David Pantino, MD
Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) · Bangor, MENPI 1134417462
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by travel and lodging: $4,649 of the $6,848 with a category attached, or 67.9%. 7 manufacturers reported payments, led by Edwards Lifesciences at 50.1% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $3,264 and has fallen 88.6% since, to $372 in 2025.
Across 64 payments — averaging $107.00 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Edwards Lifesciences$3K
- Abbott$2K
- Abiomed$1K
- Medistim USA, Inc.$181
- Bolton Medical Inc$110
- LSI Solutions Inc$77
- plus $30 from 1 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$4,64968%
- Food & beverage$2,20032%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Edwards Lifesciences | 32 | $3,431 |
| Abbott | 16 | $1,602 |
| Abiomed | 11 | $1,416 |
| Medistim USA, Inc. | 1 | $181 |
| Bolton Medical Inc | 1 | $110 |
| LSI Solutions Inc | 1 | $77 |
| Atricure, Inc. | 2 | $30 |
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.
- Edwards SAPIEN 3 Transcatheter Heart Valve$2,504
- Mitra Clip system$1,232
- Impella$929
- MiraQ$181
- SAPIEN 3 Ultra RESILIA$119
- THORAFLEX HYBRID$110
How this compares
$6,848 in reported general payments places this provider in the 55th percentile of 22 thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) providers in Maine.
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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.
Most prescribed under Part D
| Drug | Claims | Cost to plans & patients |
|---|---|---|
| Mupirocin | 25 | $143 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) in Bangor
- John KlempererBangor$104K
- Darryl HoffmanBangor$9K
- Robin WillardBangor$2K
- Flavian LupinettiBangor$1K
- Felix HernandezBangor$451
- Ashley SiroisBangor$227
- Kathleen SchaabBangor$96
- Robert CloughBangor$32
- Syed QuadriScarborough$18K
- Carmine FrumientoLewiston$18K
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.