Franjo Siric, MD
Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) · Palos Heights, ILNPI 1033461595
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — education (40.2%), food and beverage and travel and lodging — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 14 manufacturers reported payments, led by Intuitive Surgical at 40.2% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $13,409 and has fallen 97.1% since, to $386 in 2025.
Across 125 payments — averaging $179.10 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Intuitive Surgical$9K
- Edwards Lifesciences$6K
- Abbott$5K
- Artivion, Inc.$1K
- Atricure, Inc.$338
- Abiomed$187
- plus $839 from 8 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$5,19323%
- Food & beverage$8,19437%
- Education$9,00040%
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 | 3 | $9,000 |
| Edwards Lifesciences | 53 | $5,844 |
| Abbott | 42 | $4,802 |
| Artivion, Inc. | 5 | $1,376 |
| Atricure, Inc. | 5 | $338 |
| Abiomed | 3 | $187 |
| Boston Scientific | 2 | $162 |
| Baxter Healthcare | 2 | $155 |
| W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc. | 3 | $152 |
| Medtronic | 1 | $147 |
| Cook Medical LLC | 1 | $105 |
| Getinge USA Sales, LLC | 2 | $62 |
| ZOLL Services LLC (a/k/a ZOLL Lifecor Corp) | 2 | $29 |
| Elutia, Inc. | 1 | $27 |
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.
- Da Vinci Surgical System$9,000
- THORATEC HEARTMATE 3 LVAS IMPLANT KIT$1,872
- Trifecta GT Tissue Heart Valve$1,030
- INSPIRIS RESILIA aortic valve$788
- MITRIS RESILIA Mitral Valve$659
- Epic Stented Tissue Valve$437
- HeartMate 3 Left Ventricular Dev$431
- EDWARDS INTUITY Elite valve system$257
- COREVALVE EVOLUT R$147
- ATRICURE ATRICLIP LAA EXCLUSION$145
- Edwards SAPIEN 3 Transcatheter Heart Valve$126
- HeartMate$125
- COSEAL$123
- HeartMate 3 Left Ventricular Assist Device$116
- CentriMag$107
- GENERAL - STRUCTURAL HEART$107
- Cook Medical Thoracic$105
How this compares
$22,387 in reported general payments places this provider in the 80th percentile of 220 thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) providers in Illinois.
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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 Palos Heights
- Nandan NathPalos Heights$15K
- James GrammOlympia Fields$386K
- Jessica DoningtonChicago$314K
- S Christopher MalaisrieChicago$254K
- Patrick McCarthyChicago$241K
- Samuel KimChicago$221K
- Andrew ArndtWinfield$206K
- Douglas JohnstonChicago$205K
- Gianluca TorregrossaChicago$197K
- Valluvan JeevanandamChicago$193K
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.