Anthony Castleberry, MD
Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) · Omaha, NENPI 1427285931
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — travel and lodging (49.3%), food and beverage and consulting fees — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. Abbott accounts for 71.8% of it on its own, with 9 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2023 at $4,612 and has fallen 82.7% since, to $800 in 2025.
Across 120 payments — averaging $135.45 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Abbott$12K
- Medtronic$1K
- Transmedics, Inc.$684
- Artivion, Inc.$645
- Atricure, Inc.$593
- Paragonix Technologies, Inc.$571
- plus $766 from 4 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$2,17513%
- Travel & lodging$8,01449%
- Food & beverage$5,94937%
- Education$1161%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Abbott | 79 | $11,674 |
| Medtronic | 12 | $1,321 |
| Transmedics, Inc. | 1 | $684 |
| Artivion, Inc. | 16 | $645 |
| Atricure, Inc. | 4 | $593 |
| Paragonix Technologies, Inc. | 2 | $571 |
| Edwards Lifesciences | 1 | $319 |
| Angiodynamics, Inc. | 2 | $213 |
| Abiomed | 2 | $174 |
| Teleflex LLC | 1 | $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.
- THORATEC HEARTMATE 3 LVAS IMPLANT KIT$6,160
- HeartMate 3 Left Ventricular Assist Device$1,489
- HeartWare HVAD$1,188
- HeartMate 3 Left Ventricular Dev$1,089
- CardioMEMS HF System$859
- Paragonix SherpaPak Cardiac Transport System$822
- ORGAN CARE SYSTEM$684
- LUNGguard$548
- ATRICURE ATRICLIP LAA EXCLUSION$478
- CentriMag$367
- Edwards SAPIEN 3 Transcatheter Heart Valve$319
- AngioVac$179
- Epic$166
- Impella$156
- CARDIOMEMS$141
How this compares
$16,254 in reported general payments places this provider in the 70th percentile of 29 thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) providers in Nebraska.
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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 Omaha
- Helenmari MerrittOmaha$287K
- John BatterOmaha$29K
- Kim DuncanOmaha$23K
- David BerkheimOmaha$20K
- John UmOmaha$16K
- Karin TrujilloOmaha$16K
- Thomas LangdonOmaha$14K
- Marian UrbanOmaha$10K
- Jill NohlOmaha$9K
- Rudy LacknerOmaha$8K
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.