Kuo Huang, MD
Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) · Springfield, MONPI 1710048822
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — food and beverage (51.2%), travel and lodging and education — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 16 manufacturers reported payments, led by Edwards Lifesciences at 29.9% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $4,807 and has fallen 99.5% since, to $22 in 2025.
Across 109 payments — averaging $105.94 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Edwards Lifesciences$3K
- Abbott$3K
- Livanova USA, Inc.$2K
- Abiomed$2K
- Atricure, Inc.$992
- Medtronic$518
- plus $486 from 10 others
Across 43 payments — averaging $1016.10 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$35K
- Livanova USA, Inc.$9K
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$5,40547%
- Food & beverage$5,91451%
- Education$2292%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Edwards Lifesciences | 33 | $3,449 |
| Abbott | 17 | $2,553 |
| Livanova USA, Inc. | 16 | $2,039 |
| Abiomed | 15 | $1,511 |
| Atricure, Inc. | 5 | $992 |
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 11 | $518 |
| Davol Inc. | 1 | $158 |
| ZOLL Services LLC (a/k/a ZOLL Lifecor Corp) | 2 | $84 |
| Shockwave Medical, Inc | 1 | $83 |
| Boston Scientific | 2 | $39 |
| W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc. | 1 | $27 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 1 | $22 |
| LSI Solutions Inc | 1 | $22 |
| AstraZeneca | 1 | $22 |
| Convatec Inc. | 1 | $15 |
| Novartis | 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.
- Mitra Clip system$2,057
- MICS Instruments$1,544
- Perceval$1,544
- Impella$1,258
- Memo4D$912
- MITRIS RESILIA Mitral Valve$772
- ATRICURE ATRICLIP LAA EXCLUSION$606
- ATRICLIP LAA EXCLUSION SYSTEM$243
- ATRICURE CRYOICE CRYOSPHERE CRYOABLATION SYSTEM$243
- SYNERGY ABLATION SYSTEM$243
- EPI-SENSE GUIDED COAGULATION SYSTEM WITH VISITRAX$243
- FUSION ABLATION SYSTEM$243
- SAPIEN 3 Ultra RESILIA$235
- PROGEL$158
- Epic Stented Tissue Valve$138
- COREVALVE EVOLUT R$107
How this compares
$11,548 in reported general payments places this provider in the 70th percentile of 113 thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) providers in Missouri.
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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.
Most prescribed under Part D
| Drug | Claims | Cost to plans & patients |
|---|---|---|
| Potassium Chloride | 12 | $126 |
| ClopidogrelClopidogrel Bisulfate | 16 | $73 |
| Metoprolol Tartrate | 17 | $21 |
| Furosemide | 12 | $19 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) in Springfield
- Dante DaliSpringfield$58K
- Anh-Thu leSpringfield$26K
- Keith AllenSpringfield$16K
- Hersh ManiarSpringfield$15K
- Matthew ParmleySpringfield$12K
- James DaySpringfield$9K
- Justin van MeeterenKansas City$398K
- Tsuyoshi KanekoSaint Louis$353K
- Ralph DamianoSaint Louis$134K
- Joss FernandezColumbia$100K
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.