Castigliano Bhamidipati, DO
Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) · Portland, ORNPI 1992968887
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by consulting fees: $37,800 of the $52,161 with a category attached, or 72.5%. W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc. accounts for 85.4% of it on its own, with 9 other manufacturers making up the rest. Among thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) clinicians in OR with any reported payments, this total sits in the top 5% — high for the specialty, which is a reason to read the composition above rather than the number alone.
Across 111 payments — averaging $469.92 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc.$45K
- Edwards Lifesciences$3K
- Abiomed$2K
- Artivion, Inc.$1K
- Bolton Medical Inc$658
- Medtronic$346
- plus $639 from 4 others
Across 1 payment — averaging $25,563 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.
- Artivion, Inc.$26K
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$37,80072%
- Travel & lodging$9,79719%
- Food & beverage$4,5659%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc. | 67 | $44,551 |
| Edwards Lifesciences | 2 | $2,528 |
| Abiomed | 22 | $2,384 |
| Artivion, Inc. | 8 | $1,057 |
| Bolton Medical Inc | 2 | $658 |
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 5 | $346 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 2 | $295 |
| GE HealthCare | 1 | $129 |
| Atricure, Inc. | 1 | $116 |
| Abbott | 1 | $99 |
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.
- GORE TAG Thoracic Branch Endoprosthesis$32,117
- Product in Development$4,828
- GORE TAG Thoracic Endoprosthesis$4,426
- GORE TAG Conformable Thoracic Endoprosthesis$822
- Impella$723
- TREO ABDOMINAL STENT-GRAFT SYSTEM$658
- CRYOVALVE SG PULMONARY HUMAN HEART VALVE$520
- TAG Thoracic Endoprosthesis$497
- EXCLUDER AAA Endoprosthesis$409
- Cardiac non-SynerGraft$377
- SURGICEL NU-KNIT$295
- Avalus$223
- PROLENE$145
- DERMABOND$145
- ALLIA$129
- SYNERGY ABLATION SYSTEM$116
How this compares
$52,161 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 52 thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) providers in Oregon.
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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 Portland
- Steven DemeesterPortland$566K
- Howard SongPortland$64K
- Areo SaffarzadehPortland$51K
- Jonathan DanielPortland$49K
- Robert DubosePortland$45K
- Brandon TieuPortland$39K
- Kevin KoomalsinghPortland$34K
- Jeffrey BoskindPortland$30K
- Aubyn MarathPortland$29K
- Gurion LantzPortland$19K
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.