Justin Watson, MD
Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) · Madison, WINPI 1760748008
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — education (51.7%), food and beverage and speaking fees — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. Intuitive Surgical accounts for 66.4% of it on its own, with 17 other manufacturers making up the rest. Among thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) clinicians in WI with any reported payments, this total sits in the top 10% — high for the specialty, which is a reason to read the composition above rather than the number alone.
Across 111 payments — averaging $316.79 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Intuitive Surgical$23K
- Pinnacle Biologics, Inc$9K
- Abbott$517
- Johnson & Johnson$444
- Tempus AI, Inc$337
- Medical Device Business Services, Inc.$230
- plus $1K from 12 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$2,5007%
- Speaking & faculty fees$5,40015%
- Travel & lodging$3,3069%
- Food & beverage$5,79116%
- Education$18,16752%
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 | 62 | $23,363 |
| Pinnacle Biologics, Inc | 17 | $9,183 |
| Abbott | 3 | $517 |
| Johnson & Johnson(2 entities) | 6 | $444 |
| Tempus AI, Inc | 4 | $337 |
| Medical Device Business Services, Inc. | 2 | $230 |
| AstraZeneca(2 entities) | 5 | $226 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 1 | $125 |
| Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc. | 1 | $125 |
| Exelixis Inc. | 1 | $125 |
| Jazz Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 1 | $125 |
| Gilead | 1 | $122 |
| Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. | 2 | $83 |
| Daiichi Sankyo Inc. | 1 | $59 |
| Amgen | 1 | $31 |
| Stemline Therapeutics Inc. | 1 | $29 |
| Solventum Corporation | 1 | $22 |
| Ferring Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 1 | $17 |
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.
- Da Vinci Surgical System$12,345
- Photofrin$8,815
- DAVINCI XI$6,500
- ION$3,000
- Ensite Cardiac Mapping System$374
- DA VINCI SP$307
- Monarch Platform$139
- LIBTAYO$125
- ZIIHERA$125
- Cabometyx$125
- Yescarta$122
- IMFINZI$114
How this compares
$35,163 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 97 thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) providers in Wisconsin.
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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 Madison
- Ghulam MurtazaMadison$106K
- Deemy RekkasMadison$15K
- Daniel McCarthyMadison$14K
- Vijay KantamneniMadison$12K
- Andrea AxtellMadison$9K
- Chris RokkasMadison$9K
- Zahir RashidMadison$8K
- Yu XiaMadison$4K
- James MaloneyMadison$4K
- Paul TessmannMadison$4K
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.