Charles Evans, MD
Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) · Philadelphia, PANPI 1184919433
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by food and beverage: $2,613 of the $3,545 with a category attached, or 73.7%. 5 manufacturers reported payments, led by Edwards Lifesciences at 50.8% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $1,235 and has fallen 61.0% since, to $482 in 2025. That places this record below the midpoint for thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) clinicians in PA, where the typical reported total is $5,177.
Across 38 payments — averaging $93.30 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Edwards Lifesciences$2K
- Medtronic$1K
- Abbott$203
- Atricure, Inc.$111
- Baxter Healthcare$78
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$93226%
- Food & beverage$2,61374%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Edwards Lifesciences | 15 | $1,801 |
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 16 | $1,352 |
| Abbott | 2 | $203 |
| Atricure, Inc. | 3 | $111 |
| Baxter Healthcare | 2 | $78 |
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.
- Edwards SAPIEN 3 Transcatheter Heart Valve$932
- SYMPLICITY G3$150
- ONYX FRONTIER$145
- Resolute$114
- Telescope$107
- MitraClip$105
How this compares
$3,545 in reported general payments places this provider in the 40th percentile of 314 thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) providers in Pennsylvania.
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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 Philadelphia
- Mark AndersonPhiladelphia$527K
- Michael AckerPhiladelphia$271K
- Wilson SzetoPhiladelphia$252K
- Nimesh DesaiPhiladelphia$203K
- Nathaniel EvansPhiladelphia$187K
- Marisa CevascoPhiladelphia$186K
- Pavan AtluriPhiladelphia$165K
- Chase BrownPhiladelphia$137K
- Olugbenga OkusanyaPhiladelphia$132K
- Michael IbrahimPhiladelphia$66K
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.