Ciaran McNamee, MD
Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) · Boston, MANPI 1124019351
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — consulting fees (36.9%), education and travel and lodging — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 7 manufacturers reported payments, led by Intuitive Surgical at 45.8% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2020 at $19,271 and has fallen 72.2% since, to $5,352 in 2025.
Across 78 payments — averaging $578.67 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Intuitive Surgical$21K
- Covidien LP$18K
- Avyxa Pharma, LLC$4K
- Genentech, Inc.$1K
- F. Hoffmann-la Roche AG$715
- Johnson & Johnson$149
- plus $136 from 1 others
Across 76 payments — averaging $11,613 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.
- Genentech, Inc.$877K
- F. Hoffmann-la Roche AG$6K
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$16,65037%
- Speaking & faculty fees$2,7156%
- Travel & lodging$8,63919%
- Food & beverage$2,6196%
- Education$14,50032%
- Gifts$140%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Intuitive Surgical | 47 | $20,678 |
| Covidien LP | 12 | $17,953 |
| Avyxa Pharma, LLC | 7 | $4,199 |
| Genentech, Inc. | 6 | $1,305 |
| F. Hoffmann-la Roche AG | 1 | $715 |
| Johnson & Johnson(2 entities) | 4 | $149 |
| Baxter Healthcare | 1 | $136 |
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.
How this compares
$45,136 in reported general payments places this provider in the 85th percentile of 171 thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) providers in Massachusetts.
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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.
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- Robert ThurerBoston$229K
- Margaret MarshallBoston$122K
- Pedro del NidoBoston$119K
- Akinobu ItohBoston$102K
- Amy HackmannBoston$80K
- Nathaniel LangerBoston$79K
- David DalessandroBoston$77K
- Joren MadsenBoston$65K
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.