James Headrick, MD
Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) · Chattanooga, TNNPI 1104812817
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — travel and lodging (32.9%), speaking fees and consulting fees — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 23 manufacturers reported payments, led by Intuitive Surgical at 49.8% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2022 at $31,548 and has fallen 96.3% since, to $1,164 in 2025. Among thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) clinicians in TN with any reported payments, this total sits in the top 10% — high for the specialty, which is a reason to read the composition above rather than the number alone.
Across 100 payments — averaging $458.57 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Intuitive Surgical$23K
- Astrazeneca UK Limited$16K
- AstraZeneca$2K
- Genentech USA, Inc.$2K
- Medtronic$2K
- Atricure, Inc.$252
- plus $719 from 17 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$8,85519%
- Speaking & faculty fees$13,57530%
- Travel & lodging$15,07333%
- Food & beverage$2,3545%
- Education$6,00013%
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 | 25 | $22,838 |
| Astrazeneca UK Limited | 4 | $16,223 |
| AstraZeneca | 12 | $2,245 |
| Genentech USA, Inc. | 11 | $1,935 |
| Medtronic | 4 | $1,646 |
| Atricure, Inc. | 10 | $252 |
| Johnson & Johnson(2 entities) | 9 | $165 |
| Galvanize Therapeutics, Inc | 2 | $73 |
| C. R. Bard, Inc. & Subsidiaries | 3 | $57 |
| Caris MPI, Inc. | 2 | $54 |
| Tempus AI, Inc | 2 | $53 |
| Merck | 2 | $53 |
| Daiichi Sankyo Inc. | 3 | $47 |
| Pulmonx Corporation | 1 | $41 |
| Olympus America Inc. | 2 | $34 |
| Amgen | 1 | $25 |
| Organogenesis Inc. | 1 | $22 |
| Siemens Medical Solutions USA, Inc. | 1 | $19 |
| On Target Laboratories, Inc | 1 | $18 |
| Grifols USA, LLC | 1 | $17 |
| Kls-martin L.p. | 1 | $14 |
| Sanara Medtech Inc. | 1 | $14 |
| Davol Inc. | 1 | $12 |
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$13,319
- DA VINCI SP$6,300
- IMFINZI$3,885
- ION$3,000
- TECENTRIQ$1,715
How this compares
$45,857 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 115 thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) providers in Tennessee.
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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 |
|---|---|---|
| Albuterol Sulfate HfaAlbuterol Sulfate | 17 | $48 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) in Chattanooga
- Mark BonnellChattanooga$141K
- John CraigChattanooga$10K
- Larry ShearsChattanooga$9K
- Jeffrey PoynterChattanooga$9K
- James ZellnerChattanooga$5K
- Grayson WheatleyNashville$900K
- V ReddyNashville$760K
- Harvey GarrettMemphis$712K
- Clayton KaiserNashville$124K
- Sreekumar SubramanianNashville$98K
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.