John Thurber, MD
Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) · Birmingham, ALNPI 1699737155
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by food and beverage: $5,126 of the $7,028 with a category attached, or 72.9%. 20 manufacturers reported payments, led by Medtronic at 42.9% of the total.
Across 124 payments — averaging $56.68 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Medtronic$3K
- Edwards Lifesciences$1K
- Abiomed$827
- Atricure, Inc.$522
- Baxter Healthcare$485
- Surgical Specialties Corporation (US), Inc. (dba Corza Medical)$207
- plus $784 from 14 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$1,31919%
- Food & beverage$5,12673%
- Education$5838%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 68 | $3,014 |
| Edwards Lifesciences | 10 | $1,189 |
| Abiomed | 1 | $827 |
| Atricure, Inc. | 14 | $522 |
| Baxter Healthcare | 4 | $485 |
| Surgical Specialties Corporation (US), Inc. (dba Corza Medical) | 3 | $207 |
| Livanova USA, Inc. | 1 | $139 |
| Abbott | 1 | $111 |
| Irhythm Technologies, Inc. | 4 | $105 |
| W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc. | 3 | $64 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 4 | $61 |
| Elutia, Inc. | 2 | $58 |
| Body Vision Medical Inc. | 1 | $55 |
| Intuitive Surgical | 1 | $47 |
| Chiesi USA, Inc. | 2 | $47 |
| Pulmonx Corporation | 1 | $26 |
| Solventum Corporation | 1 | $21 |
| Boston Scientific | 1 | $19 |
| Smith+Nephew | 1 | $17 |
| Kls-martin L.p. | 1 | $15 |
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.
- Impella$827
- ENDURANT IIS$621
- Edwards SAPIEN 3 Transcatheter Heart Valve$492
- Valiant Captivia$425
- Endurant$238
- SAPIEN 3 Ultra RESILIA$154
- Edwards SAPIEN 3 Ultra Transcatheter Heart Valve$144
- TandemLife$139
- FLOSEAL$125
- Non-Franchise (NOF) - NonProduct$122
- TACHOSIL$120
- EDWARDS INTUITY Elite valve system$120
- COSEAL$117
- Valiant Navion$115
- Heli-FX EndoAnchor System$113
- NAVITOR$111
- Avalus$103
How this compares
$7,028 in reported general payments places this provider in the 55th percentile of 68 thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) providers in Alabama.
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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 |
|---|---|---|
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 53 | $415 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) in Birmingham
- Kyle EudaileyBirmingham$184K
- Carlton RandlemanBirmingham$161K
- James DaviesBirmingham$99K
- Andrew PapoyBirmingham$63K
- Sara PereiraBirmingham$62K
- Panayotis VardasBirmingham$49K
- Clifton LewisBirmingham$47K
- Benjamin WeiBirmingham$18K
- Douglas MinnichBirmingham$10K
- Sasha StillBirmingham$7K
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.