John Davis, MD
Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) · Kansas City, MONPI 1891775920
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — consulting fees (33.8%), food and beverage and speaking fees — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 23 manufacturers reported payments, led by Edwards Lifesciences at 29.9% of the total. Among thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) clinicians in MO 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 189 payments — averaging $265.14 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Edwards Lifesciences$15K
- Intuitive Surgical$15K
- AstraZeneca$10K
- Abbott$2K
- Artivion, Inc.$2K
- W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc.$2K
- plus $5K from 17 others
Across 15 payments — averaging $1302.70 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.$20K
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$16,93934%
- Speaking & faculty fees$8,30017%
- Travel & lodging$8,00816%
- Food & beverage$12,36625%
- Education$4,5009%
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 | 57 | $14,986 |
| Intuitive Surgical | 30 | $14,981 |
| AstraZeneca | 9 | $9,681 |
| Abbott | 20 | $2,020 |
| Artivion, Inc. | 7 | $1,909 |
| W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc. | 17 | $1,764 |
| Abiomed | 8 | $833 |
| Atricure, Inc. | 11 | $832 |
| Zimmer Biomet | 6 | $738 |
| Boston Scientific | 4 | $425 |
| Livanova USA, Inc. | 1 | $353 |
| Corcym Inc | 2 | $231 |
| Davol Inc. | 2 | $176 |
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 3 | $175 |
| Angiodynamics, Inc. | 1 | $173 |
| Biom'up France SAS | 1 | $172 |
| Bolton Medical Inc | 2 | $169 |
| Paragonix Technologies, Inc. | 1 | $161 |
| Helios Cardio Inc | 2 | $131 |
| La Jolla Pharmaceutical Company | 1 | $92 |
| Haemonetics Corporation | 1 | $44 |
| Baxter Healthcare | 2 | $33 |
| Veryan Medical Incorporated | 1 | $32 |
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.
- Da Vinci Surgical System$13,855
- IMFINZI$6,278
- MITRIS RESILIA Mitral Valve$3,808
- TAGRISSO$3,371
- AMDS-Ascyrus Medical$1,788
- GORE TAG Thoracic Endoprosthesis$1,259
- Epic$730
- Impella$645
- Perceval$578
- SternaLock Blu$434
- ATRICLIP LAA EXCLUSION SYSTEM$366
- MitraClip$358
- ATRICURE CRYOICE CRYOABLATION SYSTEM (CRYO2)$264
- SYNERGY ABLATION SYSTEM$249
- ATRICURE CRYOICE CRYOSPHERE CRYOABLATION SYSTEM$230
- INSPIRIS RESILIA aortic valve$218
- NAVITOR$176
- AngioVac$173
- HemoBlast Bellows$172
- SherpaPak$161
How this compares
$50,112 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Oxycodone Hcl | 30 | $173 |
| Furosemide | 12 | $20 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) in Kansas City
- Justin van MeeterenKansas City$398K
- Michael GibsonKansas City$26K
- Anthony GrieffKansas City$23K
- Sean McCarneyKansas City$20K
- Graham PollockKansas City$10K
- John FormanKansas City$4K
- Tsuyoshi KanekoSaint Louis$353K
- Ralph DamianoSaint Louis$134K
- Joss FernandezColumbia$100K
- Jeremy LeidenfrostChesterfield$97K
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.