Anthony Rogers, MD
Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) · Lexington, KYNPI 1629039755
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by food and beverage: $3,892 of the $4,348 with a category attached, or 89.5%. It is spread thinly across 14 manufacturers, the largest accounting for just 23.4% — the pattern of someone who eats at a lot of different presentations. Reporting peaked in 2023 at $1,234 and has fallen 86.8% since, to $163 in 2025. That places this record below the midpoint for thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) clinicians in KY, where the typical reported total is $6,503.
Across 76 payments — averaging $57.21 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc.$1K
- Atricure, Inc.$1K
- Edwards Lifesciences$607
- Boston Scientific$586
- Abbott$511
- Medtronic$220
- plus $403 from 8 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$45610%
- Food & beverage$3,89290%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc. | 14 | $1,016 |
| Atricure, Inc. | 18 | $1,005 |
| Edwards Lifesciences | 13 | $607 |
| Boston Scientific | 5 | $586 |
| Abbott | 7 | $511 |
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 6 | $220 |
| Baxter Healthcare | 3 | $198 |
| Olympus America Inc. | 4 | $81 |
| Angiodynamics, Inc. | 1 | $32 |
| Getinge USA Sales, LLC | 1 | $25 |
| Merck | 1 | $24 |
| Chiesi USA, Inc. | 1 | $20 |
| Shockwave Medical, Inc | 1 | $15 |
| Kls-martin L.p. | 1 | $9 |
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.
- GORE TAG Thoracic Branch Endoprosthesis$440
- Epic$437
- LOTUS EDGE$378
- SYNERGY ABLATION SYSTEM$371
- SAPIEN 3 Ultra RESILIA$176
- EPI-SENSE GUIDED COAGULATION SYSTEM WITH VISITRAX$162
- ATRICURE ATRICLIP LAA EXCLUSION$149
- PREVELEAK$148
- GORE EXCLUDER Thoracoabdominal Branch Endoprosthesis$135
- GORE EXCLUDER Iliac Branch Endoprosthesis$123
- C3 Delivery System$113
How this compares
$4,348 in reported general payments places this provider in the 35th percentile of 98 thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) providers in Kentucky.
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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 Lexington
- Edward CantuLexington$74K
- Mansi Shah-JadejaLexington$45K
- Alberto de HoyosLexington$32K
- Theodore WrightLexington$22K
- Hamid MohammadzadehLexington$19K
- Tessa London-BoundsLexington$18K
- Austin WardLexington$18K
- John ChaneyLexington$15K
- Robert MitchellLexington$13K
- Suresh KeshavamurthyLexington$13K
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.