Jeko Madjarov, MD
Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) · Charlotte, NCNPI 1033249560
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — food and beverage (38.8%), speaking fees and travel and lodging — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 29 manufacturers reported payments, led by Kerecis Limited at 45.3% of the total. 2025 is the largest year on record at $23,484, 4.8 times the $4,896 reported in 2019.
Across 452 payments — averaging $104.26 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Kerecis Limited$21K
- Abiomed$7K
- Cvrx, Inc.$4K
- Tricoast Surgical Solutions LLC$4K
- Kls-martin L.p.$3K
- Atricure, Inc.$2K
- plus $6K from 23 others
What the payments were for
- Royalty or licence$3,1767%
- Consulting fees$1,1252%
- Speaking & faculty fees$12,87527%
- Travel & lodging$11,66525%
- Food & beverage$18,28239%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kerecis Limited | 36 | $21,324 |
| Abiomed | 195 | $7,258 |
| Cvrx, Inc. | 56 | $3,644 |
| Tricoast Surgical Solutions LLC | 35 | $3,582 |
| Kls-martin L.p. | 11 | $3,370 |
| Atricure, Inc. | 38 | $2,387 |
| Abbott | 11 | $1,154 |
| Edwards Lifesciences | 21 | $1,052 |
| Arthrex | 5 | $476 |
| Artivion, Inc. | 4 | $393 |
| Biom'up France SAS | 2 | $313 |
| Philips North America LLC | 7 | $273 |
| Baxter Healthcare | 4 | $238 |
| Medtronic | 4 | $226 |
| Amgen | 2 | $216 |
| Surgical Specialties Corporation (US), Inc. (dba Corza Medical) | 1 | $214 |
| E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. | 2 | $202 |
| Corcym Inc | 2 | $163 |
| AbbVie | 1 | $118 |
| Impulse Dynamics (USA) Inc. | 1 | $94 |
| La Jolla Pharmaceutical Company | 1 | $88 |
| Clearflow Inc. | 1 | $82 |
| Getinge USA Sales, LLC | 3 | $68 |
| Cook Medical LLC | 4 | $59 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 1 | $41 |
| Terumo Cardiovascular Systems Corporation | 1 | $37 |
| Smith+Nephew | 1 | $25 |
| LSI Solutions Inc | 1 | $13 |
| Medistim USA, Inc. | 1 | $13 |
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.
- Kerecis SurgiClose$70,171
- Kerecis GraftGuide$17,543
- Kerecis Omega3 Marigen$8,339
- Kerecis Omega3 SurgiClose$6,380
- Kerecis Omega3 GraftGuide$3,354
- Barostim Neo System$1,839
- Impella$1,162
- THORATEC HEARTMATE 3 LVAS IMPLANT KIT$991
- SYNERGY ABLATION SYSTEM$594
- HemoBlast Bellows$313
- CRYOVALVE SG PULMONARY HUMAN HEART VALVE$197
- AMDS-Ascyrus Medical$162
- ON-X AORTIC HEART VALVE WITH CONFORM-X SEWING RING AND EXTENDED HOLDER$162
- BIOGLUE SURGICAL ADHESIVE$162
- EPI-SENSE GUIDED COAGULATION SYSTEM WITH VISITRAX$142
- Micra$140
- Repatha$134
- DALVANCE$118
- Perceval$111
- EPI-SENSE GUIDED COAGULATION SYSTEM WITH VISITRAX, MODELS$108
How this compares
$47,124 in reported general payments places this provider in the 80th percentile of 132 thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) providers in North Carolina.
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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 Charlotte
- Eric SkipperCharlotte$132K
- Kevin LobdellCharlotte$76K
- Tom TheruvathCharlotte$74K
- Jeffrey HagenCharlotte$69K
- Jonathan KrautCharlotte$34K
- Philip SeibelCharlotte$28K
- John FrederickCharlotte$14K
- Timothy BrandCharlotte$13K
- Bradley LenoirCharlotte$13K
- Ashish JainCharlotte$12K
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.