Behrooz Shabahang, MD
Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) · Grand Rapids, MINPI 1417980707
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — education (49.9%), travel and lodging and food and beverage — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. Intuitive Surgical accounts for 83.6% of it on its own, with 11 other manufacturers making up the rest.
Across 65 payments — averaging $217.79 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Intuitive Surgical$12K
- Johnson & Johnson$413
- AstraZeneca$366
- Medtronic$283
- Covidien LP$267
- Atricure, Inc.$224
- plus $765 from 6 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$3,64526%
- Food & beverage$3,43424%
- Education$7,06850%
- Gifts$90%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Intuitive Surgical | 36 | $11,840 |
| Johnson & Johnson(2 entities) | 4 | $413 |
| AstraZeneca | 5 | $366 |
| Medtronic | 4 | $283 |
| Covidien LP | 5 | $267 |
| Atricure, Inc. | 3 | $224 |
| Bard Access Systems, Inc. | 2 | $188 |
| Pulmonx Corporation | 2 | $168 |
| Stryker | 1 | $135 |
| Medical Device Business Services, Inc. | 1 | $106 |
| Amgen | 1 | $89 |
| Davol Inc. | 1 | $78 |
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$5,654
- ION$3,000
- DAVINCI XI$2,500
- ECHELON ENDOPATH$135
- CLOTTRIEVER BOLD CATHETER$135
- LYNPARZA$125
- IMFINZI$125
- Echelon Flex$113
- MONOCRYL$112
- VICRYL$112
- STRATAFIX$112
- ETHICON$112
- DERMABOND$112
- DA VINCI SP$109
How this compares
$14,156 in reported general payments places this provider in the 70th percentile of 182 thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) providers in Michigan.
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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 Grand Rapids
- John ParisGrand Rapids$226K
- Stephane Leung Wai SangGrand Rapids$85K
- John HeiserGrand Rapids$57K
- Robert HookerGrand Rapids$52K
- Marzia LeaccheGrand Rapids$40K
- Charles WillekesGrand Rapids$19K
- Geoffrey LamGrand Rapids$17K
- Jordan GroskurthGrand Rapids$16K
- Phillip CampGrand Rapids$15K
- David RanneyGrand Rapids$14K
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.