Betty Kim, MD
Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) · Colorado Springs, CONPI 1851355408
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — consulting fees (40.6%), food and beverage and travel and lodging — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. Edwards Lifesciences accounts for 68.7% of it on its own, with 28 other manufacturers making up the rest. 2025 is the largest year on record at $11,778, 4.8 times the $2,478 reported in 2019.
Across 150 payments — averaging $139.25 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Edwards Lifesciences$14K
- W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc.$2K
- Atricure, Inc.$2K
- Abiomed$773
- Medtronic$318
- Johnson & Johnson$281
- plus $2K from 23 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$8,48041%
- Travel & lodging$4,76723%
- Food & beverage$7,64037%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Edwards Lifesciences | 57 | $14,358 |
| W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc. | 17 | $1,861 |
| Atricure, Inc. | 16 | $1,767 |
| Abiomed | 9 | $773 |
| Medtronic | 4 | $318 |
| Johnson & Johnson(2 entities) | 3 | $281 |
| Baxter Healthcare | 4 | $264 |
| Corcym Inc | 5 | $215 |
| Abbott | 8 | $200 |
| BD | 1 | $187 |
| Tepha Inc | 1 | $99 |
| LSI Solutions Inc | 3 | $77 |
| Lemaitre Vascular, Inc. | 1 | $53 |
| Stryker | 2 | $51 |
| Livanova USA, Inc. | 2 | $48 |
| Pfizer | 3 | $46 |
| Artivion, Inc. | 2 | $45 |
| Davol Inc. | 1 | $25 |
| Cvrx, Inc. | 1 | $25 |
| Chiesi USA, Inc. | 1 | $24 |
| Bolton Medical Inc | 1 | $24 |
| Solventum Corporation | 1 | $23 |
| Zimmer Biomet | 1 | $23 |
| ZOLL Services LLC (a/k/a ZOLL Lifecor Corp) | 1 | $20 |
| Arjo Inc. | 1 | $20 |
| Angiodynamics, Inc. | 1 | $18 |
| Medistim USA, Inc. | 1 | $16 |
| Biom'up SA | 1 | $15 |
| Mallinckrodt Hospital Products Inc. | 1 | $12 |
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.
- Edwards SAPIEN 3 Ultra Transcatheter Heart Valve$8,941
- MITRIS RESILIA Mitral Valve$2,378
- GORE TAG Conformable Thoracic Endoprosthesis$983
- ATRICURE SYNERGY ABLATION SYSTEM$642
- SAPIEN 3 Ultra RESILIA$274
- Edwards SAPIEN 3 Transcatheter Heart Valve$262
- Progel Applicator Spray Tips$187
- GORE TAG Conformable Thoracic Stent Graft$181
- Perceval$175
- INSPIRIS RESILIA aortic valve$151
- ONYX FRONTIER$149
- EXCLUDER AAA Endoprosthesis$148
- COSEAL$123
- XARELTO$120
- Avalus$118
- GORE TAG Thoracic Branch Endoprosthesis$108
How this compares
$20,887 in reported general payments places this provider in the 60th percentile of 72 thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) providers in Colorado.
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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 | 17 | $118 |
| Chlorhexidine Gluconate | 20 | $75 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) in Colorado Springs
- John MehallColorado Springs$75K
- Raja GopaldasColorado Springs$23K
- Nicholas AugelliColorado Springs$13K
- Fernando LamounierColorado Springs$2K
- Martin BeggsColorado Springs$2K
- Peter WalinskyColorado Springs$961
- Crystal EricksonColorado Springs$487
- Hao PanLoveland$243K
- Patrick RudersdorfLakewood$235K
- Robert MeguidAurora$114K
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.