Luis Alberton, MD
Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) · Everett, WANPI 1588051494
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — travel and lodging (37.6%), education and speaking fees — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. Intuitive Surgical accounts for 93.9% of it on its own, with 15 other manufacturers making up the rest. 2025 is the largest year on record at $24,056, 6.1 times the $3,937 reported in 2019. Among thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) clinicians in WA with any reported payments, this total sits in the top 10% — high for the specialty, which is a reason to read the composition above rather than the number alone.
Across 159 payments — averaging $490.92 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Intuitive Surgical$73K
- Zimmer Biomet$2K
- Johnson & Johnson$705
- W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc.$525
- Davol Inc.$311
- Atricure, Inc.$311
- plus $1K from 10 others
What the payments were for
- Speaking & faculty fees$13,15017%
- Travel & lodging$29,32138%
- Food & beverage$7,0879%
- Education$28,48436%
- Gifts$150%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Intuitive Surgical | 114 | $73,333 |
| Zimmer Biomet | 13 | $1,759 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 8 | $705 |
| W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc. | 4 | $525 |
| Davol Inc. | 3 | $311 |
| Atricure, Inc. | 2 | $311 |
| Aroa Biosurgery Incorporated | 2 | $272 |
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 3 | $166 |
| Boston Scientific | 3 | $158 |
| Galvanize Therapeutics, Inc | 1 | $124 |
| Veran Medical Technologies, Inc. | 1 | $114 |
| Kls-martin L.p. | 1 | $98 |
| Olympus America Inc. | 1 | $82 |
| Lemaitre Vascular, Inc. | 1 | $55 |
| Pacira Pharmaceuticals Incorporated | 1 | $25 |
| Solventum Corporation | 1 | $20 |
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.
- Da Vinci Surgical System$67,049
- ION$3,000
- AdvantageRib$1,164
- DA VINCI SP$650
- MONOCRYL$644
- Echelon Circular$381
- ATRICURE CRYOICE CRYOSPHERE CRYOABLATION SYSTEM$311
- GORE SYNECOR Biomaterial$289
- ECHELON ENDOPATH$263
- PROGEL$261
- SURGIFLO Hemostatic Matrix$147
- RIBFIX BLU ADVANTAGE$142
- GENERAL PULMONARY$134
- VIABAHN VBX Balloon Expandable Endoprosthesis$133
- VISTASEAL$128
- ALIYA SYSTEM$124
- GI Genius$123
- Spin$114
- Echelon Flex$106
- GORE ENFORM Preperitoneal Biomaterial$103
How this compares
$78,057 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 105 thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) providers in Washington.
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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 Everett
- Kimberly CostasEverett$11K
- Mastaneh Ahmadi-KashaniEverett$5K
- Bahirathan KrishnadasanTacoma$930K
- John LuberTacoma$623K
- Glenn BarnhartSeattle$577K
- Daniel CuadradoTacoma$514K
- Eric VallieresSeattle$202K
- Matthew ForresterSpokane$129K
- Eric LehrSeattle$72K
- Justin ReevesSpokane$70K
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.