RxDoctor Payments Data

John Neill, MD

Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) · Tupelo, MSNPI 1114330180

Payments from drug & device makers

What this record shows

Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 100.0% of the total across 64 separate payments, which is the pattern of a clinician who attends manufacturer presentations rather than one with a consulting arrangement. It is spread thinly across 24 manufacturers, the largest accounting for just 20.4% — the pattern of someone who eats at a lot of different presentations. 2025 is the largest year on record at $1,093, 3.2 times the $346 reported in 2021. That places this record below the midpoint for thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) clinicians in MS, where the typical reported total is $3,316.

$2,956in general payments, 2019–2025

Across 64 payments — averaging $46.18 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.

  • Endologix LLC$602
  • Medtronic$488
  • Silk Road Medical, Inc.$394
  • Penumbra, Inc.$327
  • W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc.$289
  • Lemaitre Vascular, Inc.$166
  • plus $690 from 18 others

What the payments were for

  • Food & beverage$2,956100%

Most of this is food and beverage — typically meals provided during product presentations at a clinic or hospital. Nationally that is the single largest category of reported payments by count.

General payments by program year

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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.

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.

How this compares

$2,956 in reported general payments places this provider in the 45th percentile of 42 thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) providers in Mississippi.

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Medicare billing

Part B allowed, 2024
$146,033
Medicare patients
676
Services billed
1,210

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

DrugClaimsCost to plans & patients
Cilostazol44$753
ClopidogrelClopidogrel Bisulfate14$79

Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.

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