Leonard Lapkin, MD
Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) · Grand Junction, CONPI 1437131455
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Atricure, Inc. accounts for 71.5% of it on its own, with 6 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2022 at $2,773 and has fallen 87.8% since, to $338 in 2025. That places this record below the midpoint for thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) clinicians in CO, where the typical reported total is $8,306.
Across 57 payments — averaging $103.70 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Atricure, Inc.$4K
- Edwards Lifesciences$1K
- Abbott$311
- Medtronic$202
- Abiomed$76
- Impulse Dynamics (USA) Inc.$56
- plus $12 from 1 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$3,08552%
- Food & beverage$2,82648%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Atricure, Inc. | 22 | $4,228 |
| Edwards Lifesciences | 22 | $1,026 |
| Abbott | 7 | $311 |
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 3 | $202 |
| Abiomed | 1 | $76 |
| Impulse Dynamics (USA) Inc. | 1 | $56 |
| Olympus America Inc. | 1 | $12 |
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
$5,911 in reported general payments places this provider in the 45th percentile of 72 thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) providers in Colorado.
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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 Grand Junction
- Robert BrooksGrand Junction$35K
- Danielle SmithGrand Junction$599
- Jack BurgerGrand Junction$522
- Hao PanLoveland$243K
- Patrick RudersdorfLakewood$235K
- Robert MeguidAurora$114K
- Boris SepesiEnglewood$113K
- Thomas ReeceAurora$110K
- Reed QuinnGreeley$88K
- Joseph ClevelandAurora$85K
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.