Graham Pollock, MD
Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) · Kansas City, MONPI 1114243995
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
15 manufacturers reported payments, led by Intuitive Surgical at 49.2% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2021 at $5,657 and has fallen 92.9% since, to $401 in 2025.
Across 60 payments — averaging $163.70 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Intuitive Surgical$5K
- Zimmer Biomet$1K
- Edwards Lifesciences$725
- Abbott$646
- W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc.$571
- Davol Inc.$319
- plus $1K from 9 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$5,32254%
- Education$4,50046%
Most of this is food and beverage — typically meals provided during product presentations at a clinic or hospital. Nationally that is the single largest category of reported payments by count.
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 | 10 | $4,835 |
| Zimmer Biomet | 12 | $1,452 |
| Edwards Lifesciences | 7 | $725 |
| Abbott | 7 | $646 |
| W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc. | 7 | $571 |
| Davol Inc. | 3 | $319 |
| Endologix LLC | 2 | $291 |
| Bolton Medical Inc | 2 | $263 |
| Medtronic | 3 | $204 |
| La Jolla Pharmaceutical Company | 2 | $180 |
| Elutia, Inc. | 1 | $155 |
| Helios Cardio Inc | 1 | $88 |
| Cook Medical LLC | 1 | $55 |
| Lemaitre Vascular, Inc. | 1 | $21 |
| Shockwave Medical, Inc | 1 | $15 |
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$4,611
- SternaLock Blu$819
- Epic Stented Tissue Valve$263
- Relay Plus$263
- GORE VIABAHN VBX Balloon Expandable Endo$249
- STERNALOCK BLU SYSTEM$249
- INSPIRIS RESILIA aortic valve$218
- Alto Abdominal Stent Graft System$192
- Progel Applicator Spray Tips$161
- Epic$158
- ECM Patch,Pouch$155
- EV1000 Clinical Platform$146
- EXCLUDER Conformable AAA Endoprosthesis with Active Control$145
- PROGEL$144
- Edwards SAPIEN 3 Transcatheter Heart Valve$143
- STERNALOCK$138
- Penditure$131
- GORE TAG Conformable Thoracic Stent Graft$111
- GIAPREZA$110
How this compares
$9,822 in reported general payments places this provider in the 65th percentile of 113 thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) providers in Missouri.
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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 |
|---|---|---|
| Oxycodone Hcl | 61 | $275 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) in Kansas City
- Justin van MeeterenKansas City$398K
- John DavisKansas City$50K
- Michael GibsonKansas City$26K
- Anthony GrieffKansas City$23K
- Sean McCarneyKansas City$20K
- John FormanKansas City$4K
- Tsuyoshi KanekoSaint Louis$353K
- Ralph DamianoSaint Louis$134K
- Joss FernandezColumbia$100K
- Jeremy LeidenfrostChesterfield$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.