Christopher Magovern, MD
Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) · Morristown, NJNPI 1043212434
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 95.4% of the total across 170 separate payments, which is the pattern of a clinician who attends manufacturer presentations rather than one with a consulting arrangement. Edwards Lifesciences accounts for 72.9% of it on its own, with 11 other manufacturers making up the rest. 2025 is the largest year on record at $1,652, 2.9 times the $575 reported in 2019.
Across 170 payments — averaging $35.77 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Edwards Lifesciences$4K
- Medtronic$427
- Atricure, Inc.$341
- Abbott$282
- Philips North America LLC$132
- Artivion, Inc.$114
- plus $351 from 6 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$5,79895%
- Other$2825%
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 | 136 | $4,434 |
| Medtronic | 8 | $427 |
| Atricure, Inc. | 8 | $341 |
| Abbott | 1 | $282 |
| Philips North America LLC | 2 | $132 |
| Artivion, Inc. | 1 | $114 |
| Baxter Healthcare | 4 | $93 |
| Boston Scientific | 6 | $89 |
| Zimmer Biomet | 1 | $63 |
| Livanova USA, Inc. | 1 | $48 |
| Bolton Medical Inc | 1 | $47 |
| KCI USA, Inc. | 1 | $11 |
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.
- INSPIRIS RESILIA aortic valve$795
- PORTICO$282
- KONECT RESILIA$171
- SAPIEN 3 Ultra RESILIA$131
- COREVALVE EVOLUT R$131
- AMDS-Ascyrus Medical$114
- CRYOVALVE SG PULMONARY HUMAN HEART VALVE$114
- BIOGLUE SURGICAL ADHESIVE$114
- ON-X AORTIC HEART VALVE WITH CONFORM-X SEWING RING AND EXTENDED HOLDER$114
- Cardiac non-SynerGraft$114
- Edwards SAPIEN 3 Ultra Transcatheter Heart Valve$111
- GlideLight$105
How this compares
$6,080 in reported general payments places this provider in the 55th percentile of 129 thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) providers in New Jersey.
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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 |
|---|---|---|
| Mupirocin | 72 | $480 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) in Morristown
- Benjamin van BoxtelMorristown$40K
- John BrownMorristown$32K
- Bledi ZakuMorristown$27K
- Federico SteinerMorristown$25K
- Mark WidmannMorristown$25K
- Steve XydasMorristown$12K
- James SlaterMorristown$11K
- Atiq RehmanCherry Hill$503K
- Mark RussoNew Brunswick$219K
- Leonard LeeHackensack$143K
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.