Cristiano Spadaccio, MD
Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) · Cincinnati, OHNPI 1134794787
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — education (41.0%), travel and lodging and food and beverage — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 12 manufacturers reported payments, led by Intuitive Surgical at 46.6% of the total. 2025 is the largest year on record at $15,441, more than ten times the $1,308 reported in 2021.
Across 85 payments — averaging $243.75 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Intuitive Surgical$10K
- Abbott$3K
- CSL Behring$2K
- Edwards Lifesciences$1K
- Zimmer Biomet$1K
- Medtronic$1K
- plus $2K from 6 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$8,44041%
- Food & beverage$3,77818%
- Education$8,50141%
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 | 12 | $9,648 |
| Abbott | 22 | $2,548 |
| CSL Behring | 4 | $2,349 |
| Edwards Lifesciences | 8 | $1,308 |
| Zimmer Biomet | 8 | $1,212 |
| Medtronic | 10 | $1,199 |
| Atricure, Inc. | 10 | $1,020 |
| Abiomed | 5 | $553 |
| Bolton Medical Inc | 2 | $322 |
| Corcym Inc | 2 | $256 |
| E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. | 1 | $167 |
| Biotissue Holdings Inc. | 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.
- DAVINCI XI$8,500
- THORATEC HEARTMATE 3 LVAS IMPLANT KIT$1,021
- MitraClip$991
- Da Vinci Surgical System$968
- EVERA MRI XT DR SURESCAN$956
- STERNALOCK 360 SYSTEM$891
- Edwards SAPIEN 3 Ultra Transcatheter Heart Valve$570
- TREO ABDOMINAL STENT-GRAFT SYSTEM$322
- Perceval$256
- ATRICLIP LAA EXCLUSION SYSTEM$244
- SYNERGY ABLATION SYSTEM$179
- ATRICURE CRYOICE CRYOABLATION SYSTEM (CRYO2)$175
- CAMZYOS$167
- EPI-SENSE GUIDED COAGULATION SYSTEM WITH VISITRAX$164
- AdvantageRib$141
How this compares
$20,719 in reported general payments places this provider in the 75th 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 Cincinnati
- Robert AdamsCincinnati$321K
- Louis BrunstingCincinnati$210K
- David MoralesCincinnati$163K
- John SmithCincinnati$153K
- Kathryn O'KeefeCincinnati$123K
- Julian Guitron-RoigCincinnati$85K
- Robert DowlingCincinnati$82K
- Saad HasanCincinnati$35K
- Carmen TugulanCincinnati$32K
- Mohi MitiekCincinnati$25K
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.