Darien Bradford, MD
Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) · Burleson, TXNPI 1376560961
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — royalties or licence payments (43.7%), consulting fees and speaking fees — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 38 manufacturers reported payments, led by Zimmer Biomet at 45.2% of the total. Among thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) clinicians in TX 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 294 payments — averaging $903.97 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Zimmer Biomet$120K
- JACE Medical LLC$65K
- Arthrex$58K
- Intuitive Surgical$9K
- Atricure, Inc.$4K
- Getinge USA Sales, LLC$2K
- plus $8K from 32 others
What the payments were for
- Royalty or licence$116,16344%
- Consulting fees$91,23134%
- Speaking & faculty fees$31,00012%
- Travel & lodging$9,9384%
- Food & beverage$10,4374%
- Education$7,0003%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Zimmer Biomet | 12 | $120,163 |
| JACE Medical LLC | 3 | $64,668 |
| Arthrex | 39 | $57,995 |
| Intuitive Surgical | 25 | $9,104 |
| Atricure, Inc. | 44 | $3,521 |
| Getinge USA Sales, LLC | 39 | $2,092 |
| Abiomed | 14 | $2,083 |
| Abbott | 17 | $1,554 |
| Artivion, Inc. | 19 | $1,488 |
| Pylant Medical | 16 | $892 |
| Integra Lifesciences Corporation | 3 | $303 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 8 | $249 |
| Terumo Cardiovascular Systems Corporation | 3 | $249 |
| Baxter Healthcare | 8 | $219 |
| Kls-martin L.p. | 10 | $166 |
| Clearflow Inc. | 1 | $145 |
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 5 | $138 |
| Hemosonics LLC | 2 | $97 |
| Edwards Lifesciences | 3 | $88 |
| LSI Solutions Inc | 3 | $61 |
| Sanara Medtech Inc. | 1 | $57 |
| Smith+Nephew | 2 | $45 |
| Covidien LP | 1 | $44 |
| Shockwave Medical, Inc | 1 | $43 |
| Convatec Inc. | 2 | $42 |
| Biom'up SA | 1 | $33 |
| Acera Surgical, Inc. | 1 | $32 |
| Terumo BCT, Inc. | 1 | $25 |
| Kerecis Limited | 1 | $24 |
| Biom'up France SAS | 1 | $22 |
| On Target Laboratories, Inc | 1 | $20 |
| Stryker | 1 | $18 |
| Haemonetics Corporation | 1 | $18 |
| Chiesi USA, Inc. | 1 | $17 |
| Cvrx, Inc. | 1 | $16 |
| Grifols USA, LLC | 1 | $16 |
| Pacira Pharmaceuticals Incorporated | 1 | $14 |
| Elutia, Inc. | 1 | $7 |
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.
- STERNALOCK$43,057
- STERNALOCK 360 SYSTEM$40,658
- Cable Ready$32,449
- Low Profile$25,213
- ARTHREX$10,774
- DAVINCI XI$7,000
- Impella$1,639
- Da Vinci Surgical System$1,533
- SYNERGY ABLATION SYSTEM$1,430
- ATRICURE CRYOICE CRYOABLATION SYSTEM (CRYO2)$843
- Cardiac non-SynerGraft$817
- Trifecta GT Tissue Heart Valve$655
- HeartString III Proximal Seal$634
- ATRICLIP LAA EXCLUSION SYSTEM$577
- Bioprosthetic Mitral Valve$564
- ATRICURE SYNERGY ABLATION SYSTEM$376
- Acrobat-I Stabilizer$340
- ON-X AORTIC HEART VALVE WITH CONFORM-X SEWING RING AND EXTENDED HOLDER$216
- BIOGLUE SURGICAL ADHESIVE$216
- BIOFIX$147
How this compares
$265,768 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 424 thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) providers in Texas.
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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 Burleson
- Faraz KerendiAustin$906K
- Robert HebelerDallas$723K
- Michael ReardonHouston$713K
- Danny RamzyHouston$527K
- Scott OlssonCypress$357K
- Randall WolfHouston$283K
- Gary JettPlano$277K
- William BrinkmanPlano$266K
- Brannon HydeAustin$214K
- Michael WaitDallas$187K
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.