Igo Ribeiro, MD
Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) · Cincinnati, OHNPI 1386297729
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — travel and lodging (49.9%), food and beverage and entertainment — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 24 manufacturers reported payments, led by Edwards Lifesciences at 41.2% of the total. 2025 is the largest year on record at $5,212, more than ten times the $320 reported in 2019.
Across 126 payments — averaging $119.24 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Edwards Lifesciences$6K
- Abiomed$3K
- Atricure, Inc.$2K
- Medtronic$1K
- Artivion, Inc.$856
- Bolton Medical Inc$755
- plus $1K from 18 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$7,50250%
- Food & beverage$7,48750%
- Education$10%
- Entertainment$330%
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 | 54 | $6,183 |
| Abiomed | 14 | $2,710 |
| Atricure, Inc. | 10 | $1,574 |
| Medtronic | 17 | $1,472 |
| Artivion, Inc. | 4 | $856 |
| Bolton Medical Inc | 5 | $755 |
| Corcym Inc | 1 | $215 |
| Abbott | 1 | $181 |
| Davol Inc. | 1 | $157 |
| Cook Medical LLC | 1 | $135 |
| Hemosonics LLC | 1 | $108 |
| W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc. | 1 | $106 |
| Intuitive Surgical | 1 | $98 |
| Clearflow Inc. | 1 | $98 |
| ZOLL Services LLC (a/k/a ZOLL Lifecor Corp) | 1 | $85 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 2 | $61 |
| Baxter Healthcare | 2 | $42 |
| Teleflex LLC | 2 | $39 |
| Argentum Medical | 2 | $33 |
| Medistim USA, Inc. | 1 | $33 |
| Grifols USA, LLC | 1 | $25 |
| Stryker | 1 | $23 |
| Lemaitre Vascular, Inc. | 1 | $22 |
| Merck | 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.
- SYNERGY ABLATION SYSTEM$1,352
- MITRIS RESILIA Mitral Valve$1,142
- Impella$1,096
- SAPIEN 3 Ultra RESILIA$735
- TREO ABDOMINAL STENT-GRAFT SYSTEM$480
- ON-X AORTIC HEART VALVE WITH CONFORM-X SEWING RING AND EXTENDED HOLDER$424
- CRYOVALVE SG PULMONARY HUMAN HEART VALVE$424
- Avalus$419
- Cardiac non-SynerGraft$342
- ATRICURE CRYOICE CRYOABLATION SYSTEM (CRYO2)$336
- Quantra QPlus System$216
- MI DETACH - AORTIC CROSS CLAMP - DELIVERY SYSTEM KIT$215
- ATRICLIP LAA EXCLUSION SYSTEM$199
- Mitra Clip system$181
- COREVALVE EVOLUT R$171
- Progel Applicator Spray Tips$157
- MC3 NAUTILUS(TM) ECMO OXYGENATOR$150
- Freestyle$147
- Relay Plus$139
- Penditure$137
How this compares
$15,024 in reported general payments places this provider in the 75th percentile of 245 thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) providers in Ohio.
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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 Cincinnati
- Robert AdamsCincinnati$321K
- Louis BrunstingCincinnati$210K
- David MoralesCincinnati$163K
- John SmithCincinnati$153K
- Kathryn O'KeefeCincinnati$123K
- Julian Guitron-RoigCincinnati$85K
- Robert DowlingCincinnati$82K
- Saad HasanCincinnati$35K
- Carmen TugulanCincinnati$32K
- Mohi MitiekCincinnati$25K
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.