Kourosh Asgarian, DO
Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) · Neptune, NJNPI 1164505442
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by consulting fees: $84,563 of the $92,545 with a category attached, or 91.4%. 14 manufacturers reported payments, led by Johnson & Johnson at 50.6% of the total. 2025 is the largest year on record at $22,012, 7.1 times the $3,083 reported in 2019. Among thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) clinicians in NJ with any reported payments, this total sits in the top 5% — high for the specialty, which is a reason to read the composition above rather than the number alone.
Across 210 payments — averaging $440.69 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Johnson & Johnson$47K
- Medical Device Business Services, Inc.$38K
- Abbott$2K
- Boston Scientific$2K
- Edwards Lifesciences$1K
- Medtronic$974
- plus $2K from 8 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$84,56391%
- Travel & lodging$1,8282%
- Food & beverage$6,1547%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Johnson & Johnson(2 entities) | 28 | $46,830 |
| Medical Device Business Services, Inc. | 23 | $38,065 |
| Abbott | 21 | $1,882 |
| Boston Scientific | 14 | $1,549 |
| Edwards Lifesciences | 30 | $1,368 |
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 36 | $974 |
| Atricure, Inc. | 29 | $876 |
| Abiomed | 18 | $679 |
| Baxter Healthcare | 3 | $161 |
| Getinge USA Sales, LLC | 2 | $48 |
| Chiesi USA, Inc. | 2 | $36 |
| Smith+Nephew | 2 | $35 |
| Davol Inc. | 1 | $26 |
| Imperative Care, Inc | 1 | $15 |
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.
- PROLENE$70,500
- ETHIBOND EXCEL$49,688
- STRATAFIX$35,250
- ECHELON ENDOPATH$19,313
- Echelon Flex$19,313
- Echelon Circular$19,313
- Enseal X1$19,313
- VICRYL$11,813
- DERMABOND PRINEO$11,813
- EVARREST$3,750
- PROLENE Polypropylene Suture$2,813
- Mitra Clip system$1,074
- GENERAL - THERAPIES$1,070
- NAVITOR$387
- COREVALVE EVOLUT R$331
- INSPIRIS RESILIA aortic valve$279
- VISTASEAL$136
- MitraClip System$127
- Impella$116
- GENERAL - STRUCTURAL HEART$108
How this compares
$92,545 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 129 thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) providers in New Jersey.
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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 Neptune
- Brook DejeneNeptune$9K
- Atiq RehmanCherry Hill$503K
- Mark RussoNew Brunswick$219K
- Leonard LeeHackensack$143K
- Adam ArnofskyEnglewood$132K
- Igor GosevNewark$118K
- James McPhersonPennington$93K
- Katherine WoodNewark$83K
- George BatsidesNew Brunswick$71K
- Yuji KakuCamden$57K
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.