Charles Elkins, MD
Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) · Oklahoma City, OKNPI 1790789345
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — speaking fees (44.3%), food and beverage and travel and lodging — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 30 manufacturers reported payments, led by Medtronic at 58.6% of the total. Among thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) clinicians in OK 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 362 payments — averaging $116.54 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Medtronic$25K
- Atricure, Inc.$8K
- Edwards Lifesciences$5K
- Abbott$2K
- Terumo Medical Corporation$908
- Abiomed$386
- plus $1K from 24 others
Across 46 payments — averaging $2722.50 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.
- Medtronic$92K
- Abbott$33K
What the payments were for
- Speaking & faculty fees$18,70444%
- Travel & lodging$10,10824%
- Food & beverage$13,27731%
- Education$1000%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Medtronic(3 entities) | 162 | $24,721 |
| Atricure, Inc. | 60 | $7,596 |
| Edwards Lifesciences | 52 | $5,067 |
| Abbott | 26 | $2,228 |
| Terumo Medical Corporation | 2 | $908 |
| Abiomed | 7 | $386 |
| Inari Medical, Inc. | 11 | $192 |
| Boston Scientific | 2 | $147 |
| Johnson & Johnson(2 entities) | 6 | $131 |
| Corcym Inc | 2 | $101 |
| Chiesi USA, Inc. | 4 | $79 |
| ZOLL Services LLC (a/k/a ZOLL Lifecor Corp) | 4 | $75 |
| Endologix LLC | 2 | $73 |
| Biom'up France SAS | 1 | $60 |
| Angiodynamics, Inc. | 3 | $49 |
| Getinge USA Sales, LLC | 2 | $48 |
| KARL Storz Endoscopy-america | 1 | $40 |
| Avanos Medical | 2 | $39 |
| Portola Pharmaceuticals, LLC | 1 | $35 |
| E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. | 1 | $25 |
| Silk Road Medical, Inc. | 1 | $24 |
| AstraZeneca | 1 | $24 |
| Reflow Medical Inc | 1 | $23 |
| Solventum Corporation | 1 | $20 |
| Pacira Pharmaceuticals Incorporated | 1 | $20 |
| Surmodics, Inc. | 2 | $19 |
| LSI Solutions Inc | 1 | $17 |
| Cagent Vascular Inc | 1 | $16 |
| KCI USA, Inc. | 1 | $13 |
| Mallinckrodt Enterprises LLC | 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.
- COREVALVE EVOLUT R$18,807
- CoreValve Evolut$3,111
- SYNERGY ABLATION SYSTEM$2,011
- EPI-SENSE GUIDED COAGULATION SYSTEM WITH VISITRAX$1,962
- ATRICLIP LAA EXCLUSION SYSTEM$1,667
- EVOQUE$1,585
- ISOLATOR SURGICAL ABLATION SYSTEM$1,376
- DISSECTOR$1,376
- Edwards SAPIEN 3 Transcatheter Heart Valve$1,217
- AngioSeal$908
- EPI-SENSE GUIDED COAGULATION SYS$679
- ATRICURE SYNERGY ABLATION SYSTEM$262
- INSPIRIS RESILIA aortic valve$188
- TRICLIP$169
- HeartMate 3 Left Ventricular Assist Device$161
- APOLLOTM$159
- MitraClip System$150
- ATRICURE CRYOICE CRYOSPHERE CRYOABLATION SYSTEM$144
- MitraClip$140
- Impella$140
How this compares
$42,188 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 48 thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) providers in Oklahoma.
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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 |
|---|---|---|
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 16 | $165 |
| Oxycodone Hcl | 17 | $115 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) in Oklahoma City
- James LongOklahoma City$634K
- James ReinersmanOklahoma City$40K
- David VanhooserOklahoma City$25K
- Michael CannonOklahoma City$18K
- Daniel FrenoOklahoma City$16K
- Jess SchwartzOklahoma City$16K
- Marshall BellOklahoma City$14K
- Steven MillerOklahoma City$7K
- Jess ThompsonOklahoma City$5K
- Scott LucasOklahoma City$3K
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.