Lawrence Breitkreutz
Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) · Abilene, TXNPI 1417949116
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 98.8% of the total across 81 separate payments, which is the pattern of a clinician who attends manufacturer presentations rather than one with a consulting arrangement. It is spread thinly across 23 manufacturers, the largest accounting for just 23.3% — the pattern of someone who eats at a lot of different presentations. Reporting peaked in 2021 at $608 and has fallen 55.4% since, to $271 in 2025. That places this record below the midpoint for thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) clinicians in TX, where the typical reported total is $5,866.
Across 81 payments — averaging $28.59 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Medtronic$541
- Boston Scientific$233
- Johnson & Johnson$209
- Cardiovascular Systems Inc.$186
- Amgen$180
- Shockwave Medical, Inc$136
- plus $831 from 17 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$291%
- Food & beverage$2,28799%
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) | 11 | $541 |
| Boston Scientific | 4 | $233 |
| Johnson & Johnson(2 entities) | 13 | $209 |
| Cardiovascular Systems Inc. | 2 | $186 |
| Amgen | 11 | $180 |
| Shockwave Medical, Inc | 1 | $136 |
| ZOLL Services LLC (a/k/a ZOLL Lifecor Corp) | 5 | $117 |
| Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 1 | $117 |
| Abiomed | 4 | $98 |
| Merck | 6 | $88 |
| AstraZeneca | 4 | $84 |
| Silk Road Medical, Inc. | 3 | $58 |
| Kls-martin L.p. | 3 | $39 |
| Baxter Healthcare | 2 | $38 |
| Lexicon Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 2 | $35 |
| Chiesi USA, Inc. | 2 | $31 |
| Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc. | 1 | $22 |
| Atricure, Inc. | 1 | $19 |
| Kerecis Limited | 1 | $19 |
| Livanova USA, Inc. | 1 | $19 |
| Kiniksa Pharmaceuticals, Ltd. | 1 | $17 |
| Arbor Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $16 |
| Novo Nordisk | 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.
How this compares
$2,316 in reported general payments places this provider in the 30th percentile of 424 thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) providers in Texas.
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Other thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) in Abilene
- 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).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.