Brian Goodman, MD
Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) · Greenwood, SCNPI 1740453893
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — travel and lodging (45.8%), education and speaking fees — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 18 manufacturers reported payments, led by Intuitive Surgical at 42.3% of the total. 2025 is the largest year on record at $11,566, 2.0 times the $5,694 reported in 2019.
Across 71 payments — averaging $260.95 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Intuitive Surgical$8K
- Pinnacle Biologics, Inc$5K
- Medical Device Business Services, Inc.$5K
- Johnson & Johnson$352
- Zimmer Biomet$281
- Lexington Medical, Inc.$126
- plus $407 from 12 others
What the payments were for
- Speaking & faculty fees$2,37513%
- Travel & lodging$8,49146%
- Food & beverage$2,16112%
- Education$5,50030%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Intuitive Surgical | 16 | $7,845 |
| Pinnacle Biologics, Inc | 19 | $4,989 |
| Medical Device Business Services, Inc. | 11 | $4,527 |
| Johnson & Johnson(3 entities) | 6 | $352 |
| Zimmer Biomet | 3 | $281 |
| Lexington Medical, Inc. | 1 | $126 |
| Solventum Corporation | 1 | $72 |
| Merck | 2 | $55 |
| Peerless Surgical Inc. | 1 | $50 |
| Atricure, Inc. | 2 | $42 |
| Polynovo North America LLC | 1 | $33 |
| Ambu Inc. | 1 | $32 |
| Davol Inc. | 1 | $27 |
| Medtronic | 1 | $26 |
| ZOLL Services LLC (a/k/a ZOLL Lifecor Corp) | 2 | $23 |
| Smith+Nephew | 1 | $21 |
| Octapharma USA, Inc. | 1 | $14 |
| Kerecis Limited | 1 | $13 |
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$7,598
- MONARCH$4,234
- Photofrin$4,210
- Monarch Platform$229
- Aeon Endostapler & Echelon Flex Powered Stapler$126
How this compares
$18,528 in reported general payments places this provider in the 80th percentile of 83 thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) providers in South Carolina.
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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 Greenwood
- Stephen GreerGreenwood$3K
- Claudio GuareschiGreenwood$2K
- Curtis QuinnCharleston$374K
- Marc KatzCharleston$265K
- Arman KilicCharleston$170K
- Barry GibneyCharleston$39K
- Jacob KlapperCharleston$38K
- John KelemenHilton Head Island$35K
- Kathryn EngelhartdtCharleston$33K
- Gautam BhatiaGreenville$31K
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.