John Chaney, MD
Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) · Lexington, KYNPI 1033377049
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — food and beverage (36.3%), education and travel and lodging — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 27 manufacturers reported payments, led by Intuitive Surgical at 52.8% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2023 at $9,353 and has fallen 77.2% since, to $2,133 in 2025.
Across 149 payments — averaging $103.82 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Intuitive Surgical$8K
- Atricure, Inc.$2K
- Abbott$2K
- W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc.$837
- Edwards Lifesciences$753
- Boston Scientific$586
- plus $2K from 21 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$4,36028%
- Food & beverage$5,60936%
- Education$5,50036%
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 | $8,165 |
| Atricure, Inc. | 29 | $1,878 |
| Abbott | 16 | $1,742 |
| W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc. | 11 | $837 |
| Edwards Lifesciences | 19 | $753 |
| Boston Scientific | 5 | $586 |
| Getinge USA Sales, LLC | 3 | $194 |
| Merck | 4 | $186 |
| Baxter Healthcare | 2 | $176 |
| Medtronic | 6 | $113 |
| Angiodynamics, Inc. | 4 | $97 |
| Zimmer Biomet | 6 | $96 |
| Olympus America Inc. | 4 | $81 |
| Corcym Inc | 3 | $66 |
| Shockwave Medical, Inc | 3 | $62 |
| Kls-martin L.p. | 4 | $59 |
| LSI Solutions Inc | 2 | $53 |
| Galvanize Therapeutics, Inc | 1 | $49 |
| Surmodics, Inc. | 2 | $44 |
| Cook Medical LLC | 2 | $41 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 2 | $40 |
| Innovation Technologies Inc | 1 | $36 |
| Veran Medical Technologies, Inc. | 1 | $28 |
| Legacy Ortho LLC | 1 | $26 |
| Silk Road Medical, Inc. | 1 | $23 |
| AstraZeneca | 1 | $20 |
| Cardiovascular Systems Inc. | 1 | $15 |
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$5,500
- Da Vinci Surgical System$2,452
- TRICLIP$1,203
- SYNERGY ABLATION SYSTEM$632
- ATRICURE ATRICLIP LAA EXCLUSION$436
- LOTUS EDGE$378
- EPI-SENSE GUIDED COAGULATION SYS$328
- GORE TAG Thoracic Branch Endoprosthesis$282
- ATRICLIP LAA EXCLUSION SYSTEM$261
- SAPIEN 3 Ultra RESILIA$176
- Epic$173
- PREVELEAK$148
- Vasoview Hemopro 2$141
- GORE EXCLUDER Thoracoabdominal Branch Endoprosthesis$135
- GORE EXCLUDER Iliac Branch Endoprosthesis$123
- EPI-SENSE GUIDED COAGULATION SYSTEM WITH VISITRAX$121
- ATRICURE CRYOICE CRYOABLATION SYSTEM (CRYO2)$121
- KEYTRUDA$114
- C3 Delivery System$112
- ATRICURE SYNERGY ABLATION SYSTEM$111
How this compares
$15,469 in reported general payments places this provider in the 75th percentile of 98 thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) providers in Kentucky.
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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 |
|---|---|---|
| Cilostazol | 18 | $212 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) in Lexington
- Edward CantuLexington$74K
- Mansi Shah-JadejaLexington$45K
- Alberto de HoyosLexington$32K
- Theodore WrightLexington$22K
- Hamid MohammadzadehLexington$19K
- Tessa London-BoundsLexington$18K
- Austin WardLexington$18K
- Robert MitchellLexington$13K
- Suresh KeshavamurthyLexington$13K
- Shari MeyersonLexington$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.