Kendall Lawrence, MD
Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) · Philadelphia, PANPI 1518385657
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — consulting fees (59.3%), travel and lodging and food and beverage — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 8 manufacturers reported payments, led by Edwards Lifesciences at 58.3% of the total. 2025 is the largest year on record at $5,953, more than ten times the $526 reported in 2022.
Across 38 payments — averaging $316.73 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Edwards Lifesciences$7K
- Baxter Healthcare$2K
- Medtronic$2K
- Bolton Medical Inc$694
- Artivion, Inc.$439
- Cook Medical LLC$114
- plus $103 from 2 others
Across 10 payments — averaging $1145.19 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.
- Abbott$9K
- Corcym Inc$3K
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$7,13359%
- Travel & lodging$2,78923%
- Food & beverage$1,88516%
- Education$2292%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Edwards Lifesciences | 11 | $7,021 |
| Baxter Healthcare | 1 | $1,883 |
| Medtronic | 10 | $1,782 |
| Bolton Medical Inc | 6 | $694 |
| Artivion, Inc. | 5 | $439 |
| Cook Medical LLC | 1 | $114 |
| Atricure, Inc. | 2 | $67 |
| W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc. | 2 | $36 |
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
$12,036 in reported general payments places this provider in the 70th percentile of 314 thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) providers in Pennsylvania.
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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 Philadelphia
- Mark AndersonPhiladelphia$527K
- Michael AckerPhiladelphia$271K
- Wilson SzetoPhiladelphia$252K
- Nimesh DesaiPhiladelphia$203K
- Nathaniel EvansPhiladelphia$187K
- Marisa CevascoPhiladelphia$186K
- Pavan AtluriPhiladelphia$165K
- Chase BrownPhiladelphia$137K
- Olugbenga OkusanyaPhiladelphia$132K
- Michael IbrahimPhiladelphia$66K
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.