Christopher Terrien, MD
Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) · Portsmouth, NHNPI 1780805390
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by food and beverage: $5,958 of the $7,088 with a category attached, or 84.1%. 14 manufacturers reported payments, led by Medtronic at 57.7% of the total.
Across 105 payments — averaging $67.50 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Medtronic$4K
- Abiomed$787
- Edwards Lifesciences$511
- Atricure, Inc.$447
- Abbott$435
- Elutia, Inc.$276
- plus $540 from 8 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$1,10616%
- Food & beverage$5,95884%
- Entertainment$240%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 38 | $4,091 |
| Abiomed | 34 | $787 |
| Edwards Lifesciences | 11 | $511 |
| Atricure, Inc. | 6 | $447 |
| Abbott | 3 | $435 |
| Elutia, Inc. | 2 | $276 |
| Livanova USA, Inc. | 3 | $247 |
| Lemaitre Vascular, Inc. | 2 | $157 |
| Ambu Inc. | 1 | $37 |
| Grifols USA, LLC | 1 | $25 |
| Opsens Inc. | 1 | $24 |
| Shockwave Medical, Inc | 1 | $19 |
| Angiodynamics, Inc. | 1 | $19 |
| W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc. | 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.
- CoreValve Evolut$1,312
- Avalus$1,083
- Mosaic$395
- ECM Patch,Pouch$276
- Epic$274
- 3F$271
- ATRICLIP LAA EXCLUSION SYSTEM$168
- ATRICURE CRYOICE CRYOSPHERE CRYOABLATION SYSTEM$168
- Epic Stented Tissue Valve$161
- Penditure$157
- Perceval$145
- Impella$144
- RESTOREFLOW$125
- EPI-SENSE GUIDED COAGULATION SYSTEM WITH VISITRAX, MODELS$118
- EPI-SENSE GUIDED COAGULATION SYSTEM WITH VISITRAX$107
How this compares
$7,088 in reported general payments places this provider in the 60th percentile of 27 thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) providers in New Hampshire.
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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 Portsmouth
- John FedericoPortsmouth$20K
- William WilsonPortsmouth$9K
- Robert HelmPortsmouth$7K
- David CaparrelliManchester$204K
- Bryan StaniferLebanon$68K
- David FinleyLebanon$46K
- Jose RodriguezLebanon$40K
- Alexandru VaidaConcord$28K
- Joseph DesimoneLebanon$16K
- Alexander IribarneLebanon$15K
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.