Kirit Patel, MD
Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) · Midland, TXNPI 1295724698
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by food and beverage: $71,831 of the $108,182 with a category attached, or 66.4%. 39 manufacturers reported payments, led by Medtronic at 30.1% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2023 at $24,574 and has fallen 64.7% since, to $8,675 in 2025. Among thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) clinicians in TX 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 1,150 payments — averaging $94.07 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Medtronic$33K
- Edwards Lifesciences$11K
- Sanara Medtech Inc.$8K
- Abbott$8K
- Abiomed$7K
- Getinge USA Sales, LLC$5K
- plus $36K from 33 others
Across 2 payments — averaging $3906.25 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.
- Medtronic$8K
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$8,5658%
- Speaking & faculty fees$5,1465%
- Travel & lodging$22,64021%
- Food & beverage$71,83166%
Most of this is food and beverage — typically meals provided during product presentations at a clinic or hospital. Nationally that is the single largest category of reported payments by count.
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(3 entities) | 384 | $32,570 |
| Edwards Lifesciences | 101 | $11,016 |
| Sanara Medtech Inc. | 11 | $8,184 |
| Abbott | 186 | $8,170 |
| Abiomed | 116 | $7,028 |
| Getinge USA Sales, LLC | 58 | $5,071 |
| Artivion, Inc. | 25 | $4,884 |
| Atricure, Inc. | 24 | $4,319 |
| Kls-martin L.p. | 56 | $4,089 |
| Intuitive Surgical | 25 | $3,020 |
| J.m. Longyear Manufacturing, LLC | 1 | $2,700 |
| Elutia, Inc. | 20 | $2,632 |
| Potrero Medical, Inc. | 29 | $2,556 |
| Baxter Healthcare | 31 | $2,396 |
| Silk Road Medical, Inc. | 17 | $2,000 |
| Johnson & Johnson(2 entities) | 15 | $1,700 |
| Clearflow Inc. | 2 | $1,028 |
| LSI Solutions Inc | 4 | $525 |
| Biosense Webster, Inc. | 7 | $507 |
| Argentum Medical | 2 | $470 |
| Penumbra, Inc. | 3 | $395 |
| AstraZeneca | 5 | $395 |
| Livanova USA, Inc. | 4 | $393 |
| Stryker | 3 | $343 |
| Cvrx, Inc. | 2 | $259 |
| Zimmer Biomet | 2 | $227 |
| Philips North America LLC | 2 | $185 |
| Lemaitre Vascular, Inc. | 2 | $174 |
| Olympus America Inc. | 1 | $150 |
| Irras USA, Inc. | 1 | $146 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 1 | $114 |
| Teleflex LLC | 1 | $103 |
| Shockwave Medical, Inc | 1 | $99 |
| Maquet Cardiovascular L.L.C. | 2 | $87 |
| Pinnacle Biologics, Inc | 1 | $84 |
| Pulmonx Corporation | 1 | $76 |
| Vifor Pharma, Inc. | 1 | $43 |
| Boston Scientific | 2 | $32 |
| Merck | 1 | $14 |
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.
- CellerateRx$8,124
- Micra$5,742
- Impella$3,761
- COREVALVE EVOLUT R$3,025
- CoreValve Evolut$2,955
- VALKYRIE THORACIC FIXATION SYSTEM$2,700
- ATRICLIP LAA EXCLUSION SYSTEM$2,556
- Da Vinci Surgical System$2,299
- Edwards SAPIEN 3 Transcatheter Heart Valve$2,181
- ECM Patch,Pouch$2,064
- ENROUTE Transcarotid Neuroprotection System$1,843
- AURORA EV-ICD MRI SURESCAN$1,799
- ENHANCE Transcarotid Peripheral Access Kit$1,706
- FLOW-i$1,600
- ENROUTE Transcarotid Stent System$1,578
- ENROUTE 0.014 Guidewire$1,578
- AVEIR$1,416
- ON-X AORTIC HEART VALVE WITH CONFORM-X SEWING RING AND EXTENDED HOLDER$1,271
- ATRICURE CRYOICE CRYOSPHERE CRYOABLATION SYSTEM$1,160
- Avalus$1,054
How this compares
$108,182 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 424 thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) providers in Texas.
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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 Midland
- Faraz KerendiAustin$906K
- Robert HebelerDallas$723K
- Michael ReardonHouston$713K
- Danny RamzyHouston$527K
- Scott OlssonCypress$357K
- Randall WolfHouston$283K
- Gary JettPlano$277K
- Darien BradfordBurleson$266K
- William BrinkmanPlano$266K
- Brannon HydeAustin$214K
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.