Benedict Taylor, MD
Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) · Boise, IDNPI 1831355957
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — travel and lodging (46.0%), education and food and beverage — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 14 manufacturers reported payments, led by Atricure, Inc. at 44.3% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2021 at $11,502 and has fallen 77.1% since, to $2,628 in 2025.
Across 183 payments — averaging $141.55 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Atricure, Inc.$11K
- Intuitive Surgical$11K
- Edwards Lifesciences$1K
- Abiomed$765
- Abbott$301
- Medtronic$279
- plus $635 from 8 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$11,92546%
- Food & beverage$5,93523%
- Education$8,00031%
- Gifts$430%
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. | 53 | $11,476 |
| Intuitive Surgical | 29 | $11,147 |
| Edwards Lifesciences | 47 | $1,300 |
| Abiomed | 22 | $765 |
| Abbott | 3 | $301 |
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 10 | $279 |
| Kls-martin L.p. | 6 | $212 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 4 | $145 |
| Genentech USA, Inc. | 1 | $117 |
| Bolton Medical Inc | 4 | $80 |
| Stryker | 1 | $34 |
| AstraZeneca | 1 | $23 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 1 | $16 |
| Elutia, Inc. | 1 | $8 |
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$10,569
- SYNERGY ABLATION SYSTEM$10,221
- ISOLATOR SURGICAL ABLATION SYSTEM$10,057
- Impella$267
- MitraClip System$164
- Edwards SAPIEN XT Transcatheter Heart Valve$153
- TECENTRIQ$117
- ETHICON$114
- EVARREST$114
- VISTASEAL$114
- MONOCRYL$114
- STRATAFIX$114
How this compares
Too few thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) providers in Idahoto place this figure against a meaningful peer group, so we don't.
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 Boise
- Stephen JonesBoise$316K
- Robert FarivarBoise$140K
- Ashley MorganBoise$30K
- Matthew SchoolfieldBoise$22K
- Andrew MesherBoise$8K
- Rosemarie SerroneBoise$7K
- David StuesseBoise$4K
- Stephen FallBoise$903
- Andrew ForbesBoise$447
- Fernando RiveronBoise$324
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.