James Lubawski, MD
Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) · Winfield, ILNPI 1679729511
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by consulting fees: $32,208 of the $38,434 with a category attached, or 83.8%. 16 manufacturers reported payments, led by Johnson & Johnson at 43.6% of the total. 2025 is the largest year on record at $17,384, more than ten times the $1,656 reported in 2019.
Across 91 payments — averaging $422.35 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Johnson & Johnson$17K
- Medical Device Business Services, Inc.$16K
- On Target Laboratories, Inc$2K
- Intuitive Surgical$1K
- Olympus Winter & Ibe GmbH$850
- Ambu A/s$550
- plus $1K from 10 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$32,20884%
- Speaking & faculty fees$1,5004%
- Travel & lodging$1,2943%
- Food & beverage$3,2919%
- Education$1420%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Johnson & Johnson(3 entities) | 44 | $16,739 |
| Medical Device Business Services, Inc. | 11 | $16,196 |
| On Target Laboratories, Inc | 4 | $1,907 |
| Intuitive Surgical | 9 | $1,190 |
| Olympus Winter & Ibe GmbH | 1 | $850 |
| Ambu A/s | 1 | $550 |
| Edwards Lifesciences | 3 | $359 |
| Endogastric Solutions, Inc | 2 | $237 |
| Davol Inc. | 6 | $142 |
| Medtronic | 3 | $95 |
| Conmed Corporation | 1 | $67 |
| Atricure, Inc. | 1 | $34 |
| Amgen | 2 | $25 |
| Covidien LP | 1 | $19 |
| E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. | 1 | $15 |
| Lemaitre Vascular, Inc. | 1 | $9 |
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.
- Echelon Flex$15,026
- Echelon Circular$14,625
- Cytalux$1,907
- Da Vinci Surgical System$1,001
- ENDOEYE FLEX DEFLECTABLE VIDEOSCOPE$850
- VISTASEAL$240
- ECHELON ENDOPATH$146
- ESOPHYX$143
- SURGIFLO Hemostatic Matrix$126
- ETHICON$126
- PROLENE$126
- INSPIRIS RESILIA aortic valve$120
- Harmonic$113
How this compares
$38,434 in reported general payments places this provider in the 85th 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 Winfield
- Andrew ArndtWinfield$206K
- Jonathan TomaskoWinfield$14K
- James GrammOlympia Fields$386K
- Jessica DoningtonChicago$314K
- S Christopher MalaisrieChicago$254K
- Patrick McCarthyChicago$241K
- Samuel KimChicago$221K
- Douglas JohnstonChicago$205K
- Gianluca TorregrossaChicago$197K
- Valluvan JeevanandamChicago$193K
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.