Anthony Rongione, MD
Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) · Orlando, FLNPI 1831168269
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — food and beverage (58.0%), travel and lodging and education — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 21 manufacturers reported payments, led by Abiomed at 32.9% of the total.
Across 117 payments — averaging $85.62 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Abiomed$3K
- Abbott$2K
- Atricure, Inc.$2K
- Medtronic$490
- Artivion, Inc.$401
- Edwards Lifesciences$343
- plus $2K from 15 others
Across 11 payments — averaging $34,905 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.$368K
- Helios Cardio Inc$16K
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$4,16042%
- Food & beverage$5,81458%
- Education$430%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Abiomed | 29 | $3,291 |
| Abbott | 18 | $2,205 |
| Atricure, Inc. | 19 | $1,555 |
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 6 | $490 |
| Artivion, Inc. | 12 | $401 |
| Edwards Lifesciences | 7 | $343 |
| Corcym Inc | 4 | $291 |
| Vascular Graft Solutions Inc | 1 | $248 |
| Cvrx, Inc. | 1 | $230 |
| Getinge USA Sales, LLC | 5 | $190 |
| Helios Cardio Inc | 1 | $146 |
| Reel Surgical, Inc. | 3 | $144 |
| Baxter Healthcare | 1 | $137 |
| Medical Device Business Services, Inc. | 1 | $102 |
| Davol Inc. | 2 | $69 |
| Stryker | 2 | $62 |
| Kestra Medical Technology Services, Inc. | 1 | $28 |
| Kls-martin L.p. | 1 | $23 |
| Mallinckrodt Hospital Products Inc. | 1 | $22 |
| Mallinckrodt Enterprises LLC | 1 | $22 |
| AbbVie | 1 | $17 |
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$2,421
- THORATEC HEARTMATE 3 LVAS IMPLANT KIT$1,749
- SYNERGY ABLATION SYSTEM$867
- ATRICURE CRYOICE CRYOABLATION SYSTEM (CRYO2)$708
- ATRICLIP LAA EXCLUSION SYSTEM$396
- COREVALVE EVOLUT R$268
- VIOLA$248
- Barostim Neo System$230
- Epic Stented Tissue Valve$158
- CARDIAMEND$146
- Avalus$145
- INSPIRIS RESILIA aortic valve$142
- FLOSEAL$137
- CARDIOHELP$123
- Perceval$123
- BIOGLUE SURGICAL ADHESIVE$109
- Cardiac non-SynerGraft$109
- ON-X AORTIC HEART VALVE WITH CONFORM-X SEWING RING AND EXTENDED HOLDER$109
- PHOTOFIX DECELLULARIZED BOVINE PERICARDIUM$109
- VISTASEAL$102
How this compares
$10,017 in reported general payments places this provider in the 60th percentile of 408 thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) providers in Florida.
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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 Orlando
- Anthony NunezOrlando$4.8M
- Luis HerreraOrlando$409K
- Kevin AccolaOrlando$313K
- Lawrence LeeOrlando$252K
- Marcelo DasilvaOrlando$150K
- Ahmad ZeeshanOrlando$85K
- Farid GharagozlooOrlando$61K
- Michael HannaOrlando$52K
- Barry WintonLargo$687K
- Paul DigiorgiPort Charlotte$666K
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.