Brett Grizzell, MD
Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) · Wichita, KSNPI 1659599314
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — food and beverage (39.4%), travel and lodging and consulting fees — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. Edwards Lifesciences accounts for 62.3% of it on its own, with 21 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2022 at $10,529 and has fallen 65.4% since, to $3,639 in 2025. Among thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) clinicians in KS with any reported payments, this total sits in the top 10% — high for the specialty, which is a reason to read the composition above rather than the number alone.
Across 270 payments — averaging $152.35 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Edwards Lifesciences$26K
- Ancora Heart, Inc.$4K
- Abbott$4K
- Intuitive Surgical$1K
- Boston Scientific$1K
- Medtronic$988
- plus $5K from 16 others
Across 26 payments — averaging $6765.91 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.
- Edwards Lifesciences$155K
- Medical Device Business Services, Inc.$21K
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$10,42525%
- Speaking & faculty fees$5001%
- Travel & lodging$14,00534%
- Food & beverage$16,20639%
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 | 116 | $25,608 |
| Ancora Heart, Inc. | 12 | $3,905 |
| Abbott | 36 | $3,706 |
| Intuitive Surgical | 10 | $1,269 |
| Boston Scientific | 9 | $1,101 |
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 11 | $988 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 17 | $950 |
| AstraZeneca | 9 | $864 |
| Abiomed | 8 | $806 |
| Atricure, Inc. | 15 | $707 |
| Artivion, Inc. | 4 | $312 |
| W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc. | 3 | $172 |
| La Jolla Pharmaceutical Company | 2 | $152 |
| Davol Inc. | 1 | $141 |
| Surmodics, Inc. | 9 | $119 |
| Angiodynamics, Inc. | 1 | $115 |
| Veran Medical Technologies, Inc. | 1 | $78 |
| Getinge USA Sales, LLC | 2 | $48 |
| Corcym Inc | 1 | $45 |
| ZOLL Services LLC (a/k/a ZOLL Lifecor Corp) | 1 | $19 |
| Kls-martin L.p. | 1 | $18 |
| Livanova USA, 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 Transcatheter Heart Valve$12,971
- AccuCinch$3,751
- Mitra Clip system$1,071
- SAPIEN 3 Ultra RESILIA$956
- GENERAL - THERAPIES$667
- MitraClip System$584
- DA VINCI SP$500
- IMFINZI$499
- Impella$461
- Da Vinci Surgical System$428
- MitraClip$271
- PASCAL$231
- COREVALVE EVOLUT R$221
- CoreValve Evolut$181
- PORTICO$176
- Cardiac non-SynerGraft$174
- EPI-SENSE GUIDED COAGULATION SYSTEM WITH VISITRAX$166
- ASSURITY$156
- Penditure$149
- Xience V coronary stent system$144
How this compares
$41,136 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 42 thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) providers in Kansas.
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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 |
|---|---|---|
| Gabapentin | 49 | $511 |
| Oxycodone Hcl | 32 | $135 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) in Wichita
- Sanjay KhichaWichita$15K
- Matthew ArnesonWichita$4K
- Gyanchand KhichaWichita$1K
- Paul UhligWichita$205
- Douglas MilfeldWichita$159
- Thomas EstepWichita$65
- William MurphyWichita$34
- Keith AllenKansas City$2M
- Jessica HeimesKansas City$89K
- Matthew DanterKansas City$86K
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.