Andrew Papoy, MD
Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) · Birmingham, ALNPI 1568805505
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by speaking fees: $44,200 of the $63,201 with a category attached, or 69.9%. Abiomed accounts for 79.5% of it on its own, with 14 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2023 at $50,402 and has fallen 79.9% since, to $10,114 in 2025. Among thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) clinicians in AL 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 79 payments — averaging $800.01 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Abiomed$50K
- Intuitive Surgical$7K
- Medtronic$5K
- Medistim USA, Inc.$479
- Atricure, Inc.$373
- Inari Medical, Inc.$189
- plus $448 from 9 others
What the payments were for
- Speaking & faculty fees$44,20070%
- Travel & lodging$9,62115%
- Food & beverage$3,1305%
- Education$6,25010%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Abiomed | 21 | $50,269 |
| Intuitive Surgical | 9 | $6,695 |
| Medtronic | 22 | $4,749 |
| Medistim USA, Inc. | 1 | $479 |
| Atricure, Inc. | 12 | $373 |
| Inari Medical, Inc. | 1 | $189 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 4 | $129 |
| Boston Scientific | 1 | $79 |
| LSI Solutions Inc | 1 | $56 |
| Artivion, Inc. | 1 | $47 |
| Edwards Lifesciences | 2 | $43 |
| Surgical Specialties Corporation (US), Inc. (dba Corza Medical) | 1 | $42 |
| Angiodynamics, Inc. | 1 | $22 |
| Abbott | 1 | $20 |
| Kerecis Limited | 1 | $11 |
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.
- Impella$49,977
- DAVINCI XI$6,250
- Octopus$3,950
- MiraQ$479
- Da Vinci Surgical System$387
- FlowTriever$189
- ClotTriever$189
- HawkOne$179
- Valiant Captivia$175
- EPI-SENSE GUIDED COAGULATION SYSTEM WITH VISITRAX$123
How this compares
$63,201 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 68 thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) providers in Alabama.
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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 Birmingham
- Kyle EudaileyBirmingham$184K
- Carlton RandlemanBirmingham$161K
- James DaviesBirmingham$99K
- Sara PereiraBirmingham$62K
- Panayotis VardasBirmingham$49K
- Clifton LewisBirmingham$47K
- Benjamin WeiBirmingham$18K
- Douglas MinnichBirmingham$10K
- John ThurberBirmingham$7K
- Sasha StillBirmingham$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.