Li Zhang, MD
Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) · Newark, DENPI 1104252998
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by travel and lodging: $7,297 of the $11,413 with a category attached, or 63.9%. 18 manufacturers reported payments, led by Transmedics, Inc. at 38.4% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2022 at $5,310 and has fallen 75.6% since, to $1,295 in 2025.
Across 94 payments — averaging $121.41 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Transmedics, Inc.$4K
- Edwards Lifesciences$3K
- Bolton Medical Inc$1K
- Abiomed$762
- Medtronic$599
- Atricure, Inc.$504
- plus $1K from 12 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$7,29764%
- Food & beverage$4,11636%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Transmedics, Inc. | 1 | $4,383 |
| Edwards Lifesciences | 22 | $2,659 |
| Bolton Medical Inc | 5 | $1,488 |
| Abiomed | 12 | $762 |
| Medtronic | 6 | $599 |
| Atricure, Inc. | 7 | $504 |
| Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 21 | $386 |
| Zimmer Biomet | 5 | $115 |
| Heartflow, Inc. | 2 | $103 |
| ZOLL Services LLC (a/k/a ZOLL Lifecor Corp) | 1 | $101 |
| Inspire Medical Systems, Inc. | 1 | $79 |
| Baxter Healthcare | 3 | $76 |
| Getinge USA Sales, LLC | 2 | $48 |
| Novo Nordisk | 2 | $35 |
| Abbott | 1 | $34 |
| Kls-martin L.p. | 1 | $17 |
| Artivion, Inc. | 1 | $15 |
| Surgical Specialties Corporation (US), Inc. (dba Corza Medical) | 1 | $10 |
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.
- ORGAN CARE SYSTEM$4,383
- MITRIS RESILIA Mitral Valve$2,039
- TREO ABDOMINAL STENT-GRAFT SYSTEM$1,245
- ATRICLIP LAA EXCLUSION SYSTEM$366
- Impella$247
- EPI-SENSE GUIDED COAGULATION SYSTEM WITH VISITRAX$221
- Mosaic$165
- Cardioblate$148
- Relay Grafts$147
- SYNERGY ABLATION SYSTEM$145
- ATRICURE CRYOICE CRYOABLATION SYSTEM (CRYO2)$145
- Nautilus$137
- INSPIRIS RESILIA aortic valve$134
- Avalus$114
- LifeVest$101
How this compares
$11,413 in reported general payments places this provider in the 80th percentile of 23 thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) providers in Delaware.
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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 Newark
- John PoolNewark$42K
- Brian NamNewark$28K
- Charles MulliganNewark$14K
- Thomas BauerNewark$8K
- Ray BlackwellNewark$4K
- Alain AsherNewark$3K
- Michael SanusiNewark$2K
- Ahmad KhanNewark$2K
- Joseph CosticNewark$2K
- Fernando GarziaRehoboth Beach$28K
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.