Kory Woodbury, MD
Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) · St George, UTNPI 1225056575
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by food and beverage: $3,171 of the $4,365 with a category attached, or 72.6%. Medtronic accounts for 79.3% of it on its own, with 10 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2020 at $1,873 and has fallen 75.4% since, to $461 in 2025. That places this record below the midpoint for thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) clinicians in UT, where the typical reported total is $4,101.
Across 148 payments — averaging $29.49 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Medtronic$3K
- Atricure, Inc.$213
- Pfizer$179
- Edwards Lifesciences$132
- Abiomed$87
- Bolton Medical Inc$85
- plus $210 from 5 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$1,18027%
- Food & beverage$3,17173%
- Education$140%
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(2 entities) | 113 | $3,461 |
| Atricure, Inc. | 7 | $213 |
| Pfizer | 12 | $179 |
| Edwards Lifesciences | 6 | $132 |
| Abiomed | 1 | $87 |
| Bolton Medical Inc | 1 | $85 |
| Zimmer Biomet | 2 | $76 |
| Abbott | 2 | $44 |
| Johnson & Johnson(2 entities) | 2 | $38 |
| Corcym Inc | 1 | $38 |
| E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. | 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.
- CoreValve Evolut$1,271
How this compares
$4,365 in reported general payments places this provider in the 50th percentile of 46 thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) providers in Utah.
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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 St George
- Brent BowlesSt George$69K
- Charles NeedhamSt George$18K
- Alec ErorSt George$7K
- Jason GlotzbachSalt Lake City$45K
- Spencer MelbyOrem$30K
- John DotyMurray$18K
- Reilly HobbsMurray$15K
- Ganesh KumpatiSalt Lake City$14K
- John StringhamSalt Lake City$14K
- David AffleckSalt Lake City$14K
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.