Christopher Mehta, MD
Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) · Chicago, ILNPI 1871931212
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by consulting fees: $47,988 of the $76,057 with a category attached, or 63.1%. 16 manufacturers reported payments, led by W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc. at 37.4% of the total. Among thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) clinicians in IL 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 206 payments — averaging $369.21 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc.$28K
- Bolton Medical Inc$14K
- Baxter Healthcare$12K
- Edwards Lifesciences$12K
- Medtronic$5K
- Atricure, Inc.$2K
- plus $3K from 10 others
Across 4 payments — averaging $6866.00 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.
- W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc.$27K
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$47,98863%
- Speaking & faculty fees$2,0003%
- Travel & lodging$14,52119%
- Food & beverage$11,41615%
- Education$1320%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc. | 74 | $28,454 |
| Bolton Medical Inc | 14 | $14,417 |
| Baxter Healthcare | 8 | $12,279 |
| Edwards Lifesciences | 22 | $11,801 |
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 45 | $4,761 |
| Atricure, Inc. | 21 | $1,509 |
| Artivion, Inc. | 7 | $1,403 |
| Abbott | 2 | $314 |
| Cook Medical LLC | 3 | $263 |
| Transmedics, Inc. | 1 | $252 |
| Arthrex | 1 | $175 |
| Corcym Inc | 2 | $172 |
| Lemaitre Vascular, Inc. | 2 | $156 |
| Angiodynamics, Inc. | 1 | $40 |
| LSI Solutions Inc | 2 | $37 |
| ZOLL Services LLC (a/k/a ZOLL Lifecor Corp) | 1 | $25 |
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.
- GORE TAG Conformable Thoracic Stent Graft$14,425
- FLOSEAL$9,975
- Product in Development$7,731
- RELAY THORACIC STENT-GRAFT WITH PLUS DELIVERY SYSTEM$3,593
- THORAFLEX HYBRID$2,926
- GORE TAG Thoracic Endoprosthesis$2,177
- COSEAL$2,145
- GORE TAG Conformable Thoracic Endoprosthesis$2,044
- Simulus$1,500
- CoreValve Evolut$906
- AMDS-Ascyrus Medical$783
- GORE TAG Thoracic Branch Endoprosthesis$748
- ATRICURE SYNERGY ABLATION SYSTEM$612
- Edwards SAPIEN 3 Ultra Transcatheter Heart Valve$608
- ON-X AORTIC HEART VALVE WITH CONFORM-X SEWING RING AND EXTENDED HOLDER$500
- Edwards SAPIEN 3 Transcatheter Heart Valve$323
- Avalus$302
- ORGAN CARE SYSTEM$252
- THORATEC HEARTMATE 3 LVAS IMPLANT KIT$168
- TREO ABDOMINAL STENT-GRAFT SYSTEM$167
How this compares
$76,057 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 220 thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) providers in Illinois.
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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 Chicago
- Jessica DoningtonChicago$314K
- S Christopher MalaisrieChicago$254K
- Patrick McCarthyChicago$241K
- Samuel KimChicago$221K
- Douglas JohnstonChicago$205K
- Gianluca TorregrossaChicago$197K
- Valluvan JeevanandamChicago$193K
- Husam BalkhyChicago$129K
- Christopher SalernoChicago$124K
- Duc PhamChicago$114K
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.