Edward Chen, MD
Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) · Atlanta, GANPI 1801985882
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — speaking fees (43.0%), grants and food and beverage — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. Medtronic accounts for 89.6% of it on its own, with 9 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $8,301 and has fallen 98.5% since, to $125 in 2025.
Across 72 payments — averaging $177.63 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Medtronic$11K
- AbbVie$484
- Abbott$340
- Bolton Medical Inc$177
- Edwards Lifesciences$121
- Pfizer$97
- plus $114 from 4 others
Across 1 payment — averaging $2730.00 each. Payments tied to a research study. These frequently flow through the physician to a hospital or research institution rather than to the physician personally.
- Artivion, Inc.$3K
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$5634%
- Speaking & faculty fees$5,50043%
- Grants$3,17025%
- Travel & lodging$1,30410%
- Food & beverage$2,25418%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 21 | $11,458 |
| AbbVie(2 entities) | 38 | $484 |
| Abbott | 2 | $340 |
| Bolton Medical Inc | 2 | $177 |
| Edwards Lifesciences | 1 | $121 |
| Pfizer | 4 | $97 |
| Artivion, Inc. | 1 | $52 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 1 | $28 |
| Baxter Healthcare | 1 | $18 |
| UCB, Inc. | 1 | $16 |
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.
- Avalus$5,500
- Mosaic$1,406
- Freestyle$563
- Mitra Clip system$340
- Relay Plus$148
- ENDO GIA ULTRA$128
- RF Conductr$106
How this compares
$12,790 in reported general payments places this provider in the 70th percentile of 144 thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) providers in Georgia.
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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 Atlanta
- Manu SanchetiAtlanta$805K
- John PuskasAtlanta$332K
- Douglas MurphyAtlanta$254K
- Ezequiel MolinaAtlanta$215K
- Gaetano PaoneAtlanta$134K
- Michael HalkosAtlanta$102K
- Allan PickensAtlanta$87K
- Bradley LeshnowerAtlanta$63K
- Kimberly HolstAtlanta$52K
- William KeelingAtlanta$49K
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.