Bryan Whitson
Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) · Columbus, OHNPI 1073756367
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by consulting fees: $48,936 of the $64,254 with a category attached, or 76.2%. Transmedics, Inc. accounts for 60.7% of it on its own, with 10 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2022 at $15,478 and has fallen 63.3% since, to $5,676 in 2025.
Across 101 payments — averaging $636.18 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Transmedics, Inc.$39K
- Abbott$11K
- Intuitive Surgical$4K
- Medtronic$3K
- United Therapeutics Corporation$3K
- Edwards Lifesciences$2K
- plus $2K from 5 others
Across 97 payments — averaging $5625.88 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.
- AbbVie$306K
- Medtronic$112K
- Xvivo Perfusion Inc.$51K
- Transmedics, Inc.$47K
- Abbott$30K
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$48,93676%
- Speaking & faculty fees$3,8136%
- Travel & lodging$4,7867%
- Food & beverage$3,7196%
- Education$3,0005%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Transmedics, Inc. | 13 | $39,000 |
| Abbott | 28 | $10,770 |
| Intuitive Surgical | 8 | $4,091 |
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 29 | $3,247 |
| United Therapeutics Corporation | 2 | $2,789 |
| Edwards Lifesciences | 10 | $2,095 |
| AbbVie | 5 | $1,113 |
| Xvivo Perfusion Inc. | 3 | $976 |
| Abiomed | 1 | $111 |
| Atricure, Inc. | 1 | $36 |
| Livanova USA, Inc. | 1 | $25 |
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.
- ORGAN CARE SYSTEM$39,000
- Da Vinci Surgical System$3,943
- CardioMEMS HF System$3,680
- HeartMate 3 Left Ventricular Dev$3,496
- CentriMag$2,681
- MC3 Crescent Jugular Dual Lumen Catheter$1,913
- XVIVO Perfusion System (XPS)$976
- THORATEC HEARTMATE 3 LVAS IMPLANT KIT$422
- COREVALVE EVOLUT R$161
- Mitra Clip system$149
- Penditure$118
- HeartWare HVAD$102
How this compares
$64,254 in reported general payments places this provider in the 85th percentile of 245 thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) providers in Ohio.
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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 Columbus
- Daniel WatsonColumbus$946K
- Eric OkumColumbus$637K
- Desmond DsouzaColumbus$487K
- Peter KneuertzColumbus$115K
- Gregory RushingColumbus$91K
- Jefferson LyonsColumbus$72K
- Nahush MokadamColumbus$69K
- Matthew HennColumbus$56K
- Robert MerrittColumbus$49K
- Maziar KhorsandiColumbus$44K
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.