Joseph Sabik, MD
Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) · Cleveland, OHNPI 1841255676
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — speaking fees (26.8%), travel and lodging and consulting fees — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 25 manufacturers reported payments, led by Medtronic at 57.6% of the total.
Across 190 payments — averaging $235.00 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Medtronic$26K
- Abbott$10K
- Edwards Lifesciences$7K
- Atricure, Inc.$359
- Steris Corporation$192
- Johnson & Johnson$178
- plus $1K from 19 others
Across 1 payment — averaging $44,200 each. Payments tied to a research study. These frequently flow through the physician to a hospital or research institution rather than to the physician personally.
- Edwards Lifesciences$44K
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$10,80024%
- Speaking & faculty fees$11,95027%
- Travel & lodging$11,29125%
- Food & beverage$10,55724%
- Entertainment$520%
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) | 94 | $25,732 |
| Abbott | 39 | $9,852 |
| Edwards Lifesciences | 8 | $6,954 |
| Atricure, Inc. | 11 | $359 |
| Steris Corporation | 1 | $192 |
| Johnson & Johnson(2 entities) | 5 | $178 |
| Bolton Medical Inc | 1 | $174 |
| Davol Inc. | 1 | $148 |
| Kerecis Limited | 1 | $144 |
| Aroa Biosurgery Incorporated | 2 | $140 |
| Livanova USA, Inc. | 1 | $119 |
| Artivion, Inc. | 3 | $113 |
| Corcym Inc | 5 | $88 |
| AstraZeneca | 1 | $73 |
| Baxter Healthcare | 4 | $72 |
| Abiomed | 2 | $70 |
| Argentum Medical | 3 | $52 |
| Rock Medical Orthopedics, Inc. | 1 | $52 |
| Medistim USA, Inc. | 1 | $33 |
| Solventum Corporation | 1 | $24 |
| Teleflex LLC | 1 | $21 |
| Getinge USA Sales, LLC | 1 | $19 |
| Avanos Medical | 1 | $18 |
| LSI Solutions Inc | 1 | $15 |
| Lemaitre Vascular, 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.
- Avalus$15,395
- Epic$8,026
- Mosaic$4,800
- Simulus$1,440
- Octopus$1,155
- Epic Stented Tissue Valve$661
- Kerecis Omega3 SurgiClose$432
- Trifecta GT Tissue Heart Valve$307
- Penditure$297
- Freestyle$262
- THORAFLEX HYBRID$174
- Mitra Clip system$165
- THORATEC HEARTMATE 3 LVAS IMPLANT KIT$155
- Cardioblate$152
- PROGEL$148
- Kerecis Omega3 GraftGuide$144
- Kerecis Omega3 Marigen$144
- MitraClip System$143
- Contour 3D$133
- ONYX FRONTIER$133
How this compares
$44,651 in reported general payments places this provider in the 85th percentile of 245 thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) providers in Ohio.
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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 |
|---|---|---|
| Metoprolol Tartrate | 14 | $70 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) in Cleveland
- Alejandro BribriescoCleveland$968K
- Alan Marc GillinovCleveland$926K
- Edward SolteszCleveland$835K
- Salil DeoCleveland$419K
- Tomislav MihaljevicCleveland$387K
- Christopher ToweCleveland$370K
- Eric RoselliCleveland$253K
- Cristian BaezaCleveland$237K
- Zhen-Yu TongCleveland$222K
- Sudish MurthyCleveland$120K
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.