Chris Sciortino, MD
Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) · Norfolk, VANPI 1659424687
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — travel and lodging (41.9%), food and beverage and speaking fees — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 8 manufacturers reported payments, led by Abiomed at 56.0% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2023 at $6,563 and has fallen 82.6% since, to $1,143 in 2025.
Across 79 payments — averaging $121.37 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Abiomed$5K
- Atricure, Inc.$2K
- Ancora Heart, Inc.$1K
- Medtronic$939
- W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc.$139
- Abbott$124
- plus $62 from 2 others
Across 42 payments — averaging $3787.10 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.
- Atricure, Inc.$102K
- Medtronic$33K
- Abbott$24K
- Transmedics, Inc.$350
What the payments were for
- Speaking & faculty fees$2,75029%
- Travel & lodging$4,02142%
- Food & beverage$2,81729%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Abiomed | 32 | $5,370 |
| Atricure, Inc. | 4 | $1,772 |
| Ancora Heart, Inc. | 7 | $1,181 |
| Medtronic | 29 | $939 |
| W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc. | 2 | $139 |
| Abbott | 1 | $124 |
| Baxter Healthcare | 3 | $43 |
| Livanova USA, Inc. | 1 | $19 |
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.
How this compares
$9,588 in reported general payments places this provider in the 70th percentile of 109 thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) providers in Virginia.
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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 Norfolk
- Clinton KempNorfolk$367K
- Christopher BarreiroNorfolk$41K
- Raffaele MarchigianiNorfolk$18K
- Michael McGrathNorfolk$13K
- Chris CookNorfolk$10K
- Joseph RezaNorfolk$8K
- Sandeep KhandharFairfax$261K
- Mark CooperHampton$219K
- Linda MartinCharlottesville$76K
- Kenneth SaumLynchburg$56K
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.