Daniel Raess
Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) · Boxford, MANPI 1104105741
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by consulting fees: $416,218 of the $429,363 with a category attached, or 96.9%. Every reported general payment came from a single manufacturer, Abiomed. Among thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) clinicians in MA 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.
Across 84 payments — averaging $5111.47 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Abiomed$429K
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$416,21897%
- Travel & lodging$13,1463%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Abiomed | 84 | $429,363 |
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.
- Impella$359,458
How this compares
$429,363 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 171 thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) providers in Massachusetts.
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Other thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) in Boxford
- Elliot ServaisBurlington$689K
- Daniel EngelmanSpringfield$607K
- Lana Schumacher BealBoston$254K
- Sidney LevitskyBoston$248K
- Robert ThurerBoston$229K
- Margaret MarshallBoston$122K
- Pedro del NidoBoston$119K
- Akinobu ItohBoston$102K
- Amy HackmannBoston$80K
- Nathaniel LangerBoston$79K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.