Ezequiel Molina, MD
Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) · Atlanta, GANPI 1518128479
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by consulting fees: $134,446 of the $214,690 with a category attached, or 62.6%. Abbott accounts for 96.7% of it on its own, with 18 other manufacturers making up the rest. 2025 is the largest year on record at $109,531, 9.2 times the $11,965 reported in 2019. Among thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) clinicians in GA with any reported payments, this total sits in the top 5% — high for the specialty, which is a reason to read the composition above rather than the number alone.
Across 464 payments — averaging $462.69 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Abbott$208K
- Xvivo Perfusion Inc.$4K
- Atricure, Inc.$671
- Abiomed$555
- Edwards Lifesciences$520
- Cvrx, Inc.$349
- plus $973 from 13 others
Across 51 payments — averaging $2571.53 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.
- Paragonix Technologies, Inc.$80K
- Abbott$43K
- Xvivo Perfusion Inc.$8K
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$134,44663%
- Speaking & faculty fees$16,6698%
- Travel & lodging$47,90822%
- Food & beverage$15,6607%
- Education$70%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Abbott | 399 | $207,623 |
| Xvivo Perfusion Inc. | 2 | $4,000 |
| Atricure, Inc. | 32 | $671 |
| Abiomed | 4 | $555 |
| Edwards Lifesciences | 6 | $520 |
| Cvrx, Inc. | 4 | $349 |
| Paragonix Technologies, Inc. | 5 | $284 |
| Briohealth Solutions, Inc. | 1 | $165 |
| Boston Scientific | 1 | $165 |
| Getinge USA Sales, LLC | 1 | $123 |
| Livanova USA, Inc. | 1 | $50 |
| Medtronic | 1 | $41 |
| Zimmer Biomet | 1 | $38 |
| Pfizer | 1 | $29 |
| Artivion, Inc. | 1 | $21 |
| LSI Solutions Inc | 1 | $17 |
| Argon Medical Devices, Inc. | 1 | $16 |
| Hemosonics LLC | 1 | $12 |
| Lemaitre Vascular, Inc. | 1 | $11 |
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.
- THORATEC HEARTMATE 3 LVAS IMPLANT KIT$106,141
- CARDIOMEMS$51,866
- FreeStyle Libre Pro$13,849
- 2ND GEN CENTRIMAG PRIMARY CONSOLE$11,399
- HeartMate 3 Left Ventricular Dev$9,522
- CardioMEMS HF System$6,207
- XVIVO Perfusion System (XPS)$4,000
- ENSITE PRECISION$594
- Cardiovascular- Research only$536
- Impella$520
- HeartMate 3 Left Ventricular Assist Device$366
- HeartMate$232
- BRIOVAD$165
- WATCHMAN Access System$165
- Barostim Neo System$163
- NAVITOR$150
- THORATEC HEARTMATE II, LVAS IMPLANT KIT$131
- Trifecta GT Tissue Heart Valve$128
- CARDIOHELP$123
- Epic$108
How this compares
$214,690 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th 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.
Most prescribed under Part D
| Drug | Claims | Cost to plans & patients |
|---|---|---|
| Atorvastatin Calcium | 34 | $164 |
| ClopidogrelClopidogrel Bisulfate | 23 | $151 |
| Hydralazine Hcl | 14 | $104 |
| Metoprolol Tartrate | 36 | $98 |
| Amiodarone Hcl | 11 | $84 |
| Tramadol Hcl | 12 | $26 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) in Atlanta
- Manu SanchetiAtlanta$805K
- John PuskasAtlanta$332K
- Douglas MurphyAtlanta$254K
- Gaetano PaoneAtlanta$134K
- Michael HalkosAtlanta$102K
- Allan PickensAtlanta$87K
- Bradley LeshnowerAtlanta$63K
- Kimberly HolstAtlanta$52K
- William KeelingAtlanta$49K
- Mark HelmersAtlanta$32K
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.