James Wade, MD
Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) · Warrenville, ILNPI 1649405341
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by education: $104,020 of the $128,501 with a category attached, or 80.9%. Intuitive Surgical accounts for 99.7% of it on its own, with 6 other manufacturers making up the rest. 2024 is the largest year on record at $37,688, more than ten times the $253 reported in 2019. Among thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) clinicians in IL 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 140 payments — averaging $917.87 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Intuitive Surgical$128K
- W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc.$192
- Davol Inc.$116
- Conmed Corporation$45
- Biontech SE$29
- Genmab U.S., Inc.$26
- plus $20 from 1 others
Across 1 payment — averaging $64.20 each. Payments tied to a research study. These frequently flow through the physician to a hospital or research institution rather than to the physician personally.
- Merck$64
What the payments were for
- Speaking & faculty fees$4,5004%
- Travel & lodging$12,45710%
- Food & beverage$7,5256%
- Education$104,02081%
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 | 133 | $128,072 |
| W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc. | 2 | $192 |
| Davol Inc. | 1 | $116 |
| Conmed Corporation | 1 | $45 |
| Biontech SE | 1 | $29 |
| Genmab U.S., Inc. | 1 | $26 |
| CSL Behring | 1 | $20 |
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
$128,501 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th 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 Warrenville
- Robert LoveWarrenville$41K
- James GrammOlympia Fields$386K
- Jessica DoningtonChicago$314K
- S Christopher MalaisrieChicago$254K
- Patrick McCarthyChicago$241K
- Samuel KimChicago$221K
- Andrew ArndtWinfield$206K
- 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.