Barry Winton
Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) · Largo, FLNPI 1114960770
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by consulting fees: $591,300 of the $686,952 with a category attached, or 86.1%. Every reported general payment came from a single manufacturer, Atricure, Inc.. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $378,206 and has fallen 98.1% since, to $7,012 in 2023. Among thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) clinicians in FL with any reported payments, this total sits in the top 5% — high for the specialty, which is a reason to read the composition above rather than the number alone.
Across 944 payments — averaging $727.70 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Atricure, Inc.$687K
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$591,30086%
- Travel & lodging$86,59813%
- Food & beverage$8,7751%
- Gifts$2790%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Atricure, Inc. | 944 | $686,952 |
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.
- EPI-SENSE GUIDED COAGULATION SYSTEM WITH VISITRAX, MODELS$317,080
- EPI-SENSE GUIDED COAGULATION SYSTEM WITH VISITRAX$168,694
- EPI-SENSE GUIDED COAGULATION SYS$122,782
- ATRICLIP LAA EXCLUSION SYSTEM$52,386
- SYNERGY ABLATION SYSTEM$9,099
- ATRICURE CRYOICE CRYOABLATION SYSTEM (CRYO2)$6,000
- ATRICURE CRYOICE CRYOSPHERE CRYOABLATION SYSTEM$1,540
- ATRICURE ATRICLIP LAA EXCLUSION$286
- ISOLATOR SURGICAL ABLATION SYSTEM$182
- DISSECTOR$182
How this compares
$686,952 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 408 thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) providers in Florida.
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Other thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) in Largo
- Christiano CaldeiraLargo$79K
- Anthony NunezOrlando$4.8M
- Paul DigiorgiPort Charlotte$666K
- John PirrisJacksonville$640K
- Jacques FontaineTampa$630K
- Andrew ShermanTampa$517K
- Rogerio CarrilloHialeah$515K
- Daniel O'HairFort Myers$429K
- Luis HerreraOrlando$409K
- Joseph LamelasMiami$379K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.