Charles Canver, MD
Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) · Fargo, NDNPI 1477855450
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
12 manufacturers reported payments, led by Abbott at 52.0% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2024 at $1,094 and has fallen 84.1% since, to $174 in 2025.
Across 75 payments — averaging $46.47 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Abbott$2K
- Abiomed$1K
- Medtronic$174
- Cook Medical LLC$112
- Johnson & Johnson$67
- Amarin Pharma, Inc.$61
- plus $134 from 6 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$1,59646%
- Food & beverage$1,88954%
Most of this is food and beverage — typically meals provided during product presentations at a clinic or hospital. Nationally that is the single largest category of reported payments by count.
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 | 44 | $1,811 |
| Abiomed | 8 | $1,125 |
| Medtronic | 1 | $174 |
| Cook Medical LLC | 6 | $112 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 4 | $67 |
| Amarin Pharma, Inc. | 4 | $61 |
| Getinge USA Sales, LLC | 2 | $29 |
| ZOLL Services LLC (a/k/a ZOLL Lifecor Corp) | 2 | $27 |
| Zimmer Biomet | 1 | $25 |
| Edwards Lifesciences | 1 | $24 |
| Angiodynamics, Inc. | 1 | $17 |
| Hospira, Inc. | 1 | $12 |
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.
- Impella$1,096
- PERCLOSE PROGLIDE$880
- COREVALVE EVOLUT R$174
How this compares
Too few thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) providers in North Dakotato place this figure against a meaningful peer group, so we don't.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Amiodarone Hcl | 12 | $333 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) in Fargo
- Judah AskewFargo$7K
- Boyd MartsFargo$5K
- Gurjyot BajwaFargo$2K
- Saeed AllyFargo$1K
- Roxanne NewmanFargo$521
- Alexander SteinFargo$178
- Mohanad ElshiekhBismarck$6K
- Barry BjorgaardGrand Forks$4K
- James WrightGrand Forks$901
- Cyril TabeMinot$419
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.