Edward Ferguson, MD
Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) · Tallahassee, FLNPI 1831156496
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by food and beverage: $3,086 of the $3,664 with a category attached, or 84.2%. It is spread thinly across 24 manufacturers, the largest accounting for just 21.5% — the pattern of someone who eats at a lot of different presentations. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $1,314 and has fallen 66.1% since, to $445 in 2025. That places this record below the midpoint for thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) clinicians in FL, where the typical reported total is $6,925.
Across 77 payments — averaging $47.59 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Intuitive Surgical$786
- Abiomed$770
- Edwards Lifesciences$382
- Medtronic$369
- Endologix LLC$276
- Abbott$186
- plus $895 from 18 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$56515%
- Food & beverage$3,08684%
- Education$140%
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 | 4 | $786 |
| Abiomed | 9 | $770 |
| Edwards Lifesciences | 9 | $382 |
| Medtronic | 17 | $369 |
| Endologix LLC | 3 | $276 |
| Abbott | 2 | $186 |
| Artivion, Inc. | 7 | $172 |
| Biom'up SA | 3 | $97 |
| Silk Road Medical, Inc. | 1 | $96 |
| Surgical Specialties Corporation (US), Inc. (dba Corza Medical) | 2 | $91 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 3 | $86 |
| Elutia, Inc. | 2 | $59 |
| Saphena Medical, Inc. | 1 | $33 |
| Dilon Technologies, Inc. | 1 | $31 |
| Getinge USA Sales, LLC | 2 | $30 |
| Atricure, Inc. | 2 | $29 |
| Solventum Corporation | 1 | $27 |
| Corcym Inc | 1 | $26 |
| Chiesi USA, Inc. | 1 | $23 |
| Cardiva Medical, Inc. | 1 | $23 |
| Cook Medical LLC | 2 | $21 |
| Portola Pharmaceuticals, LLC | 1 | $20 |
| Boston Scientific | 1 | $17 |
| LSI Solutions Inc | 1 | $15 |
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.
How this compares
$3,664 in reported general payments places this provider in the 35th percentile of 408 thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) providers in Florida.
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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 |
|---|---|---|
| Oxycodone-AcetaminophenOxycodone Hcl/Acetaminophen | 34 | $355 |
| Atorvastatin Calcium | 13 | $194 |
| Potassium Chloride | 12 | $106 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) in Tallahassee
- Anthony NunezOrlando$4.8M
- Barry WintonLargo$687K
- Paul DigiorgiPort Charlotte$666K
- John PirrisJacksonville$640K
- Jacques FontaineTampa$630K
- Andrew ShermanTampa$517K
- Rogerio CarrilloHialeah$515K
- Daniel O'HairFort Myers$429K
- Luis HerreraOrlando$409K
- Joseph LamelasMiami$379K
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.