Jeremy Leidenfrost, MD
Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) · Chesterfield, MONPI 1275739872
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — consulting fees (53.4%), speaking fees and food and beverage — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. Edwards Lifesciences accounts for 91.7% of it on its own, with 37 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2021 at $26,842 and has fallen 85.2% since, to $3,981 in 2025. Among thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) clinicians in MO with any reported payments, this total sits in the top 5% — high for the specialty, which is a reason to read the composition above rather than the number alone.
Across 409 payments — averaging $236.07 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Edwards Lifesciences$89K
- Abiomed$2K
- Atricure, Inc.$2K
- Abbott$1K
- Medtronic$756
- ZOLL Services LLC (a/k/a ZOLL Lifecor Corp)$461
- plus $2K from 32 others
Across 4 payments — averaging $6192.25 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.
- Atricure, Inc.$25K
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$51,60053%
- Speaking & faculty fees$17,50018%
- Travel & lodging$11,24412%
- Food & beverage$16,20917%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Edwards Lifesciences | 227 | $88,570 |
| Abiomed | 29 | $2,131 |
| Atricure, Inc. | 22 | $1,626 |
| Abbott | 27 | $1,057 |
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 13 | $756 |
| ZOLL Services LLC (a/k/a ZOLL Lifecor Corp) | 28 | $461 |
| Zimmer Biomet | 6 | $373 |
| Livanova USA, Inc. | 3 | $242 |
| Baxter Healthcare | 3 | $199 |
| Johnson & Johnson(3 entities) | 8 | $190 |
| Getinge USA Sales, LLC | 8 | $146 |
| Angiodynamics, Inc. | 4 | $90 |
| Corcym Inc | 2 | $61 |
| Silk Road Medical, Inc. | 3 | $54 |
| Haemonetics Corporation | 1 | $52 |
| Intuitive Surgical | 1 | $44 |
| Elite Orthopedics, LLC | 1 | $41 |
| Artivion, Inc. | 1 | $40 |
| Kestra Medical Technology Services, Inc. | 1 | $38 |
| Philips North America LLC | 2 | $36 |
| Tactile Systems Technology Inc | 2 | $33 |
| Polynovo North America LLC | 1 | $30 |
| Solventum Corporation | 1 | $26 |
| Stryker | 1 | $24 |
| Cvrx, Inc. | 1 | $22 |
| Cook Medical LLC | 1 | $21 |
| Aesculap, Inc. | 1 | $21 |
| Heartflow, Inc. | 1 | $20 |
| UCB, Inc. | 1 | $19 |
| KCI USA, Inc. | 1 | $19 |
| Bolton Medical Inc | 1 | $18 |
| E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. | 1 | $18 |
| Mallinckrodt Hospital Products Inc. | 1 | $17 |
| Bard Peripheral Vascular, Inc. | 1 | $15 |
| Covidien LP | 1 | $12 |
| Merck | 1 | $12 |
| Cumberland Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $11 |
| Biomerieux Inc | 1 | $9 |
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.
- Edwards SAPIEN 3 Transcatheter Heart Valve$61,298
- MITRIS RESILIA Mitral Valve$3,286
- INSPIRIS RESILIA aortic valve$1,362
- Impella$1,334
- ATRICLIP LAA EXCLUSION SYSTEM$1,012
- SYNERGY ABLATION SYSTEM$660
- ATRICURE CRYOICE CRYOABLATION SYSTEM (CRYO2)$615
- SAPIEN 3 Ultra RESILIA$525
- ATRICURE CRYOICE CRYOSPHERE CRYOABLATION SYSTEM$487
- Edwards SAPIEN 3 Ultra Transcatheter Heart Valve$404
- EPI-SENSE GUIDED COAGULATION SYSTEM WITH VISITRAX$326
- CentriMag$253
- TRICLIP$245
- Avalus$163
- CoreValve Evolut$159
- Penditure$151
- PREVELEAK$145
- ProtekDuo$140
- STERNALOCK BLU SYSTEM$133
- Simulus$129
How this compares
$96,553 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 113 thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) providers in Missouri.
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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.
Most prescribed under Part D
| Drug | Claims | Cost to plans & patients |
|---|---|---|
| Tramadol Hcl | 112 | $218 |
| Potassium Chloride | 15 | $116 |
| Metoprolol Succinate | 11 | $90 |
| Furosemide | 13 | $24 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) in Chesterfield
- Justin van MeeterenKansas City$398K
- Tsuyoshi KanekoSaint Louis$353K
- Ralph DamianoSaint Louis$134K
- Joss FernandezColumbia$100K
- Ronald NewCape Girardeau$61K
- Dante DaliSpringfield$58K
- Puja KachrooSaint Louis$57K
- Umraan AhmadSaint Louis$51K
- John DavisKansas City$50K
- Nabil MunfakhSaint Louis$44K
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.