Fernando Garzia, MD
Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) · Rehoboth Beach, DENPI 1306896360
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — food and beverage (48.9%), consulting fees and education — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 19 manufacturers reported payments, led by Baxter Healthcare at 25.9% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2020 at $11,421 and has fallen 96.6% since, to $393 in 2025. Among thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) clinicians in DE with any reported payments, this total sits in the top 10% — high for the specialty, which is a reason to read the composition above rather than the number alone.
Across 233 payments — averaging $119.55 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Baxter Healthcare$7K
- Elutia, Inc.$5K
- Intuitive Surgical$5K
- Surgical Specialties Corporation (US), Inc. (dba Corza Medical)$4K
- Medtronic$3K
- Abiomed$1K
- plus $3K from 13 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$5,99322%
- Speaking & faculty fees$2,4609%
- Travel & lodging$1,2504%
- Food & beverage$13,62249%
- Education$4,53016%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Baxter Healthcare | 23 | $7,216 |
| Elutia, Inc. | 83 | $5,207 |
| Intuitive Surgical | 4 | $4,782 |
| Surgical Specialties Corporation (US), Inc. (dba Corza Medical) | 10 | $3,685 |
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 49 | $2,918 |
| Abiomed | 22 | $1,358 |
| Medistim USA, Inc. | 2 | $533 |
| Abbott | 4 | $431 |
| Atricure, Inc. | 12 | $431 |
| Davol Inc. | 4 | $373 |
| Edwards Lifesciences | 7 | $273 |
| Artivion, Inc. | 6 | $160 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 1 | $119 |
| Bolton Medical Inc | 1 | $110 |
| Kls-martin L.p. | 1 | $104 |
| Getinge USA Sales, LLC | 1 | $85 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 1 | $45 |
| Zimmer Biomet | 1 | $14 |
| Amgen | 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.
- FLOSEAL$5,685
- Da Vinci Surgical System$4,724
- COSEAL$2,791
- TISSEEL$2,579
- TACHOSIL$2,578
- ECM Patch,Pouch$1,712
- Impella$741
- MiraQ$533
- Epic Stented Tissue Valve$266
- Freestyle$246
- Mosaic$144
- CARDIOBLATE CRYOFLEX$131
- Non-Franchise (NOF) - NonProduct$122
- Simulus$119
- JARDIANCE$119
- Azure$117
- PROGEL$115
- Relay Grafts$110
- Avalus$107
How this compares
$27,854 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 23 thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) providers in Delaware.
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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 Rehoboth Beach
- John PoolNewark$42K
- Brian NamNewark$28K
- Charles MulliganNewark$14K
- Li ZhangNewark$11K
- Thomas BauerNewark$8K
- Kurt WehbergMillsboro$5K
- Vincent LotanoLewes$5K
- Paul FedalenDover$4K
- Ray BlackwellNewark$4K
- Daniel MarelliDover$4K
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.