RxDoctor Payments Data

Daniel Logsdon, MD

Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) · Rancho Mirage, CANPI 1437506821

Payments from drug & device makers

What this record shows

This record is dominated by consulting fees: $211,794 of the $314,485 with a category attached, or 67.3%. Edwards Lifesciences accounts for 93.2% of it on its own, with 23 other manufacturers making up the rest. 2025 is the largest year on record at $122,631, more than ten times the $9,289 reported in 2019. Among thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) clinicians in CA with any reported payments, this total sits in the top 5% — high for the specialty, which is a reason to read the composition above rather than the number alone.

$314,485in general payments, 2019–2025

Across 751 payments — averaging $418.76 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.

  • Edwards Lifesciences$293K
  • Intuitive Surgical$7K
  • Atricure, Inc.$6K
  • Clearflow Inc.$3K
  • Abbott$3K
  • Baxter Healthcare$753
  • plus $2K from 18 others
$21,100in research payments, 2019–2025

Across 9 payments — averaging $2344.44 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.

  • Atricure, Inc.$21K

What the payments were for

  • Consulting fees$211,79467%
  • Speaking & faculty fees$12,7504%
  • Travel & lodging$53,25717%
  • Food & beverage$32,18410%
  • Education$4,5001%

General payments by program year

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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.

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

$314,485 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 546 thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) providers in California.

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Medicare billing

Part B allowed, 2024
$340,786
Medicare patients
367
Services billed
848

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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