Brett Duncan, MD
Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) · Omaha, NENPI 1720309917
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by travel and lodging: $4,319 of the $6,900 with a category attached, or 62.6%. 6 manufacturers reported payments, led by Atricure, Inc. at 37.5% of the total. 2025 is the largest year on record at $3,948, more than ten times the $271 reported in 2020.
Across 44 payments — averaging $156.82 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Atricure, Inc.$3K
- Medtronic$2K
- Artivion, Inc.$1K
- Edwards Lifesciences$715
- Abbott$332
- Conetic Solutions, Inc.$108
Across 5 payments — averaging $10,378 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.
- Atricure, Inc.$52K
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$4,31963%
- Food & beverage$2,40135%
- Education$1803%
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. | 17 | $2,587 |
| Medtronic | 10 | $1,699 |
| Artivion, Inc. | 6 | $1,458 |
| Edwards Lifesciences | 7 | $715 |
| Abbott | 3 | $332 |
| Conetic Solutions, Inc. | 1 | $108 |
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.
- SYNERGY ABLATION SYSTEM$2,147
- COREVALVE EVOLUT R$1,577
- AMDS-Ascyrus Medical$1,264
- EPI-SENSE GUIDED COAGULATION SYSTEM WITH VISITRAX$593
- MITRIS RESILIA Mitral Valve$370
- SAPIEN 3 Ultra RESILIA$246
- CRYOVALVE SG PULMONARY HUMAN HEART VALVE$170
- BIOGLUE SURGICAL ADHESIVE$170
- ON-X AORTIC HEART VALVE WITH CONFORM-X SEWING RING AND EXTENDED HOLDER$170
- Epic$166
- ATRICURE CRYOICE CRYOABLATION SYSTEM (CRYO2)$121
- ATRICLIP LAA EXCLUSION SYSTEM$121
How this compares
$6,900 in reported general payments places this provider in the 55th percentile of 29 thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) providers in Nebraska.
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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 |
|---|---|---|
| Famotidine | 12 | $145 |
| Ezetimibe | 11 | $71 |
| Amiodarone Hcl | 12 | $65 |
| ClopidogrelClopidogrel Bisulfate | 11 | $51 |
| Pantoprazole Sodium | 11 | $47 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) in Omaha
- Helenmari MerrittOmaha$287K
- John BatterOmaha$29K
- Kim DuncanOmaha$23K
- David BerkheimOmaha$20K
- John UmOmaha$16K
- Karin TrujilloOmaha$16K
- Anthony CastleberryOmaha$16K
- Thomas LangdonOmaha$14K
- Marian UrbanOmaha$10K
- Jill NohlOmaha$9K
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.