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James McPherson

Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) · Pennington, NJNPI 1639185887

Payments from drug & device makers

What this record shows

The money is spread across several categories — other (44.0%), education and food and beverage — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 35 manufacturers reported payments, led by Angiodynamics, Inc. at 50.4% of the total. Among thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) clinicians in NJ with any reported payments, this total sits in the top 5% — high for the specialty, which is a reason to read the composition above rather than the number alone.

$92,531in general payments, 2019–2025

Across 241 payments — averaging $383.94 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.

  • Angiodynamics, Inc.$47K
  • Intuitive Surgical$18K
  • AstraZeneca$16K
  • Atricure, Inc.$3K
  • Davol Inc.$2K
  • Cerus Corporation$2K
  • plus $7K from 29 others

What the payments were for

  • Consulting fees$5,8136%
  • Speaking & faculty fees$10,10011%
  • Travel & lodging$7,3148%
  • Food & beverage$12,98814%
  • Education$15,57417%
  • Gifts$220%
  • Other$40,72044%

General payments by program year

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22
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25

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.

CompanyPaymentsTotal
Angiodynamics, Inc.18$46,616
Intuitive Surgical61$17,979
AstraZeneca22$15,606
Atricure, Inc.23$2,719
Davol Inc.10$1,501
Cerus Corporation1$1,500
Medtronic(2 entities)20$1,242
Edwards Lifesciences15$1,070
Abiomed9$982
Galvanize Therapeutics, Inc6$514
Biom'up SA6$404
La Jolla Pharmaceutical Company6$369
Boston Scientific3$244
Abbott3$225
Cook Medical LLC4$173
Biom'up France SAS1$171
Kls-martin L.p.5$169
Telix Pharmaceuticals2$151
W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc.2$149
Chiesi USA, Inc.2$115
Pinnacle Biologics, Inc2$100
Getinge USA Sales, LLC3$90
Inari Medical, Inc.1$80
Johnson & Johnson2$63
Livanova USA, Inc.1$40
Grifols USA, LLC2$39
Surgical Specialties Corporation (US), Inc. (dba Corza Medical)1$39
Novo Nordisk2$31
Rigel Pharmaceuticals, Inc.1$29
Artivion, Inc.2$29
Acera Surgical, Inc.1$25
Baxter Healthcare1$19
Merck1$19
ZOLL Services LLC (a/k/a ZOLL Lifecor Corp)1$16
Covidien LP1$11

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.

How this compares

$92,531 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 129 thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) providers in New Jersey.

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Medicare billing

Part B allowed, 2024
$60,957
Medicare patients
134
Services billed
281

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.

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