John Roberts, MD
Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) · Boca Raton, FLNPI 1205834777
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — consulting fees (45.4%), food and beverage and travel and lodging — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 21 manufacturers reported payments, led by Medical Device Business Services, Inc. at 50.5% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2022 at $11,916 and has fallen 87.3% since, to $1,516 in 2025.
Across 149 payments — averaging $196.15 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Medical Device Business Services, Inc.$15K
- Intuitive Surgical$8K
- Johnson & Johnson$3K
- Atricure, Inc.$2K
- Lexington Medical, Inc.$237
- Galvanize Therapeutics, Inc$218
- plus $1K from 15 others
Across 2 payments — averaging $8535.00 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.
- Ethicon Endo-surgery Inc.$17K
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$13,26245%
- Travel & lodging$6,12021%
- Food & beverage$9,69533%
- Education$1250%
- Gifts$240%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Medical Device Business Services, Inc. | 17 | $14,751 |
| Intuitive Surgical | 57 | $7,824 |
| Johnson & Johnson(4 entities) | 26 | $2,784 |
| Atricure, Inc. | 24 | $1,939 |
| Lexington Medical, Inc. | 1 | $237 |
| Galvanize Therapeutics, Inc | 2 | $218 |
| LSI Solutions Inc | 1 | $200 |
| AstraZeneca | 3 | $171 |
| Pulmonx Corporation | 3 | $151 |
| Acell, Inc. | 1 | $145 |
| Organogenesis Inc. | 1 | $130 |
| E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. | 1 | $126 |
| Boston Scientific | 1 | $123 |
| Vapotherm Inc | 2 | $121 |
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 2 | $119 |
| Pentax Of America, Inc. | 1 | $75 |
| Ambu Inc. | 1 | $24 |
| On Target Laboratories, Inc | 2 | $24 |
| Merit Medical Systems Inc | 1 | $21 |
| Novocure Inc. | 1 | $21 |
| Philips North America LLC | 1 | $19 |
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.
- Echelon Flex$14,389
- ECHELON ENDOPATH$13,498
- Da Vinci Surgical System$5,885
- Monarch Platform$1,215
- ATRICURE CRYOICE CRYOABLATION SYSTEM (CRYO2)$845
- ATRICURE CRYOICE CRYOSPHERE CRYOABLATION SYSTEM$679
- DA VINCI SP$530
- Aeon Endostapler & Echelon Flex Powered Stapler$237
- COR KNOT$200
- ALIYA SYSTEM$186
- PURAPLY WOUND MATRIX$130
- OPDIVO$126
- GENERAL VASCULAR INTERVENTION$123
- Enseal$123
- SURGICEL NU-KNIT$123
- TAGRISSO$120
- CHARTIS CATHETER$107
- ZEPHYR DELIVERY CATHETER$107
- ZEPHYR ENDOBRONCHIAL VALVE$107
- PULMONX CHARTIS TABLET CONSOLE$107
How this compares
$29,226 in reported general payments places this provider in the 80th percentile of 408 thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) providers in Florida.
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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 Boca Raton
- Bradley TaylorBoca Raton$187K
- Anthony NunezOrlando$4.8M
- Barry WintonLargo$687K
- Paul DigiorgiPort Charlotte$666K
- John PirrisJacksonville$640K
- Jacques FontaineTampa$630K
- Andrew ShermanTampa$517K
- Rogerio CarrilloHialeah$515K
- Daniel O'HairFort Myers$429K
- Luis HerreraOrlando$409K
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.