Brian Bethea, MD
Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) · Delray Beach, FLNPI 1417002908
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 597 payments — averaging $2992.09 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Abbott$1.6M
- Medtronic$97K
- Angiodynamics, Inc.$89K
- Edwards Lifesciences$31K
- Livanova USA, Inc.$12K
- Boston Scientific$4K
- plus $2K from 6 others
Across 17 payments — averaging $3878.98 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$66K
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 | 362 | $1,550,926 |
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 57 | $97,409 |
| Angiodynamics, Inc. | 6 | $89,191 |
| Edwards Lifesciences | 74 | $31,303 |
| Livanova USA, Inc. | 28 | $11,632 |
| Boston Scientific | 23 | $3,844 |
| Atricure, Inc. | 41 | $1,645 |
| Zimmer Biomet | 2 | $147 |
| Pfizer | 1 | $79 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 1 | $41 |
| Getinge USA Sales, LLC | 1 | $34 |
| ZOLL Services LLC (a/k/a ZOLL Lifecor Corp) | 1 | $25 |
How this compares
$1,786,275 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 408 thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) providers in Florida.
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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.
Other thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) in Delray Beach
- Anthony NunezOrlando$4.8M
- Thomas BeaverGainesville$1.9M
- Joshua RovinClearwater$1.7M
- Kevin AccolaOrlando$1.7M
- Andrew ShermanTampa$1.6M
- Abelardo VargasSunny Isles Beach$1.1M
- Paul DigiorgiPort Charlotte$991K
- Bradley TaylorBoca Raton$904K
- Marcos NoresAtlantis$836K
- Charles KlodellGainesville$820K
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.