Gurion Lantz
Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) · Portland, ORNPI 1972949253
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — food and beverage (46.5%), travel and lodging and consulting fees — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 13 manufacturers reported payments, led by Edwards Lifesciences at 45.3% of the total. 2025 is the largest year on record at $6,652, 7.9 times the $839 reported in 2019.
Across 153 payments — averaging $124.01 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Edwards Lifesciences$9K
- Medtronic$7K
- Atricure, Inc.$1K
- Johnson & Johnson$1K
- Steelhead Surgical Inc$746
- Artivion, Inc.$281
- plus $606 from 7 others
Across 1 payment — averaging $5843.75 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.
- Medtronic$6K
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$2,73514%
- Travel & lodging$7,40939%
- Food & beverage$8,82947%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Edwards Lifesciences | 56 | $8,598 |
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 66 | $6,643 |
| Atricure, Inc. | 8 | $1,083 |
| Johnson & Johnson(2 entities) | 7 | $1,017 |
| Steelhead Surgical Inc | 1 | $746 |
| Artivion, Inc. | 5 | $281 |
| Zimmer Biomet | 1 | $142 |
| Abbott | 2 | $123 |
| Livanova USA, Inc. | 3 | $111 |
| ZOLL Services LLC (a/k/a ZOLL Lifecor Corp) | 1 | $98 |
| Boston Scientific | 1 | $66 |
| Bolton Medical Inc | 1 | $42 |
| Arthrex | 1 | $24 |
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.
- COREVALVE EVOLUT R$2,005
- SURGICEL NU-KNIT$798
- Avalus$628
- PROLENE$509
- ATRICURE ATRICLIP LAA EXCLUSION$508
- SYNERGY ABLATION SYSTEM$502
- DERMABOND$367
- APOLLOTM$364
- CoreValve Evolut$363
- ATRICLIP LAA EXCLUSION SYSTEM$314
- CRYOVALVE SG PULMONARY HUMAN HEART VALVE$215
- ON-X AORTIC HEART VALVE WITH CONFORM-X SEWING RING AND EXTENDED HOLDER$215
- BIOGLUE SURGICAL ADHESIVE$215
- SAPIEN 3 Ultra RESILIA$177
- Mosaic$170
- 3F$150
- RIBFIX BLU ADVANTAGE$142
- STRATAFIX$141
- VISTASEAL$139
- SURGIFLO Hemostatic Matrix$139
How this compares
$18,973 in reported general payments places this provider in the 75th percentile of 52 thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) providers in Oregon.
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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 Portland
- Steven DemeesterPortland$566K
- Howard SongPortland$64K
- Castigliano BhamidipatiPortland$52K
- Areo SaffarzadehPortland$51K
- Jonathan DanielPortland$49K
- Robert DubosePortland$45K
- Brandon TieuPortland$39K
- Kevin KoomalsinghPortland$34K
- Jeffrey BoskindPortland$30K
- Aubyn MarathPortland$29K
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.