David Griffin, MD
Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) · Murray, UTNPI 1790998789
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — education (52.2%), travel and lodging and food and beverage — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. Intuitive Surgical accounts for 92.9% of it on its own, with 6 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2023 at $6,548 and has fallen 97.7% since, to $150 in 2025.
Across 27 payments — averaging $283.72 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Intuitive Surgical$7K
- Medtronic$176
- Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc.$125
- AstraZeneca$100
- Endogastric Solutions, Inc$84
- Bausch & Lomb Americas Inc.$48
- plus $14 from 1 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$3,07240%
- Food & beverage$5898%
- Education$4,00052%
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 | 19 | $7,113 |
| Medtronic | 2 | $176 |
| Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc. | 1 | $125 |
| AstraZeneca | 1 | $100 |
| Endogastric Solutions, Inc | 1 | $84 |
| Bausch & Lomb Americas Inc. | 2 | $48 |
| AbbVie | 1 | $14 |
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.
- Da Vinci Surgical System$6,727
- Signia$150
- LIBTAYO$125
- TAGRISSO$100
How this compares
$7,660 in reported general payments places this provider in the 65th percentile of 46 thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) providers in Utah.
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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 Murray
- John DotyMurray$18K
- Reilly HobbsMurray$15K
- William OslundMurray$4K
- William CaineMurray$1K
- Kent JonesMurray$281
- Brent BowlesSt George$69K
- Jason GlotzbachSalt Lake City$45K
- Spencer MelbyOrem$30K
- Charles NeedhamSt George$18K
- Ganesh KumpatiSalt Lake City$14K
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.