Gary Schwartz, MD
Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) · Dallas, TXNPI 1386979144
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — consulting fees (30.4%), travel and lodging and food and beverage — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 60 manufacturers reported payments, led by Abbott at 36.0% of the total. Among thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) clinicians in TX 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 332 payments — averaging $232.76 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Abbott$28K
- Intuitive Surgical$22K
- Transmedics, Inc.$8K
- Maquet Cardiopulmonary GmbH$7K
- Medtronic$4K
- Paragonix Technologies, Inc.$2K
- plus $7K from 54 others
Across 35 payments — averaging $6845.54 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.$134K
- Transmedics, Inc.$77K
- Gyrus ACMI, Inc.$29K
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$23,49430%
- Speaking & faculty fees$7,96310%
- Travel & lodging$17,65423%
- Food & beverage$14,15718%
- Education$14,00018%
- Gifts$90%
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.
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.
- CentriMag$13,212
- Da Vinci Surgical System$9,829
- 2ND GEN CENTRIMAG PRIMARY CONSOLE$9,301
- DAVINCI XI$8,000
- ORGAN CARE SYSTEM$7,742
- HLS Set$6,991
- ION$3,000
- HeartMate 3 Left Ventricular Assist Device$1,900
- LUNGguard$1,460
- BaroGuard$1,460
- THORATEC HEARTMATE 3 LVAS IMPLANT KIT$1,257
- MC3 NAUTILUS(TM) ECMO OXYGENATOR$980
- LigaSure$965
- HeartMate 3 Left Ventricular Dev$950
- Cytalux$500
- Signia$497
- SherpaPak$460
- LIVERguard$460
- PancreasPak$460
- Photofrin$447
How this compares
$77,276 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 424 thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) providers in Texas.
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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 |
|---|---|---|
| Acetaminophen-CodeineAcetaminophen With Codeine | 11 | $323 |
| Oxycodone Hcl | 20 | $133 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) in Dallas
- Robert HebelerDallas$723K
- Michael WaitDallas$187K
- Juan MachannafordDallas$164K
- Aldo Rafael-YarihuamanDallas$142K
- Todd DeweyDallas$128K
- Jaye WestonDallas$70K
- Brandon HillDallas$53K
- Ryan DaviesDallas$51K
- Dan MeyerDallas$47K
- Eitan Podgaetz GliksbergDallas$45K
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.