Bastian Jakub Wilhelm, MD
Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) · Topeka, KSNPI 1235420548
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — travel and lodging (49.7%), education and food and beverage — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 17 manufacturers reported payments, led by Medtronic at 45.3% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $28,865 and has fallen 94.1% since, to $1,695 in 2025.
Across 124 payments — averaging $289.02 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Medtronic$16K
- Intuitive Surgical$15K
- Atricure, Inc.$3K
- Abiomed$875
- Centinel Spine, LLC$750
- Titan Surgical Group, LLC$160
- plus $433 from 11 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$17,80950%
- Food & beverage$4,52913%
- Education$13,50038%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 64 | $16,225 |
| Intuitive Surgical | 17 | $14,537 |
| Atricure, Inc. | 18 | $2,858 |
| Abiomed | 6 | $875 |
| Centinel Spine, LLC | 3 | $750 |
| Titan Surgical Group, LLC | 2 | $160 |
| Edwards Lifesciences | 2 | $107 |
| Getinge USA Sales, LLC | 1 | $93 |
| Zimmer Biomet | 2 | $51 |
| Livanova USA, Inc. | 1 | $34 |
| Abbott | 1 | $31 |
| Kls-martin L.p. | 2 | $26 |
| BD | 1 | $24 |
| Mallinckrodt Enterprises LLC | 1 | $23 |
| Pacira Pharmaceuticals Incorporated | 1 | $19 |
| Bard Access Systems, Inc. | 1 | $14 |
| Advanced Respiratory, Inc | 1 | $13 |
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.
- Da Vinci Surgical System$14,292
- Mosaic$10,816
- CoreValve Evolut$1,569
- SYNERGY ABLATION SYSTEM$1,321
- Valiant Navion$1,227
- ATRICURE CRYOICE CRYOSPHERE CRYOABLATION SYSTEM$1,108
- PRODISC L$750
- Impella$683
- LigaSure$662
- Signia$398
- Endurant$335
- ATRICLIP LAA EXCLUSION SYSTEM$149
How this compares
$35,838 in reported general payments places this provider in the 85th percentile of 42 thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) providers in Kansas.
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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.
Most prescribed under Part D
| Drug | Claims | Cost to plans & patients |
|---|---|---|
| Mupirocin | 11 | $70 |
| Chlorhexidine Gluconate | 11 | $34 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) in Topeka
- Philip BongiornoTopeka$27K
- Zaynoun El KhouryTopeka$23K
- Stephen DicksonTopeka$23K
- Ashley MannTopeka$12K
- Juan Geronimo AdamesTopeka$12K
- Peter TutuskaTopeka$3K
- Keith AllenKansas City$2M
- Jessica HeimesKansas City$89K
- Matthew DanterKansas City$86K
- Emmanuel DaonKansas City$47K
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.