Gianluca Torregrossa, MD
Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) · Chicago, ILNPI 1447617568
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — consulting fees (47.9%), speaking fees and food and beverage — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 26 manufacturers reported payments, led by Atricure, Inc. at 49.9% of the total. 2025 is the largest year on record at $91,205, 6.5 times the $13,956 reported in 2019. Among thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) clinicians in IL 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 340 payments — averaging $578.23 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Atricure, Inc.$98K
- Medtronic$58K
- LSI Solutions Inc$14K
- Edwards Lifesciences$10K
- Intuitive Surgical$4K
- Medela LLC$3K
- plus $9K from 20 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$94,11548%
- Speaking & faculty fees$56,31929%
- Travel & lodging$22,29911%
- Food & beverage$23,47912%
- Education$3870%
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. | 145 | $98,093 |
| Medtronic | 74 | $58,142 |
| LSI Solutions Inc | 4 | $13,698 |
| Edwards Lifesciences | 26 | $9,869 |
| Intuitive Surgical | 17 | $4,445 |
| Medela LLC | 2 | $3,436 |
| Medela AG | 1 | $3,000 |
| Terumo Cardiovascular Systems Corporation | 4 | $1,685 |
| Abiomed | 36 | $1,359 |
| Paladin Technology Solutions | 2 | $648 |
| Medistim USA, Inc. | 3 | $309 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 2 | $282 |
| Maquet Cardiovascular L.L.C. | 4 | $276 |
| Biom'up SA | 1 | $173 |
| Biom'up France SAS | 1 | $153 |
| Abbott | 1 | $149 |
| La Jolla Pharmaceutical Company | 1 | $139 |
| Arthrex | 2 | $132 |
| Baxter Healthcare | 1 | $120 |
| Livanova USA, Inc. | 1 | $115 |
| Conmed Corporation | 1 | $101 |
| Kls-martin L.p. | 3 | $93 |
| Getinge USA Sales, LLC | 4 | $83 |
| Corcym Inc | 2 | $74 |
| ZOLL Services LLC (a/k/a ZOLL Lifecor Corp) | 1 | $14 |
| Bolton Medical Inc | 1 | $10 |
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.
- ATRICURE CRYOICE CRYOSPHERE CRYOABLATION SYSTEM$47,387
- Octopus$46,021
- SYNERGY ABLATION SYSTEM$27,325
- COR KNOT$13,698
- EPI-SENSE GUIDED COAGULATION SYSTEM WITH VISITRAX$12,740
- RAM$12,461
- SEW-EASY$11,405
- Penditure$10,477
- Da Vinci Surgical System$4,256
- MI CHORD$3,489
- miniRUMEL$3,489
- Thopaz$3,000
- Vario, Dominant Flex$3,000
- ATRICLIP LAA EXCLUSION SYSTEM$2,726
- INSPIRIS RESILIA aortic valve$1,762
- Hercules$1,685
- ATRICURE CRYOICE CRYOABLATION SYSTEM (CRYO2)$1,295
- SE$1,056
- Impella$631
- ATRICURE SYNERGY ABLATION SYSTEM$527
How this compares
$196,599 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th 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 Chicago
- Jessica DoningtonChicago$314K
- S Christopher MalaisrieChicago$254K
- Patrick McCarthyChicago$241K
- Samuel KimChicago$221K
- Douglas JohnstonChicago$205K
- Valluvan JeevanandamChicago$193K
- Husam BalkhyChicago$129K
- Christopher SalernoChicago$124K
- Duc PhamChicago$114K
- Gillian AlexChicago$97K
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.