John Conte, MD
Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) · Danville, PANPI 1326087990
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — consulting fees (58.2%), food and beverage and travel and lodging — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 13 manufacturers reported payments, led by Biostable Science & Engineering at 54.7% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $9,659 and has fallen 99.4% since, to $62 in 2025.
Across 65 payments — averaging $220.59 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Biostable Science & Engineering$8K
- Edwards Lifesciences$1K
- Livanova USA, Inc.$1K
- Atricure, Inc.$1K
- Medtronic$970
- Abbott$347
- plus $808 from 7 others
Across 9 payments — averaging $924.61 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$8K
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$8,35058%
- Travel & lodging$2,64718%
- Food & beverage$3,34123%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Biostable Science & Engineering | 3 | $7,839 |
| Edwards Lifesciences | 2 | $1,494 |
| Livanova USA, Inc. | 7 | $1,463 |
| Atricure, Inc. | 27 | $1,417 |
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 11 | $970 |
| Abbott | 4 | $347 |
| Abiomed | 3 | $302 |
| Bolton Medical Inc | 2 | $215 |
| Cook Medical LLC | 2 | $134 |
| Veran Medical Technologies, Inc. | 1 | $85 |
| Biom'up SA | 1 | $30 |
| Angiodynamics, Inc. | 1 | $24 |
| ZOLL Services LLC (a/k/a ZOLL Lifecor Corp) | 1 | $17 |
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.
- MICS Cannulae$1,310
- Perceval$1,310
- Mosaic$824
- ATRICURE CRYOICE CRYOABLATION SYSTEM (CRYO2)$289
- Impella$258
- ATRICLIP LAA EXCLUSION SYSTEM$248
- Epic Stented Tissue Valve$152
- Relay Plus$149
- EPI-SENSE GUIDED COAGULATION SYSTEM WITH VISITRAX$147
- ATRICURE ATRICLIP LAA EXCLUSION$146
- Trifecta GT Tissue Heart Valve$123
- Cook$110
How this compares
$14,338 in reported general payments places this provider in the 70th percentile of 314 thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) providers in Pennsylvania.
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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 Danville
- Carlo BartoliDanville$67K
- Joseph BavariaAllentown$1.7M
- Basel RamlawiWynnewood$1.1M
- Patrick RossWynnewood$956K
- Mark AndersonPhiladelphia$527K
- Scott GoldmanWynnewood$354K
- Frank BowenCamp Hill$310K
- Michael AckerPhiladelphia$271K
- Wilson SzetoPhiladelphia$252K
- Inderpal SarkariaPittsburgh$248K
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.