James Bailey, MD
Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) · Green Bay, WINPI 1962936245
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — food and beverage (49.4%), travel and lodging and education — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 11 manufacturers reported payments, led by Atricure, Inc. at 32.0% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2024 at $2,524 and has fallen 91.3% since, to $219 in 2025.
Across 51 payments — averaging $132.28 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Atricure, Inc.$2K
- Intuitive Surgical$2K
- Edwards Lifesciences$2K
- Medtronic$238
- Zimmer Biomet$155
- Abiomed$149
- plus $410 from 5 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$2,41436%
- Food & beverage$3,33149%
- Education$1,00115%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Atricure, Inc. | 14 | $2,158 |
| Intuitive Surgical | 11 | $2,124 |
| Edwards Lifesciences | 12 | $1,512 |
| Medtronic | 3 | $238 |
| Zimmer Biomet | 3 | $155 |
| Abiomed | 2 | $149 |
| KCI USA, Inc. | 2 | $131 |
| Amgen | 1 | $116 |
| Lemaitre Vascular, Inc. | 1 | $116 |
| W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc. | 1 | $34 |
| 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.
- ATRICURE CRYOICE CRYOABLATION SYSTEM (CRYO2)$1,265
- SYNERGY ABLATION SYSTEM$1,108
- DAVINCI XI$1,000
- Da Vinci Surgical System$960
- Edwards SAPIEN 3 Transcatheter Heart Valve$426
- EPI-SENSE GUIDED COAGULATION SYSTEM WITH VISITRAX$289
- ATRICURE CRYOICE CRYOSPHERE CRYOABLATION SYSTEM$172
- Impella$131
- Mosaic$122
- PREVENA$121
- V.A.C. VERAFLO$121
- Repatha$116
- RESTOREFLOW$116
How this compares
$6,746 in reported general payments places this provider in the 55th percentile of 97 thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) providers in Wisconsin.
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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 |
|---|---|---|
| Mupirocin | 82 | $595 |
| ClopidogrelClopidogrel Bisulfate | 13 | $136 |
| Atorvastatin Calcium | 13 | $93 |
| Metoprolol Succinate | 14 | $89 |
| Furosemide | 17 | $70 |
| Metoprolol Tartrate | 32 | $50 |
| Gabapentin | 42 | $49 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) in Green Bay
- John SeccombeGreen Bay$16K
- Thomas PercivalGreen Bay$10K
- Kevin GreerGreen Bay$9K
- Fuad ZankoulGreen Bay$7K
- Karl DamrothGreen Bay$5K
- Steven GerndtGreen Bay$5K
- Mario GasparriMilwaukee$516K
- David DemosMilwaukee$446K
- William TisolMilwaukee$339K
- John JohnkoskiWausau$124K
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.