Christopher Phillips, MD
Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) · Toledo, OHNPI 1205940483
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by consulting fees: $31,725 of the $37,109 with a category attached, or 85.5%. Atricure, Inc. accounts for 88.8% of it on its own, with 15 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2023 at $22,086 and has fallen 97.7% since, to $509 in 2025.
Across 73 payments — averaging $508.34 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Atricure, Inc.$33K
- Abbott$3K
- Edwards Lifesciences$380
- Zimmer Biomet$297
- Abiomed$264
- Getinge USA Sales, LLC$155
- plus $457 from 10 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$31,72585%
- Travel & lodging$1,7765%
- Food & beverage$3,58810%
- Education$200%
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. | 27 | $32,943 |
| Abbott | 15 | $2,613 |
| Edwards Lifesciences | 5 | $380 |
| Zimmer Biomet | 4 | $297 |
| Abiomed | 2 | $264 |
| Getinge USA Sales, LLC | 4 | $155 |
| ZOLL Services LLC (a/k/a ZOLL Lifecor Corp) | 5 | $139 |
| Corcym Inc | 2 | $133 |
| Pinnacle, Inc | 1 | $35 |
| Kls-martin L.p. | 2 | $28 |
| Bard Peripheral Vascular, Inc. | 1 | $27 |
| LSI Solutions Inc | 1 | $26 |
| KCI USA, Inc. | 1 | $21 |
| CSL Behring | 1 | $20 |
| Boston Scientific | 1 | $15 |
| BD | 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.
- ATRICURE CRYOICE CRYOSPHERE CRYOABLATION SYSTEM$26,283
- ATRICLIP LAA EXCLUSION SYSTEM$6,257
- EPI-SENSE GUIDED COAGULATION SYSTEM WITH VISITRAX$5,956
- Mitra Clip system$2,211
- Impella$264
- Trifecta GT Tissue Heart Valve$175
- ATRICURE CRYOSURGICAL SYSTEM$152
- ATRICURE CRYOICE CRYOABLATION SYSTEM (CRYO2)$152
- SternaLock Blu$147
- INSPIRIS RESILIA aortic valve$135
- Perceval$113
- MITRIS RESILIA Mitral Valve$112
How this compares
$37,109 in reported general payments places this provider in the 80th percentile of 245 thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) providers in Ohio.
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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 Toledo
- Michael MorontToledo$543K
- Daniel DibardinoToledo$89K
- Matthew GoodwinToledo$32K
- Alejandro BribriescoCleveland$968K
- Daniel WatsonColumbus$946K
- Alan Marc GillinovCleveland$926K
- Edward SolteszCleveland$835K
- Eric OkumColumbus$637K
- Desmond DsouzaColumbus$487K
- Salil DeoCleveland$419K
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.