Brian Solomon, MD
Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) · Naples, FLNPI 1487827531
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by education: $58,036 of the $76,220 with a category attached, or 76.1%. 27 manufacturers reported payments, led by Intuitive Surgical at 41.5% of the total. Among thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) clinicians in FL 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 277 payments — averaging $275.16 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Intuitive Surgical$32K
- Baxter Healthcare$31K
- Abiomed$4K
- Medtronic$4K
- Edwards Lifesciences$3K
- Abbott$790
- plus $3K from 21 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$3750%
- Travel & lodging$5,9808%
- Food & beverage$11,82916%
- Education$58,03676%
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 | 43 | $31,662 |
| Baxter Healthcare | 21 | $30,908 |
| Abiomed | 39 | $3,988 |
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 53 | $3,585 |
| Edwards Lifesciences | 53 | $2,728 |
| Abbott | 9 | $790 |
| Atricure, Inc. | 17 | $708 |
| Zimmer Biomet | 6 | $227 |
| Shockwave Medical, Inc | 4 | $202 |
| Artivion, Inc. | 2 | $191 |
| Cardiva Medical, Inc. | 4 | $191 |
| Terumo Cardiovascular Systems Corporation | 3 | $166 |
| Bolton Medical Inc | 1 | $147 |
| Getinge USA Sales, LLC | 1 | $132 |
| Amgen | 1 | $121 |
| Impulse Dynamics (USA) Inc. | 1 | $85 |
| Arthrex | 1 | $82 |
| Livanova USA, Inc. | 4 | $74 |
| Pfizer | 5 | $73 |
| Boston Scientific | 1 | $40 |
| Davol Inc. | 1 | $29 |
| LSI Solutions Inc | 1 | $21 |
| Kls-martin L.p. | 1 | $20 |
| Puma Biotechnology, Inc. | 1 | $17 |
| Scpharmaceuticals Inc. | 1 | $14 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 1 | $11 |
| ZOLL Services LLC (a/k/a ZOLL Lifecor Corp) | 2 | $8 |
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$30,581
- COSEAL$16,733
- HEMOPATCH$16,629
- FLOSEAL$13,020
- Impella$2,682
- Mosaic$1,578
- Edwards SAPIEN 3 Ultra Transcatheter Heart Valve$457
- Avalus$439
- Simulus$375
- ATRICURE CRYOICE CRYOSPHERE CRYOABLATION SYSTEM$312
- MITRIS RESILIA Mitral Valve$309
- Mitra Clip system$264
- THORATEC HEARTMATE 3 LVAS IMPLANT KIT$254
- NAVITOR$189
- AMDS-Ascyrus Medical$177
- ON-X AORTIC HEART VALVE WITH CONFORM-X SEWING RING AND EXTENDED HOLDER$177
- CRYOVALVE SG PULMONARY HUMAN HEART VALVE$177
- SYNERGY ABLATION SYSTEM$172
- ATRICLIP LAA EXCLUSION SYSTEM$172
- RELAY THORACIC STENT-GRAFT WITH PLUS DELIVERY SYSTEM$147
How this compares
$76,220 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th 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.
Most prescribed under Part D
| Drug | Claims | Cost to plans & patients |
|---|---|---|
| Oxycodone Hcl | 12 | $52 |
| Metoprolol Tartrate | 15 | $16 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) in Naples
- Thomas CaranasosNaples$141K
- Anthony NunezOrlando$4.8M
- Barry WintonLargo$687K
- Paul DigiorgiPort Charlotte$666K
- John PirrisJacksonville$640K
- Jacques FontaineTampa$630K
- Andrew ShermanTampa$517K
- Rogerio CarrilloHialeah$515K
- Daniel O'HairFort Myers$429K
- Luis HerreraOrlando$409K
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.