Eli Becker
Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) · Fort Worth, TXNPI 1508858507
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 78 payments — averaging $28.11 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Edwards Lifesciences$983
- ZOLL Services LLC (a/k/a ZOLL Lifecor Corp)$369
- Atricure, Inc.$240
- Inari Medical, Inc.$89
- Terumo Cardiovascular Systems Corporation$78
- Getinge USA Sales, LLC$61
- plus $371 from 14 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$2,193100%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Edwards Lifesciences | 23 | $983 |
| ZOLL Services LLC (a/k/a ZOLL Lifecor Corp) | 21 | $369 |
| Atricure, Inc. | 13 | $240 |
| Inari Medical, Inc. | 1 | $89 |
| Terumo Cardiovascular Systems Corporation | 1 | $78 |
| Getinge USA Sales, LLC | 1 | $61 |
| Baxter Healthcare | 3 | $56 |
| C. R. Bard, Inc. & Subsidiaries | 2 | $46 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 2 | $41 |
| Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc. | 1 | $37 |
| AstraZeneca | 1 | $26 |
| Abbott | 1 | $26 |
| Genentech USA, Inc. | 1 | $21 |
| Lundbeck LLC | 1 | $20 |
| Stryker | 1 | $19 |
| Medistim USA, Inc. | 1 | $18 |
| Chiesi USA, Inc. | 1 | $18 |
| LSI Solutions Inc | 1 | $15 |
| Angiodynamics, Inc. | 1 | $15 |
| Bolton Medical Inc | 1 | $14 |
How this compares
$2,193 in reported general payments places this provider in the 30th percentile of 424 thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) providers in Texas.
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Other thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) in Fort Worth
- Robert SmithPlano$2.9M
- Michael ReardonHouston$2.7M
- William RyanPlano$2.1M
- Faraz KerendiAustin$1.6M
- Robert HebelerDallas$1.2M
- William BrinkmanPlano$1.2M
- Robert RipleyHouston$817K
- Michael MackPlano$796K
- Katherine HarringtonPlano$723K
- Danny RamzyHouston$620K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.