Jay Pal
Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) · Aurora, CONPI 1396936548
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by speaking fees: $60,700 of the $79,459 with a category attached, or 76.4%. Medtronic accounts for 91.2% of it on its own, with 8 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $38,506 and has fallen 97.6% since, to $925 in 2025. Among thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) clinicians in CO 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 174 payments — averaging $456.66 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Medtronic$72K
- Abbott$4K
- Abiomed$1K
- Paragonix Technologies, Inc.$517
- Intuitive Surgical$497
- Xvivo Perfusion Inc.$346
- plus $518 from 3 others
Across 45 payments — averaging $5415.46 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.
- Medtronic$81K
- AstraZeneca$75K
- Xvivo Perfusion Inc.$50K
- Abbott$38K
What the payments were for
- Speaking & faculty fees$60,70076%
- Grants$670%
- Travel & lodging$10,55813%
- Food & beverage$8,09710%
- Gifts$370%
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) | 117 | $72,457 |
| Abbott | 30 | $3,933 |
| Abiomed | 13 | $1,191 |
| Paragonix Technologies, Inc. | 2 | $517 |
| Intuitive Surgical | 2 | $497 |
| Xvivo Perfusion Inc. | 1 | $346 |
| Livanova USA, Inc. | 2 | $236 |
| Edwards Lifesciences | 6 | $177 |
| Boston Scientific | 1 | $105 |
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.
- HeartWare HVAD$69,104
- THORATEC HEARTMATE 3 LVAS IMPLANT KIT$2,058
- HeartMate Touch$849
- Impella$760
- Arctic Front$760
- SherpaPak$517
- Da Vinci Surgical System$478
- XVIVO Perfusion System (XPS)$346
- LifeSPARC$236
- LIVERguard$203
- LUNGguard$203
- BaroGuard$203
- PancreasPak$203
- 2ND GEN CENTRIMAG PRIMARY CONSOLE$196
- HeartMate 3 Left Ventricular Dev$148
- Avalus$110
- AVVIGO Guidance System$105
How this compares
$79,459 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 72 thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) providers in Colorado.
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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 Aurora
- Robert MeguidAurora$114K
- Thomas ReeceAurora$110K
- Joseph ClevelandAurora$85K
- Jordan HoffmanAurora$72K
- John MitchellAurora$52K
- Michael FirstenbergAurora$46K
- Muhammad AftabAurora$42K
- Nicholas TemanAurora$35K
- Jessica RoveAurora$32K
- Elizabeth DavidAurora$30K
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.