Edgar Chauvin, MD
Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) · Rodgers, ARNPI 1669471157
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — food and beverage (50.9%), education and travel and lodging — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 39 manufacturers reported payments, led by Intuitive Surgical at 30.7% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2021 at $12,909 and has fallen 56.5% since, to $5,615 in 2025.
Across 471 payments — averaging $79.81 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Intuitive Surgical$12K
- W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc.$5K
- Medtronic$5K
- Atricure, Inc.$4K
- Endologix LLC$3K
- Silk Road Medical, Inc.$2K
- plus $6K from 33 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$7,94621%
- Food & beverage$19,14551%
- Education$10,50028%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Intuitive Surgical | 13 | $11,536 |
| W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc. | 33 | $5,472 |
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 205 | $5,045 |
| Atricure, Inc. | 41 | $4,484 |
| Endologix LLC | 35 | $3,002 |
| Silk Road Medical, Inc. | 12 | $1,770 |
| Abiomed | 18 | $1,529 |
| Edwards Lifesciences | 23 | $807 |
| Clearflow Inc. | 2 | $554 |
| Abbott | 17 | $389 |
| Corcym Inc | 7 | $371 |
| Elutia, Inc. | 6 | $361 |
| Shockwave Medical, Inc | 3 | $316 |
| Davol Inc. | 8 | $309 |
| Penumbra, Inc. | 2 | $282 |
| Livanova USA, Inc. | 3 | $192 |
| Teleflex LLC | 4 | $185 |
| Inari Medical, Inc. | 1 | $135 |
| Novartis | 7 | $110 |
| Johnson & Johnson(2 entities) | 4 | $79 |
| Bolton Medical Inc | 1 | $79 |
| BD | 1 | $67 |
| Baxter Healthcare | 2 | $65 |
| Kls-martin L.p. | 2 | $56 |
| Inspiremd Ltd | 1 | $51 |
| Midsouth Orthopedics Inc. | 2 | $48 |
| Lemaitre Vascular, Inc. | 1 | $43 |
| Amgen | 3 | $40 |
| ZOLL Services LLC (a/k/a ZOLL Lifecor Corp) | 2 | $34 |
| Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC | 2 | $29 |
| Chiesi USA, Inc. | 2 | $27 |
| Alnylam Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 1 | $21 |
| Boston Scientific | 1 | $19 |
| Biom'up SA | 1 | $17 |
| Bard Access Systems, Inc. | 1 | $16 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 1 | $13 |
| Esperion Therapeutics, Inc. | 1 | $13 |
| Veran Medical Technologies, Inc. | 1 | $12 |
| AstraZeneca | 1 | $12 |
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$11,196
- TAG Thoracic Endoprosthesis$2,158
- SYNERGY ABLATION SYSTEM$1,542
- ENROUTE Transcarotid Neuroprotection System$1,504
- ENROUTE Transcarotid Stent$1,504
- Alto Abdominal Stent Graft System$998
- EPI-SENSE GUIDED COAGULATION SYSTEM WITH VISITRAX$912
- GORE TAG Thoracic Endoprosthesis$882
- ATRICURE SYNERGY ABLATION SYSTEM$872
- GORE TAG Thoracic Branch Endoprosthesis$842
- ENDOCROSS Device$690
- Torus Stent Graft System$690
- Impella$584
- PleuraFlow$554
- GORE EXCLUDER Iliac Branch Endoprosthesis$305
- ATRICLIP LAA EXCLUSION SYSTEM$305
- Shockwave IVL System with the Shockwave C2 Coronary IVL Catheter$288
- Penumbra System$282
- FLOWTRIEVER CATHETER, S$271
- EXCLUDER Iliac Branch Endoprosthesis$267
How this compares
$37,592 in reported general payments places this provider in the 85th percentile of 48 thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) providers in Arkansas.
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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 | 23 | $106 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) in Rodgers
- Bassam ShukrallahLittle Rock$325K
- James SpannRogers$260K
- Jay BhamaJonesboro$192K
- Pouya HemmatiLittle Rock$168K
- Katy MarinoLittle Rock$99K
- Charles ColeLittle Rock$23K
- Karol MudyLittle Rock$21K
- Trung TranRogers$21K
- Jason MuesseLittle Rock$20K
- Frank SchmidtSpringdale$17K
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.