James Maxwell, MD
Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) · Kalispell, MTNPI 1932137213
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by speaking fees: $16,875 of the $27,000 with a category attached, or 62.5%. Medtronic accounts for 91.9% of it on its own, with 7 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $15,892 and has fallen 99.4% since, to $94 in 2025.
Across 91 payments — averaging $296.70 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Medtronic$25K
- Abbott$2K
- Johnson & Johnson$136
- Baxter Healthcare$131
- Edwards Lifesciences$108
- Getinge USA Sales, LLC$92
- plus $109 from 2 others
What the payments were for
- Speaking & faculty fees$16,87563%
- Travel & lodging$6,76125%
- Food & beverage$3,36412%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 63 | $24,816 |
| Abbott | 16 | $1,608 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 1 | $136 |
| Baxter Healthcare | 3 | $131 |
| Edwards Lifesciences | 4 | $108 |
| Getinge USA Sales, LLC | 2 | $92 |
| Intuitive Surgical | 1 | $75 |
| Abiomed | 1 | $34 |
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.
- Mosaic$11,343
- Resolute$3,825
- Mitra Clip system$1,020
- Avalus$511
- CoreValve Evolut$155
- PROLENE$136
- THORATEC HEARTMATE 3 LVAS IMPLANT KIT$101
How this compares
Too few thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) providers in Montanato place this figure against a meaningful peer group, so we don't.
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 Kalispell
- Drew KirshnerKalispell$5K
- Carlos DuranMissoula$296K
- Anthony CaffarelliMissoula$76K
- Travis AbichtMissoula$39K
- Stewart LongMissoula$17K
- Dimitrios KoudoumasGreat Falls$12K
- Michael MaxwellBozeman$6K
- Alexander KraevBillings$5K
- Matthew FlemingMissoula$3K
- Steven BaileyGreat Falls$2K
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.