Leheb Araim, MD
Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) · Visalia, CANPI 1083623540
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 127 payments — averaging $118.01 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Edwards Lifesciences$4K
- Atricure, Inc.$3K
- Abbott$2K
- Abiomed$2K
- Artivion, Inc.$2K
- Medtronic$680
- plus $1K from 11 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$8,08054%
- Food & beverage$6,86846%
- Education$390%
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 | 28 | $4,064 |
| Atricure, Inc. | 10 | $2,852 |
| Abbott | 27 | $2,236 |
| Abiomed | 27 | $2,094 |
| Artivion, Inc. | 11 | $1,794 |
| Medtronic | 6 | $680 |
| Hemosonics LLC | 2 | $230 |
| Zimmer Biomet | 4 | $224 |
| Bolton Medical Inc | 1 | $154 |
| Integra Lifesciences Corporation | 2 | $148 |
| LSI Solutions Inc | 1 | $145 |
| AstraZeneca | 1 | $125 |
| Werfen USA LLC | 1 | $91 |
| Smith+Nephew | 3 | $50 |
| BD | 1 | $38 |
| Davol Inc. | 1 | $34 |
| Kestra Medical Technology Services, Inc. | 1 | $29 |
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.
- ATRICURE SYNERGY ABLATION SYSTEM$2,698
- Impella$1,339
- THORATEC HEARTMATE 3 LVAS IMPLANT KIT$1,179
- Cardiac non-SynerGraft$764
- AMDS-Ascyrus Medical$522
- Epic$441
- INSPIRIS RESILIA aortic valve$293
- Avalus$263
- QUNATRA QPLUS SYSTEM$230
- Quantra QPlus System$230
- MITRIS RESILIA Mitral Valve$180
- Carpentier-Edwards Physio II Annuloplasty Ring$159
- PhotoFix$157
- Mosaic$156
- Grafts$154
- COR KNOT$145
- 2ND GEN CENTRIMAG PRIMARY CONSOLE$138
- ANDEXXA$125
- ON-X AORTIC HEART VALVE WITH CONFORM-X SEWING RING AND EXTENDED HOLDER$116
- CRYOVALVE SG PULMONARY HUMAN HEART VALVE$116
How this compares
$14,987 in reported general payments places this provider in the 65th percentile of 546 thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) providers in California.
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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 |
|---|---|---|
| Metoprolol Tartrate | 11 | $38 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) in Visalia
- Thomas FogartyPortola Valley$3.7M
- Steven GundryPalm Springs$1.6M
- Gregory FontanaThousand Oaks$1.4M
- Gansevoort DunningtonSaint Helena$963K
- Armin KiankhooySaint Helena$941K
- Ara KlijianMurrieta$916K
- Fernando FleischmanLos Angeles$901K
- Michael FischbeinPalo Alto$899K
- Jay LeeLos Angeles$856K
- William HiesingerPalo Alto$815K
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.