Lindsey Prescher, DO
Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) · Bethesda, MDNPI 1144458449
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — travel and lodging (54.1%), food and beverage and consulting fees — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 7 manufacturers reported payments, led by Medtronic at 43.1% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $3,512 and has fallen 96.5% since, to $125 in 2025.
Across 85 payments — averaging $79.07 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Medtronic$3K
- Edwards Lifesciences$2K
- Abbott$1K
- Davol Inc.$323
- Hemosonics LLC$100
- Supreme Orthopedic Systems, LLC$48
- plus $25 from 1 others
Across 1 payment — averaging $2000.00 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.
- Medtronic$2K
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$2654%
- Travel & lodging$3,63854%
- Food & beverage$2,81842%
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) | 43 | $2,895 |
| Edwards Lifesciences | 24 | $2,042 |
| Abbott | 11 | $1,288 |
| Davol Inc. | 3 | $323 |
| Hemosonics LLC | 1 | $100 |
| Supreme Orthopedic Systems, LLC | 2 | $48 |
| La Jolla Pharmaceutical Company | 1 | $25 |
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
$6,721 in reported general payments places this provider in the 70th percentile of 65 thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) providers in Maryland.
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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 Bethesda
- Sunil PrasadBethesda$18K
- Alexander NissenBethesda$15K
- Jonathan GowerBethesda$6K
- Thomas MatthewBethesda$5K
- Keith HorvathBethesda$4K
- Kunda BiswasBethesda$1K
- Philip CorcoranBethesda$717
- Leonid BelyayevBaltimore$162K
- Rawn SalengerTowson$71K
- Neri CohenBaltimore$36K
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.