Jonathan Kraut, MD
Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) · Charlotte, NCNPI 1710902937
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — consulting fees (42.4%), education and travel and lodging — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 8 manufacturers reported payments, led by Atricure, Inc. at 53.1% of the total.
Across 99 payments — averaging $348.21 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Atricure, Inc.$18K
- Intuitive Surgical$14K
- Zimmer Biomet$2K
- Medtronic$241
- AstraZeneca$124
- Medical Device Business Services, Inc.$83
- plus $28 from 2 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$14,62542%
- Travel & lodging$4,86314%
- Food & beverage$4,17112%
- Education$10,80031%
- Gifts$140%
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. | 37 | $18,320 |
| Intuitive Surgical | 41 | $14,073 |
| Zimmer Biomet | 13 | $1,604 |
| Medtronic | 4 | $241 |
| AstraZeneca | 1 | $124 |
| Medical Device Business Services, Inc. | 1 | $83 |
| Baxter Healthcare | 1 | $14 |
| On Target Laboratories, Inc | 1 | $13 |
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.
- ATRICURE CRYOICE CRYOSPHERE CRYOABLATION SYSTEM$16,679
- Da Vinci Surgical System$12,741
- AdvantageRib$1,215
- SYNERGY ABLATION SYSTEM$1,125
- IMFINZI$124
- RibFix Blu$120
How this compares
$34,473 in reported general payments places this provider in the 80th percentile of 132 thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) providers in North 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.
Most prescribed under Part D
| Drug | Claims | Cost to plans & patients |
|---|---|---|
| Gabapentin | 17 | $192 |
| Methocarbamol | 22 | $141 |
| Oxycodone Hcl | 12 | $74 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) in Charlotte
- Eric SkipperCharlotte$132K
- Kevin LobdellCharlotte$76K
- Tom TheruvathCharlotte$74K
- Jeffrey HagenCharlotte$69K
- Jeko MadjarovCharlotte$47K
- Philip SeibelCharlotte$28K
- John FrederickCharlotte$14K
- Timothy BrandCharlotte$13K
- Bradley LenoirCharlotte$13K
- Ashish JainCharlotte$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.