Behzad Soleimani
Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) · Hershey, PANPI 1174856330
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — consulting fees (43.4%), food and beverage and travel and lodging — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 10 manufacturers reported payments, led by Abbott at 39.7% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $11,026 and has fallen 87.4% since, to $1,389 in 2025.
Across 173 payments — averaging $137.49 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Abbott$9K
- Atricure, Inc.$7K
- Medtronic$6K
- Edwards Lifesciences$265
- W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc.$250
- Abiomed$246
- plus $108 from 4 others
Across 71 payments — averaging $1435.64 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.
- Abbott$76K
- Medtronic$26K
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$10,33043%
- Travel & lodging$5,08321%
- Food & beverage$8,37235%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Abbott | 27 | $9,446 |
| Atricure, Inc. | 100 | $7,344 |
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 33 | $6,127 |
| Edwards Lifesciences | 2 | $265 |
| W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc. | 1 | $250 |
| Abiomed | 3 | $246 |
| Getinge USA Sales, LLC | 3 | $42 |
| Intuitive Surgical | 1 | $39 |
| Axsome Therapeutics, Inc. | 1 | $17 |
| Cvrx, Inc. | 2 | $10 |
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.
- THORATEC HEARTMATE 3 LVAS IMPLANT KIT$4,734
- HeartWare HVAD$4,000
- HeartMate 3 Left Ventricular Dev$3,355
- Tri-Ad$1,227
- CARDIOMEMS$675
- ATRICURE SYNERGY ABLATION SYSTEM$548
- Product in Development$250
- Mitra Clip system$171
- Mosaic$163
- SYNERGY ABLATION SYSTEM$142
- INSPIRIS RESILIA aortic valve$121
- HeartMate Touch$114
- Impella$102
How this compares
$23,785 in reported general payments places this provider in the 80th percentile of 314 thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) providers in Pennsylvania.
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Other thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) in Hershey
- Abdulrhman ElnaggarHershey$40K
- Michael ReedHershey$30K
- Balakrishnan MaheshHershey$30K
- Joseph BavariaAllentown$1.7M
- Basel RamlawiWynnewood$1.1M
- Patrick RossWynnewood$956K
- Mark AndersonPhiladelphia$527K
- Scott GoldmanWynnewood$354K
- Frank BowenCamp Hill$310K
- Michael AckerPhiladelphia$271K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.