John Luber
Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) · Tacoma, WANPI 1801821756
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by speaking fees: $485,153 of the $622,733 with a category attached, or 77.9%. CSL Behring accounts for 75.6% of it on its own, with 5 other manufacturers making up the rest. Among thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) clinicians in WA 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 574 payments — averaging $1084.90 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- CSL Behring$471K
- Johnson & Johnson$100K
- BTG International Inc.$32K
- Medtronic$19K
- Janssen Research & Development, LLC$1K
- Edwards Lifesciences$290
Across 19 payments — averaging $8853.47 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$142K
- Bayer$15K
- Janssen Research & Development, LLC$12K
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$35,5346%
- Speaking & faculty fees$485,15378%
- Travel & lodging$88,43014%
- Food & beverage$13,5292%
- Education$870%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| CSL Behring | 376 | $470,616 |
| Johnson & Johnson(2 entities) | 111 | $99,521 |
| BTG International Inc. | 10 | $32,300 |
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 63 | $18,808 |
| Janssen Research & Development, LLC | 11 | $1,198 |
| Edwards Lifesciences | 3 | $290 |
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.
- Kcentra$467,459
- XARELTO$97,385
- Avalus$10,922
- Octopus$3,747
- Simulus$712
- CoreValve Evolut$398
- Edwards SAPIEN 3 Transcatheter Heart Valve$204
How this compares
$622,733 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 105 thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) providers in Washington.
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Other thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) in Tacoma
- Bahirathan KrishnadasanTacoma$930K
- Daniel CuadradoTacoma$514K
- Craig HamptonTacoma$27K
- Michael MeyerTacoma$20K
- Thomas Templin IiTacoma$18K
- Daniel MummeTacoma$13K
- Dennis NicholsTacoma$5K
- Glenn BarnhartSeattle$577K
- Eric VallieresSeattle$202K
- Matthew ForresterSpokane$129K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.