David Theodoro, MD
Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) · Bridgeton, MONPI 1073518577
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 113 payments — averaging $41.63 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Abiomed$2K
- Atricure, Inc.$849
- Edwards Lifesciences$697
- Zimmer Biomet$193
- Davol Inc.$142
- Medtronic$119
- plus $387 from 12 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$4449%
- Food & beverage$4,26091%
Most of this is food and beverage — typically meals provided during product presentations at a clinic or hospital. Nationally that is the single largest category of reported payments by count.
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 | 42 | $2,318 |
| Atricure, Inc. | 27 | $849 |
| Edwards Lifesciences | 11 | $697 |
| Zimmer Biomet | 4 | $193 |
| Davol Inc. | 5 | $142 |
| Medtronic | 6 | $119 |
| Innovation Technologies Inc | 4 | $77 |
| Baxter Healthcare | 2 | $57 |
| Corcym Inc | 2 | $52 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 1 | $36 |
| Kerecis Limited | 2 | $30 |
| Abbott | 1 | $24 |
| La Jolla Pharmaceutical Company | 1 | $23 |
| Pacira Pharmaceuticals Incorporated | 1 | $22 |
| Chiesi USA, Inc. | 1 | $19 |
| Solventum Corporation | 1 | $19 |
| Cook Medical LLC | 1 | $14 |
| Smith+Nephew | 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.
- Impella$511
- INSPIRIS RESILIA aortic valve$265
- ATRICLIP LAA EXCLUSION SYSTEM$218
- SYNERGY ABLATION SYSTEM$218
- ATRICURE CRYOICE CRYOABLATION SYSTEM (CRYO2)$218
- SternaLock Blu$125
- Edwards SAPIEN 3 Transcatheter Heart Valve$116
- Intraclude Device$109
How this compares
$4,704 in reported general payments places this provider in the 45th percentile of 113 thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) providers in Missouri.
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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 |
|---|---|---|
| Prasugrel Hcl | 12 | $360 |
| Mupirocin | 44 | $329 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) in Bridgeton
- Peter FonsecaBridgeton$7K
- Tsuyoshi KanekoSaint Louis$1M
- Ralph DamianoSaint Louis$816K
- Michael GortonLiberty$766K
- Justin van MeeterenKansas City$486K
- Puja KachrooSaint Louis$410K
- Hersh ManiarSpringfield$292K
- Muhammad MasoodSaint Louis$212K
- Joshua BakerSaint Louis$208K
- Michael GibsonKansas City$171K
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.