Christopher Komanapalli, MD
Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) · Tucson, AZNPI 1194894519
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by consulting fees: $25,288 of the $40,065 with a category attached, or 63.1%. 18 manufacturers reported payments, led by Atricure, Inc. at 50.7% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2022 at $12,912 and has fallen 75.6% since, to $3,155 in 2025.
Across 137 payments — averaging $292.44 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Atricure, Inc.$20K
- Baxter Healthcare$9K
- Abbott$3K
- Livanova USA, Inc.$2K
- Zimmer Biomet$1K
- Teleflex LLC$917
- plus $4K from 12 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$25,28863%
- Speaking & faculty fees$9002%
- Travel & lodging$6,96817%
- Food & beverage$6,90917%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Atricure, Inc. | 39 | $20,312 |
| Baxter Healthcare | 6 | $8,533 |
| Abbott | 30 | $2,788 |
| Livanova USA, Inc. | 7 | $2,260 |
| Zimmer Biomet | 3 | $1,126 |
| Teleflex LLC | 3 | $917 |
| Artivion, Inc. | 2 | $893 |
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 7 | $692 |
| Edwards Lifesciences | 7 | $587 |
| Philips North America LLC | 7 | $561 |
| Abiomed | 7 | $506 |
| Corcym Inc | 7 | $466 |
| Davol Inc. | 2 | $165 |
| Cvrx, Inc. | 6 | $140 |
| Biostable Science & Engineering | 1 | $52 |
| Biosense Webster, Inc. | 1 | $36 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 1 | $18 |
| Kls-martin L.p. | 1 | $13 |
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.
- SYNERGY ABLATION SYSTEM$14,933
- No Related Product$8,193
- ATRICLIP LAA EXCLUSION SYSTEM$2,668
- Perceval$2,373
- EPI-SENSE GUIDED COAGULATION SYSTEM WITH VISITRAX$1,709
- SternaLock Blu$1,000
- THORATEC HEARTMATE 3 LVAS IMPLANT KIT$999
- AMDS-Ascyrus Medical$893
- Trifecta GT Tissue Heart Valve$829
- MANTA$800
- Impella$362
- ATRICURE CRYOICE CRYOSPHERE CRYOABLATION SYSTEM$355
- INSPIRIS RESILIA aortic valve$227
- SAPIEN 3 Ultra RESILIA$195
- Penditure$179
- Avalus$167
- Epic$144
- PROGEL$138
- GlideLight$119
- PREVELEAK$118
How this compares
$40,065 in reported general payments places this provider in the 75th percentile of 100 thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) providers in Arizona.
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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 |
|---|---|---|
| Metoprolol Tartrate | 12 | $22 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) in Tucson
- Raj BoseTucson$118K
- Zain KhalpeyTucson$113K
- Rammohan MarlaTucson$90K
- Stephanie WorrellTucson$77K
- Toshinobu KazuiTucson$20K
- Elizabeth ButlerTucson$16K
- George MakdisiTucson$10K
- William CooperTucson$8K
- Jonathan RiceTucson$7K
- Dawn JaroszewskiPhoenix$794K
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.