324 |
| Abiomed | 5 | $289 |
| Boston Scientific | 15 | $204 |
| Intuitive Surgical | 3 | $199 |
| Artivion, Inc. | 1 | $199 |
| Abbott | 6 | $156 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 2 | $144 |
| Atricure, Inc. | 7 | $117 |
| ZOLL Services LLC (a/k/a ZOLL Lifecor Corp) | 3 | $62 |
| Silk Road Medical, Inc. | 1 | $27 |
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.
- TREO ABDOMINAL STENT-GRAFT SYSTEM$741
- Simulus$736
- CoreValve Evolut$372
- GORE TAG Conformable Thoracic Endoprosthesis$324
- AMDS-Ascyrus Medical$199
- ON-X AORTIC HEART VALVE WITH CONFORM-X SEWING RING AND EXTENDED HOLDER$199
- BIOGLUE SURGICAL ADHESIVE$199
- Edwards SAPIEN 3 Ultra Transcatheter Heart Valve$165
- Impella$141
- Relay Grafts$139
- Da Vinci Surgical System$138
- STRATAFIX$130
- ETHICON$130
- VISTASEAL$130
- MONOCRYL$130
- DERMABOND PRINEO$130
- Grafts$113
How this compares
Too few thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) providers in Idahoto place this figure against a meaningful peer group, so we don't.
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 Boise
- Stephen JonesBoise$316K
- Robert FarivarBoise$140K
- Ashley MorganBoise$30K
- Benedict TaylorBoise$26K
- Matthew SchoolfieldBoise$22K
- Rosemarie SerroneBoise$7K
- David StuesseBoise$4K
- Stephen FallBoise$903
- Andrew ForbesBoise$447
- Fernando RiveronBoise$324
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.