Howard Song, MD
Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) · Portland, ORNPI 1003822594
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — travel and lodging (40.3%), consulting fees and food and beverage — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. Medtronic accounts for 89.8% of it on its own, with 6 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2022 at $19,478 and has fallen 53.6% since, to $9,033 in 2025. Among thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) clinicians in OR 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.
Across 303 payments — averaging $210.28 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Medtronic$57K
- Edwards Lifesciences$6K
- Zimmer Biomet$254
- Boston Scientific$166
- Abiomed$147
- GE HealthCare$124
- plus $99 from 1 others
Across 90 payments — averaging $9402.31 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$740K
- Edwards Lifesciences$106K
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$22,14435%
- Speaking & faculty fees$5,4509%
- Travel & lodging$25,68440%
- Food & beverage$10,43816%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 247 | $57,235 |
| Edwards Lifesciences | 49 | $5,690 |
| Zimmer Biomet | 2 | $254 |
| Boston Scientific | 2 | $166 |
| Abiomed | 1 | $147 |
| GE HealthCare | 1 | $124 |
| Abbott | 1 | $99 |
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$6,260
- COREVALVE EVOLUT R$665
- APOLLOTM$581
- 3F$444
- PASCAL$344
- Mosaic$281
- STERNALOCK BLU SYSTEM$254
- Apollo$225
- Avalus$160
- INSPIRIS RESILIA aortic valve$136
- GENERAL VASCULAR ACCESS$100
How this compares
$63,715 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th 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
- Castigliano BhamidipatiPortland$52K
- Areo SaffarzadehPortland$51K
- Jonathan DanielPortland$49K
- Robert DubosePortland$45K
- Brandon TieuPortland$39K
- Kevin KoomalsinghPortland$34K
- Jeffrey BoskindPortland$30K
- Aubyn MarathPortland$29K
- Gurion LantzPortland$19K
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.