James Zorn, MD
Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) · Kansas City, KSNPI 1346636719
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by food and beverage: $5,133 of the $6,673 with a category attached, or 76.9%. 12 manufacturers reported payments, led by Abbott at 45.7% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2024 at $3,902 and has fallen 70.6% since, to $1,148 in 2025. That places this record below the midpoint for thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) clinicians in KS, where the typical reported total is $6,308.
Across 63 payments — averaging $105.92 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Abbott$3K
- Abiomed$2K
- Paragonix Technologies, Inc.$870
- Medtronic$283
- Cvrx, Inc.$162
- Angiodynamics, Inc.$149
- plus $289 from 6 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$1,54023%
- Food & beverage$5,13377%
Most of this is food and beverage — typically meals provided during product presentations at a clinic or hospital. Nationally that is the single largest category of reported payments by count.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Abbott | 24 | $3,052 |
| Abiomed | 18 | $1,869 |
| Paragonix Technologies, Inc. | 5 | $870 |
| Medtronic | 4 | $283 |
| Cvrx, Inc. | 2 | $162 |
| Angiodynamics, Inc. | 1 | $149 |
| Atricure, Inc. | 2 | $130 |
| Edwards Lifesciences | 3 | $72 |
| Bolton Medical Inc | 1 | $40 |
| ZOLL Services LLC (a/k/a ZOLL Lifecor Corp) | 1 | $23 |
| KCI USA, Inc. | 1 | $17 |
| Kls-martin L.p. | 1 | $7 |
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.
- THORATEC HEARTMATE 3 LVAS IMPLANT KIT$1,885
- Impella$1,447
- Paragonix SherpaPak Cardiac Transport System$1,331
- SherpaCool Box$748
- LUNGguard$548
- Shipper Box$374
- CARDIOMEMS$282
- CTS Canister Box$239
- 2ND GEN CENTRIMAG PRIMARY CONSOLE$168
- AngioVac$149
- Barostim Neo System$143
- VITALFLOW CONSOLE$125
- COBALT DR MRI SURESCAN$106
- ATRICLIP LAA EXCLUSION SYSTEM$101
How this compares
$6,673 in reported general payments places this provider in the 50th percentile of 42 thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) providers in Kansas.
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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 Kansas City
- Keith AllenKansas City$2M
- Jessica HeimesKansas City$89K
- Matthew DanterKansas City$86K
- Emmanuel DaonKansas City$47K
- George ZornKansas City$39K
- Omar AlmoghrabiKansas City$13K
- Jordan WilkersonKansas City$12K
- Chad CashKansas City$9K
- Todd CrawfordKansas City$8K
- Alykhan NagjiKansas City$5K
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.