Hector Dox, MD
Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) · Columbus, MSNPI 1154324895
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by food and beverage: $6,765 of the $9,589 with a category attached, or 70.6%. 21 manufacturers reported payments, led by Edwards Lifesciences at 45.1% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $3,268 and has fallen 79.1% since, to $684 in 2025.
Across 124 payments — averaging $77.33 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Edwards Lifesciences$4K
- Medtronic$3K
- Abiomed$976
- LSI Solutions Inc$292
- Angiodynamics, Inc.$276
- Atricure, Inc.$272
- plus $842 from 15 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$2,79329%
- Food & beverage$6,76571%
- Education$300%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Edwards Lifesciences | 45 | $4,321 |
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 23 | $2,610 |
| Abiomed | 10 | $976 |
| LSI Solutions Inc | 3 | $292 |
| Angiodynamics, Inc. | 5 | $276 |
| Atricure, Inc. | 9 | $272 |
| Johnson & Johnson(2 entities) | 7 | $212 |
| W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc. | 3 | $204 |
| Baxter Healthcare | 5 | $138 |
| Corcym Inc | 2 | $41 |
| Elite Orthopedics, LLC | 2 | $38 |
| ZOLL Services LLC (a/k/a ZOLL Lifecor Corp) | 1 | $30 |
| Haemonetics Corporation | 1 | $29 |
| Zimmer Biomet | 1 | $27 |
| Terumo Cardiovascular Systems Corporation | 1 | $21 |
| Elutia, Inc. | 1 | $21 |
| Pinnacle Biologics, Inc | 1 | $21 |
| Lemaitre Vascular, Inc. | 1 | $20 |
| Trevena, Inc. | 1 | $14 |
| Bard Peripheral Vascular, Inc. | 1 | $13 |
| Cumberland Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $13 |
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$1,867
- Edwards SAPIEN 3 Transcatheter Heart Valve$1,199
- Edwards SAPIEN 3 Ultra Transcatheter Heart Valve$712
- Impella$595
- Edwards SAPIEN XT Transcatheter Heart Valve$370
- SAPIEN 3 Ultra RESILIA$296
- COR KNOT$241
- AngioVac$188
- INSPIRIS RESILIA aortic valve$176
- Avalus$158
- Conformable TAG Thoracic Endoprosthesis$147
- ATRICLIP LAA EXCLUSION SYSTEM$110
- ATRICURE CRYOICE CRYOSPHERE CRYOABLATION SYSTEM$110
- SYNERGY ABLATION SYSTEM$110
- EPI-SENSE GUIDED COAGULATION SYSTEM WITH VISITRAX$110
- LARIAT SUTURE DELIVERY DEVICE$110
How this compares
$9,589 in reported general payments places this provider in the 70th percentile of 42 thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) providers in Mississippi.
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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 |
|---|---|---|
| Cilostazol | 21 | $254 |
| ClopidogrelClopidogrel Bisulfate | 24 | $56 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) in Columbus
- William HorsleyColumbus$16K
- Lee RobersonColumbus$827
- Lacy McClainHattiesburg$97K
- Galen OhnmachtJackson$83K
- Pierre de DelvaJackson$71K
- Vishal SachdevTupelo$35K
- William SmithOcean Springs$34K
- David TaltonTupelo$23K
- John CalhounJackson$12K
- Walter SurowiecGulfport$12K
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.