Husam Balkhy
Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) · Chicago, ILNPI 1790750891
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — consulting fees (37.5%), education and speaking fees — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 20 manufacturers reported payments, led by Intuitive Surgical at 36.4% of the total. 2025 is the largest year on record at $60,016, 4.6 times the $13,125 reported in 2019. Among thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) clinicians in IL 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 196 payments — averaging $659.70 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Intuitive Surgical$47K
- Edwards Lifesciences$35K
- Medtronic$16K
- Corcym Inc$10K
- Enablecv Inc.$9K
- LSI Solutions Inc$3K
- plus $9K from 14 others
Across 3 payments — averaging $4339.33 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.
- Edwards Lifesciences$13K
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$48,53738%
- Speaking & faculty fees$24,63819%
- Travel & lodging$8,6027%
- Food & beverage$12,0229%
- Education$35,30027%
- Gifts$2030%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Intuitive Surgical | 64 | $47,042 |
| Edwards Lifesciences | 33 | $35,237 |
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 34 | $15,787 |
| Corcym Inc | 15 | $10,173 |
| Enablecv Inc. | 14 | $8,932 |
| LSI Solutions Inc | 3 | $3,338 |
| Atricure, Inc. | 7 | $3,037 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 2 | $2,520 |
| Medical Device Business Services, Inc. | 1 | $620 |
| Medistim USA, Inc. | 5 | $567 |
| Medela LLC | 1 | $436 |
| Elutia, Inc. | 3 | $363 |
| Maquet Cardiovascular L.L.C. | 4 | $274 |
| Livanova USA, Inc. | 2 | $238 |
| Surgical Specialties Corporation (US), Inc. (dba Corza Medical) | 2 | $180 |
| Abbott | 2 | $158 |
| Conmed Corporation | 1 | $136 |
| Getinge USA Sales, LLC | 1 | $118 |
| Aesculap AG | 1 | $91 |
| Arthrex | 1 | $54 |
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.
- Da Vinci Surgical System$44,750
- Simulus$13,175
- Perceval$10,140
- THRUPORT SYSTEMS INTRACLUDE INTRA-AORTIC OCCLUSION DEVICE$8,967
- PROLENE$6,200
- RAM$3,338
- COR KNOT$3,228
- VISTASEAL$3,100
- DA VINCI SP$1,500
- Avalus$630
- MiraQ$516
- INSPIRIS RESILIA aortic valve$317
- ECM Patch,Pouch$296
- MITRIS RESILIA Mitral Valve$282
- ATRICLIP LAA EXCLUSION SYSTEM$247
- EPI-SENSE GUIDED COAGULATION SYSTEM WITH VISITRAX$247
- SEW-EASY$224
- MI CHORD$224
- miniRUMEL$224
- ENDURANT IIS$221
How this compares
$129,302 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 220 thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) providers in Illinois.
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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 Chicago
- Jessica DoningtonChicago$314K
- S Christopher MalaisrieChicago$254K
- Patrick McCarthyChicago$241K
- Samuel KimChicago$221K
- Douglas JohnstonChicago$205K
- Gianluca TorregrossaChicago$197K
- Valluvan JeevanandamChicago$193K
- Christopher SalernoChicago$124K
- Duc PhamChicago$114K
- Gillian AlexChicago$97K
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.