RxDoctor Payments Data

Harvey Garrett, MD

Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) · Memphis, TNNPI 1508800905

Payments from drug & device makers

What this record shows

This record is dominated by royalties or licence payments: $568,198 of the $711,548 with a category attached, or 79.9%. Zimmer Biomet accounts for 79.9% of it on its own, with 55 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2022 at $164,953 and has fallen 58.3% since, to $68,782 in 2025. Among thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) clinicians in TN 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.

$711,548in general payments, 2019–2025

Across 503 payments — averaging $1414.61 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.

  • Zimmer Biomet$568K
  • Abbott$75K
  • Endologix LLC$44K
  • Silk Road Medical, Inc.$9K
  • Medtronic$5K
  • W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc.$3K
  • plus $7K from 50 others
$1,074,564in research payments, 2019–2025

Across 280 payments — averaging $3837.73 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.

  • Abbott$395K
  • Edwards Lifesciences$241K
  • Boston Scientific$186K
  • Medtronic$101K
  • Zimmer Biomet$62K
  • Shockwave Medical, Inc$45K
  • plus $44K from 4 others

What the payments were for

  • Royalty or licence$568,19880%
  • Consulting fees$84,05012%
  • Speaking & faculty fees$2,8000%
  • Travel & lodging$25,8954%
  • Food & beverage$29,9914%
  • Education$3320%
  • Other$2820%

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.

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

$711,548 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 115 thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) providers in Tennessee.

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Medicare billing

Part B allowed, 2024
$603,193
Medicare patients
869
Services billed
2,020

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

DrugClaimsCost to plans & patients
XareltoRivaroxaban38$36,892
EliquisApixaban32$34,225
BrilintaTicagrelor27$14,990
ClopidogrelClopidogrel Bisulfate343$3,938
Prasugrel Hcl67$3,010
Cilostazol44$1,111
Oxycodone-AcetaminophenOxycodone Hcl/Acetaminophen34$143
Cephalexin27$117
Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen14$86
Atorvastatin Calcium12$84
Amiodarone Hcl12$72
Oxycodone Hcl11$44
Prednisone27$30
Famotidine24$16

Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.

Companies that both paid and supply prescribed drugs

These companies both reported payments to this provider and make drugs the provider prescribed under Medicare Part D in 2024. For most specialties this overlap is expected — a cardiologist who is paid by a cardiology drugmaker also treats heart disease. It is shown so the reader can see it, not because it implies anything on its own.

CompanyPaid to this providerPart D cost of their drugs
Johnson & JohnsonXarelto$347$36,89238 claims
PfizerEliquis$15$34,22532 claims

Reading this fairly. The Part D column is what drug plans and patients paid pharmacies — this provider received none of it, and it reflects how many patients they treat and what those drugs cost. Against peers, this provider's reported payments sit in the 95th percentile of 115 thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) providers in Tennessee.

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