Christiano Caldeira, MD
Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) · Largo, FLNPI 1396748596
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — speaking fees (42.0%), travel and lodging and food and beverage — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. Abiomed accounts for 62.7% of it on its own, with 22 other manufacturers making up the rest. Among thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) clinicians in FL 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 392 payments — averaging $202.56 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Abiomed$50K
- Medtronic$18K
- Abbott$3K
- Ancora Heart, Inc.$2K
- W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc.$2K
- Corcym Inc$1K
- plus $3K from 17 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$9,60012%
- Speaking & faculty fees$33,35042%
- Travel & lodging$18,23323%
- Food & beverage$18,22123%
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 | 102 | $49,751 |
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 134 | $18,332 |
| Abbott | 57 | $2,658 |
| Ancora Heart, Inc. | 9 | $2,156 |
| W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc. | 22 | $2,076 |
| Corcym Inc | 14 | $1,453 |
| Biom'up SA | 11 | $746 |
| Edwards Lifesciences | 7 | $745 |
| Getinge USA Sales, LLC | 15 | $439 |
| Bolton Medical Inc | 2 | $161 |
| KARL Storz Endoscopy-america | 2 | $137 |
| Boston Scientific | 1 | $121 |
| Cvrx, Inc. | 1 | $115 |
| Opsens Inc. | 2 | $97 |
| Impulse Dynamics (USA) Inc. | 1 | $95 |
| Haemonetics Corporation | 3 | $76 |
| Johnson & Johnson(2 entities) | 3 | $59 |
| Philips North America LLC | 1 | $46 |
| Biom'up France SAS | 1 | $43 |
| Atricure, Inc. | 1 | $33 |
| Stryker | 1 | $28 |
| Bayer | 1 | $20 |
| AstraZeneca | 1 | $15 |
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$33,853
- COREVALVE EVOLUT R$9,507
- HeartWare HVAD$3,463
- AccuCinch$2,092
- GORE TAG Thoracic Endoprosthesis$1,127
- Perceval$961
- CoreValve Evolut$870
- ENDURANT IIS$819
- Mitra Clip system$647
- Edwards SAPIEN 3 Ultra Transcatheter Heart Valve$291
- CardioMEMS HF System$220
- NAVITOR$176
- GORE EXCLUDER Thoracoabdominal Branch Endoprosthesis$160
- GORE EXCLUDER AAA Endoprosthesis$150
- SAPIEN 3 Ultra RESILIA$142
- Avalus$142
- HeartMate$135
- MC3 NAUTILUS(TM) ECMO OXYGENATOR$130
- MitraClip$126
- LUX-Dx Insertable Cardiac Monitor$121
How this compares
$79,404 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 408 thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) providers in Florida.
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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 Largo
- Barry WintonLargo$687K
- Anthony NunezOrlando$4.8M
- Paul DigiorgiPort Charlotte$666K
- John PirrisJacksonville$640K
- Jacques FontaineTampa$630K
- Andrew ShermanTampa$517K
- Rogerio CarrilloHialeah$515K
- Daniel O'HairFort Myers$429K
- Luis HerreraOrlando$409K
- Joseph LamelasMiami$379K
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.