John Spratt, MD
Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) · Charleston, SCNPI 1356301691
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — food and beverage (54.7%), education and travel and lodging — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 15 manufacturers reported payments, led by Atricure, Inc. at 31.4% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2021 at $1,951 and has fallen 56.6% since, to $846 in 2025.
Across 71 payments — averaging $89.81 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Atricure, Inc.$2K
- Intuitive Surgical$2K
- Medtronic$617
- Abbott$403
- W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc.$390
- Bolton Medical Inc$286
- plus $945 from 9 others
What the payments were for
- Grants$1412%
- Travel & lodging$1,24520%
- Food & beverage$3,49055%
- Education$1,50024%
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
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Atricure, Inc. | 30 | $1,999 |
| Intuitive Surgical | 4 | $1,736 |
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 6 | $617 |
| Abbott | 4 | $403 |
| W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc. | 6 | $390 |
| Bolton Medical Inc | 2 | $286 |
| Hemosonics LLC | 3 | $236 |
| Sanara Medtech Inc. | 1 | $179 |
| Edwards Lifesciences | 9 | $158 |
| Cook Incorporated | 1 | $141 |
| Cvrx, Inc. | 1 | $125 |
| Getinge USA Sales, LLC | 1 | $37 |
| Pfizer | 1 | $24 |
| Livanova USA, Inc. | 1 | $24 |
| AstraZeneca | 1 | $21 |
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$1,658
- ATRICURE SYNERGY ABLATION SYSTEM$857
- EPI-SENSE GUIDED COAGULATION SYSTEM WITH VISITRAX$432
- ATRICLIP LAA EXCLUSION SYSTEM$432
- ATRICURE CRYOICE CRYOSPHERE CRYOABLATION SYSTEM$432
- COREVALVE EVOLUT R$265
- CellerateRx$179
- THORAFLEX HYBRID$168
- Epic Stented Tissue Valve$164
- Quantra QPlus System$150
- Barostim Neo System$125
- CoreValve Evolut$121
- Conformable TAG Thoracic Endoprosthesis$120
- TREO ABDOMINAL STENT-GRAFT SYSTEM$117
- GORE EXCLUDER AAA Endoprosthesis$116
- Penditure$114
How this compares
$6,376 in reported general payments places this provider in the 55th percentile of 83 thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) providers in South Carolina.
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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 Charleston
- Curtis QuinnCharleston$374K
- Marc KatzCharleston$265K
- Arman KilicCharleston$170K
- Barry GibneyCharleston$39K
- Jacob KlapperCharleston$38K
- Kathryn EngelhartdtCharleston$33K
- Sanford ZeiglerCharleston$30K
- Elizabeth KlineCharleston$16K
- Alexander SbrocchiCharleston$14K
- Scott RossCharleston$12K
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.