Jose Torres, MD
Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) · Hannibal, MONPI 1437368404
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — food and beverage (49.8%), travel and lodging and grants — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 30 manufacturers reported payments, led by Medtronic at 29.1% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $4,190 and has fallen 96.2% since, to $161 in 2025. That places this record below the midpoint for thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) clinicians in MO, where the typical reported total is $4,200.
Across 86 payments — averaging $68.34 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Medtronic$2K
- Covidien LP$1K
- Edwards Lifesciences$1K
- Atricure, Inc.$430
- Novartis$181
- Getinge USA Sales, LLC$138
- plus $935 from 24 others
What the payments were for
- Grants$1553%
- Travel & lodging$2,64545%
- Food & beverage$2,92750%
- Education$1503%
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) | 14 | $1,710 |
| Covidien LP | 8 | $1,374 |
| Edwards Lifesciences | 9 | $1,108 |
| Atricure, Inc. | 3 | $430 |
| Novartis | 10 | $181 |
| Getinge USA Sales, LLC | 3 | $138 |
| Abbott | 2 | $92 |
| Livanova USA, Inc. | 1 | $87 |
| Johnson & Johnson(2 entities) | 5 | $83 |
| Haemonetics Corporation | 2 | $79 |
| Intuitive Surgical | 2 | $51 |
| ZOLL Services LLC (a/k/a ZOLL Lifecor Corp) | 3 | $51 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 2 | $46 |
| Boston Scientific | 2 | $44 |
| Amgen | 2 | $41 |
| Esperion Therapeutics, Inc. | 2 | $39 |
| Baxter Healthcare | 2 | $37 |
| Biomerieux Inc | 2 | $33 |
| Stryker | 1 | $32 |
| Pfizer | 1 | $31 |
| BD | 1 | $26 |
| Abiomed | 1 | $23 |
| Lemaitre Vascular, Inc. | 1 | $22 |
| Kiniksa Pharmaceuticals International, PLC | 1 | $21 |
| Medistim USA, Inc. | 1 | $21 |
| E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. | 1 | $18 |
| Bayer | 1 | $18 |
| Zimmer Biomet | 1 | $15 |
| AstraZeneca | 1 | $14 |
| Chiesi USA, Inc. | 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
$5,877 in reported general payments places this provider in the 50th percentile of 113 thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) providers in Missouri.
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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 Hannibal
- Justin van MeeterenKansas City$398K
- Tsuyoshi KanekoSaint Louis$353K
- Ralph DamianoSaint Louis$134K
- Joss FernandezColumbia$100K
- Jeremy LeidenfrostChesterfield$97K
- Ronald NewCape Girardeau$61K
- Dante DaliSpringfield$58K
- Puja KachrooSaint Louis$57K
- Umraan AhmadSaint Louis$51K
- John DavisKansas City$50K
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.