David Vanhooser, MD
Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) · Oklahoma City, OKNPI 1649279779
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — food and beverage (40.4%), education and travel and lodging — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 26 manufacturers reported payments, led by Intuitive Surgical at 43.0% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2020 at $11,343 and has fallen 93.5% since, to $737 in 2025.
Across 246 payments — averaging $101.98 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Intuitive Surgical$11K
- Abiomed$5K
- Abbott$4K
- Medtronic$2K
- Atricure, Inc.$1K
- Medical Device Business Services, Inc.$972
- plus $1K from 20 others
What the payments were for
- Speaking & faculty fees$1351%
- Travel & lodging$5,81523%
- Food & beverage$10,13740%
- Education$9,00036%
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 | 18 | $10,791 |
| Abiomed | 39 | $4,805 |
| Abbott | 29 | $3,780 |
| Medtronic(3 entities) | 80 | $2,121 |
| Atricure, Inc. | 24 | $1,144 |
| Medical Device Business Services, Inc. | 7 | $972 |
| La Jolla Pharmaceutical Company | 6 | $428 |
| Paragonix Technologies, Inc. | 1 | $162 |
| Inari Medical, Inc. | 9 | $162 |
| Johnson & Johnson(2 entities) | 6 | $125 |
| Endologix LLC | 2 | $73 |
| Biom'up France SAS | 1 | $60 |
| Silk Road Medical, Inc. | 3 | $58 |
| Chiesi USA, Inc. | 3 | $52 |
| Getinge USA Sales, LLC | 2 | $48 |
| Edwards Lifesciences | 2 | $40 |
| ZOLL Services LLC (a/k/a ZOLL Lifecor Corp) | 2 | $39 |
| Avanos Medical | 2 | $39 |
| Angiodynamics, Inc. | 2 | $36 |
| Corcym Inc | 1 | $34 |
| Merck | 1 | $24 |
| Reflow Medical Inc | 1 | $23 |
| Cvrx, Inc. | 1 | $20 |
| Solventum Corporation | 1 | $20 |
| Surmodics, Inc. | 2 | $19 |
| Biomerieux Inc | 1 | $13 |
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$10,425
- Impella$3,881
- Mitra Clip system$2,113
- THORATEC HEARTMATE 3 LVAS IMPLANT KIT$991
- ECHELON FLEX Stapler$827
- HARMONIC Product Family$827
- Surgicel Powder$827
- COREVALVE EVOLUT R$585
- Paragonix SherpaPak Cardiac Transport System$487
- LUNGguard$325
- SYNERGY ABLATION SYSTEM$178
- CoreValve Evolut$165
- ATRICURE CRYOICE CRYOSPHERE CRYOABLATION SYSTEM$144
- ATRICLIP LAA EXCLUSION SYSTEM$144
- 3F$142
How this compares
$25,087 in reported general payments places this provider in the 85th percentile of 48 thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) providers in Oklahoma.
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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 |
|---|---|---|
| ClopidogrelClopidogrel Bisulfate | 39 | $230 |
| Oxycodone Hcl | 28 | $120 |
| Potassium Chloride | 12 | $60 |
| Metoprolol Tartrate | 14 | $44 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) in Oklahoma City
- James LongOklahoma City$634K
- Charles ElkinsOklahoma City$42K
- James ReinersmanOklahoma City$40K
- Michael CannonOklahoma City$18K
- Daniel FrenoOklahoma City$16K
- Jess SchwartzOklahoma City$16K
- Marshall BellOklahoma City$14K
- Steven MillerOklahoma City$7K
- Jess ThompsonOklahoma City$5K
- Scott LucasOklahoma City$3K
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.