RxDoctor Payments Data

Gregory Trachiotis, MD

Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) · Washington, DCNPI 1114938081

Payments from drug & device makers

What this record shows

This record is dominated by food and beverage: $8,507 of the $9,773 with a category attached, or 87.0%. 13 manufacturers reported payments, led by Edwards Lifesciences at 38.5% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $2,504 and has fallen 78.4% since, to $540 in 2025.

$9,773in general payments, 2019–2025

Across 135 payments — averaging $72.40 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.

  • Edwards Lifesciences$4K
  • Medtronic$3K
  • Medistim USA, Inc.$2K
  • Abbott$533
  • Johnson & Johnson$372
  • Boehringer Ingelheim$327
  • plus $716 from 7 others

What the payments were for

  • Travel & lodging$1,20612%
  • Food & beverage$8,50787%
  • Education$601%

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

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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.

CompanyPaymentsTotal
Edwards Lifesciences71$3,767
Medtronic(2 entities)36$2,502
Medistim USA, Inc.8$1,557
Abbott5$533
Johnson & Johnson3$372
Boehringer Ingelheim3$327
Atricure, Inc.3$129
Amgen1$118
AstraZeneca1$118
E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C.1$110
Sanofi1$102
Cvrx, Inc.1$101
Getinge USA Sales, LLC1$38

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

$9,773 in reported general payments places this provider in the 70th percentile of 25 thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) providers in District of Columbia.

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Medicare billing

Part B allowed, 2024
$5,775
Medicare patients
30
Services billed
33

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.

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