Jason Gauthier, MD
Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) · San Antonio, TXNPI 1336520501
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — food and beverage (39.1%), education and travel and lodging — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 15 manufacturers reported payments, led by Intuitive Surgical at 59.1% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2024 at $3,637 and has fallen 81.3% since, to $681 in 2025. That places this record below the midpoint for thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) clinicians in TX, where the typical reported total is $5,866.
Across 38 payments — averaging $171.30 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Intuitive Surgical$4K
- Atricure, Inc.$732
- AstraZeneca$525
- Medical Device Business Services, Inc.$413
- Paragonix Technologies, Inc.$321
- Medtronic$171
- plus $498 from 9 others
Across 4 payments — averaging $25,003 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.
- Paragonix Technologies, Inc.$100K
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$5258%
- Travel & lodging$1,01016%
- Food & beverage$2,54739%
- Education$2,41337%
- Gifts$150%
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 | 15 | $3,850 |
| Atricure, Inc. | 7 | $732 |
| AstraZeneca | 1 | $525 |
| Medical Device Business Services, Inc. | 2 | $413 |
| Paragonix Technologies, Inc. | 2 | $321 |
| Medtronic | 2 | $171 |
| Artivion, Inc. | 1 | $167 |
| Zimmer Biomet | 1 | $108 |
| Edwards Lifesciences | 1 | $58 |
| Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. | 1 | $41 |
| Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC | 1 | $31 |
| Abiomed | 1 | $30 |
| Lexington Medical, Inc. | 1 | $29 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 1 | $18 |
| Abbott | 1 | $16 |
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.
- DAVINCI XI$2,000
- Da Vinci Surgical System$1,600
- IMFINZI$525
- ATRICURE CRYOICE CRYOSPHERE CRYOABLATION SYSTEM$288
- ATRICLIP LAA EXCLUSION SYSTEM$249
- Avalus$168
- BIOGLUE SURGICAL ADHESIVE$167
- CRYOVALVE SG PULMONARY HUMAN HEART VALVE$167
- ON-X AORTIC HEART VALVE WITH CONFORM-X SEWING RING AND EXTENDED HOLDER$167
- PHOTOFIX DECELLULARIZED BOVINE PERICARDIUM$167
- ATRICURE CRYOICE CRYOABLATION SYSTEM (CRYO2)$143
- SYNERGY ABLATION SYSTEM$118
- STERNALOCK BLU SYSTEM$108
How this compares
$6,509 in reported general payments places this provider in the 50th percentile of 424 thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) providers in Texas.
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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 San Antonio
- Victor Bautista-HernandezSan Antonio$47K
- Faraz KerendiAustin$906K
- Robert HebelerDallas$723K
- Michael ReardonHouston$713K
- Danny RamzyHouston$527K
- Scott OlssonCypress$357K
- Randall WolfHouston$283K
- Gary JettPlano$277K
- Darien BradfordBurleson$266K
- William BrinkmanPlano$266K
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.