Gerald Sardella, MD
Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) · Concord, NHNPI 1912991423
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — travel and lodging (45.4%), food and beverage and education — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. Atricure, Inc. accounts for 62.0% of it on its own, with 6 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2023 at $1,970 and has fallen 72.8% since, to $535 in 2025. That places this record below the midpoint for thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) clinicians in NH, where the typical reported total is $6,401.
Across 38 payments — averaging $121.14 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Atricure, Inc.$3K
- Edwards Lifesciences$1K
- Abbott$189
- Inari Medical, Inc.$160
- Abiomed$118
- Medtronic$71
- plus $17 from 1 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$2,09245%
- Food & beverage$2,00744%
- Education$50511%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Atricure, Inc. | 18 | $2,853 |
| Edwards Lifesciences | 10 | $1,196 |
| Abbott | 4 | $189 |
| Inari Medical, Inc. | 1 | $160 |
| Abiomed | 1 | $118 |
| Medtronic | 3 | $71 |
| Cardinal Health 200 LLC | 1 | $17 |
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.
How this compares
$4,603 in reported general payments places this provider in the 40th percentile of 27 thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) providers in New Hampshire.
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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 Concord
- Alexandru VaidaConcord$28K
- Nicola FrancalanciaConcord$563
- Louis RussoConcord$320
- David CaparrelliManchester$204K
- Bryan StaniferLebanon$68K
- David FinleyLebanon$46K
- Jose RodriguezLebanon$40K
- John FedericoPortsmouth$20K
- Joseph DesimoneLebanon$16K
- Alexander IribarneLebanon$15K
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.