Jonathan Rice, MD
Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) · Tucson, AZNPI 1518256783
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by education: $4,500 of the $7,161 with a category attached, or 62.8%. Intuitive Surgical accounts for 80.2% of it on its own, with 11 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2023 at $3,928 and has fallen 77.7% since, to $874 in 2025. That places this record below the midpoint for thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) clinicians in AZ, where the typical reported total is $8,521.
Across 35 payments — averaging $204.61 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Intuitive Surgical$6K
- Atricure, Inc.$687
- Davol Inc.$171
- Johnson & Johnson$149
- Boston Scientific$120
- Arthrex$106
- plus $185 from 6 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$86012%
- Food & beverage$1,80225%
- Education$4,50063%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Intuitive Surgical | 14 | $5,742 |
| Atricure, Inc. | 8 | $687 |
| Davol Inc. | 1 | $171 |
| Johnson & Johnson(2 entities) | 2 | $149 |
| Boston Scientific | 1 | $120 |
| Arthrex | 1 | $106 |
| Kls-martin L.p. | 2 | $88 |
| Zimmer Biomet | 2 | $37 |
| Novo Nordisk | 1 | $18 |
| Ambu Inc. | 1 | $17 |
| Medtronic | 1 | $14 |
| Conmed Corporation | 1 | $12 |
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
$7,161 in reported general payments places this provider in the 40th percentile of 100 thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) providers in Arizona.
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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 Tucson
- Raj BoseTucson$118K
- Zain KhalpeyTucson$113K
- Rammohan MarlaTucson$90K
- Stephanie WorrellTucson$77K
- Christopher KomanapalliTucson$40K
- Toshinobu KazuiTucson$20K
- Elizabeth ButlerTucson$16K
- George MakdisiTucson$10K
- William CooperTucson$8K
- Dawn JaroszewskiPhoenix$794K
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.