Douglas Johnston, MD
Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) · Chicago, ILNPI 1790957991
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 545 payments — averaging $2471.02 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Edwards Lifesciences$1.1M
- Medtronic$108K
- Artivion, Inc.$36K
- Livanova USA, Inc.$28K
- Bolton Medical Inc$12K
- Abbott$7K
- plus $10K from 15 others
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 | 350 | $1,146,179 |
| Medtronic | 73 | $107,877 |
| Artivion, Inc. | 7 | $36,212 |
| Livanova USA, Inc. | 17 | $28,438 |
| Bolton Medical Inc | 22 | $11,752 |
| Abbott | 7 | $6,622 |
| Arthrex | 15 | $2,621 |
| Atricure, Inc. | 12 | $1,910 |
| W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc. | 15 | $1,604 |
| Masimo Corporation | 6 | $1,060 |
| Lightbody Medical Technologies Inc | 3 | $679 |
| E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. | 1 | $500 |
| Abiomed | 4 | $381 |
| Zimmer Biomet | 2 | $265 |
| Corcym Inc | 3 | $224 |
| Nexus Medical Technologies LLC | 2 | $191 |
| Getinge USA Sales, LLC | 2 | $52 |
| Dilon Technologies, Inc. | 1 | $47 |
| Supreme Orthopedic Systems, LLC | 1 | $42 |
| Covidien LP | 1 | $36 |
| Lemaitre Vascular, Inc. | 1 | $10 |
How this compares
$1,346,703 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 220 thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) providers in Illinois.
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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 Chicago
- S Christopher MalaisrieChicago$1.8M
- Patrick McCarthyChicago$1.1M
- Duc PhamChicago$529K
- Valluvan JeevanandamChicago$366K
- Jessica DoningtonChicago$314K
- Samuel KimChicago$221K
- Christopher SalernoChicago$212K
- Gianluca TorregrossaChicago$197K
- Charles CampbellChicago$187K
- Husam BalkhyChicago$129K
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.