Christian Bermudez, MD
Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) · Philadelphia, PANPI 1083783179
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — consulting fees (47.2%), speaking fees and travel and lodging — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 9 manufacturers reported payments, led by Abbott at 57.9% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2021 at $12,420 and has fallen 84.7% since, to $1,896 in 2025.
Across 56 payments — averaging $392.86 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Abbott$13K
- Abiomed$6K
- Transmedics, Inc.$2K
- Atricure, Inc.$541
- Medtronic$373
- Livanova USA, Inc.$250
- plus $551 from 3 others
Across 17 payments — averaging $10,186 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.
- Xvivo Perfusion Inc.$88K
- Livanova USA, Inc.$64K
- Abbott$21K
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$10,37547%
- Speaking & faculty fees$6,50030%
- Travel & lodging$2,66712%
- Food & beverage$2,45811%
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 | 25 | $12,732 |
| Abiomed | 13 | $6,006 |
| Transmedics, Inc. | 3 | $1,549 |
| Atricure, Inc. | 4 | $541 |
| Medtronic(3 entities) | 4 | $373 |
| Livanova USA, Inc. | 1 | $250 |
| Xvivo Perfusion Inc. | 4 | $234 |
| Edwards Lifesciences | 1 | $175 |
| Artivion, Inc. | 1 | $142 |
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.
- CentriMag$8,871
- Impella$5,779
- ORGAN CARE SYSTEM$1,549
- HeartMate 3 Left Ventricular Assist Device$1,250
- THORATEC HEARTMATE 3 LVAS IMPLANT KIT$1,135
- 2ND GEN CENTRIMAG PRIMARY CONSOLE$668
- HeartMate Touch$389
- SYNERGY ABLATION SYSTEM$363
- ATRICURE CRYOICE CRYOSPHERE CRYOABLATION SYSTEM$363
- LifeSPARC$250
- HeartWare HVAD$182
- LigaSure$146
- CRYOVALVE SG PULMONARY HUMAN HEART VALVE$142
- EPI-SENSE GUIDED COAGULATION SYSTEM WITH VISITRAX$123
How this compares
$22,000 in reported general payments places this provider in the 80th 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.