Luis Argote-Greene, MD
Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) · Vero Beach, FLNPI 1598877748
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — food and beverage (44.3%), speaking fees and travel and lodging — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 18 manufacturers reported payments, led by Abbott at 43.6% of the total. 2025 is the largest year on record at $5,134, 5.6 times the $916 reported in 2019.
Across 82 payments — averaging $111.89 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Abbott$4K
- Intuitive Surgical$2K
- Davol Inc.$545
- Johnson & Johnson$525
- Conmed Corporation$329
- Atricure, Inc.$218
- plus $1K from 12 others
What the payments were for
- Speaking & faculty fees$4,00044%
- Travel & lodging$1,09612%
- Food & beverage$4,06544%
- Gifts$140%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Abbott | 1 | $4,000 |
| Intuitive Surgical | 30 | $2,468 |
| Davol Inc. | 7 | $545 |
| Johnson & Johnson(3 entities) | 9 | $525 |
| Conmed Corporation | 2 | $329 |
| Atricure, Inc. | 7 | $218 |
| Kls-martin L.p. | 6 | $212 |
| Boston Scientific | 2 | $151 |
| Bard Peripheral Vascular, Inc. | 4 | $142 |
| Baxter Healthcare | 1 | $124 |
| Cook Medical LLC | 1 | $102 |
| BD | 3 | $96 |
| AstraZeneca | 1 | $78 |
| Zimmer Biomet | 2 | $56 |
| Getinge USA Sales, LLC | 2 | $44 |
| Bard Access Systems, Inc. | 2 | $41 |
| Abiomed | 1 | $31 |
| Ambu Inc. | 1 | $14 |
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.
- Alinity$4,000
- Da Vinci Surgical System$1,601
- AIRSEAL$329
- PROGEL$249
- Monarch Platform$125
- ECHELON FLEX Stapler$125
- Echelon Flex$125
- COSEAL$124
- ACQUIRE$120
- Wayne$102
How this compares
$9,175 in reported general payments places this provider in the 55th percentile of 408 thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) providers in Florida.
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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 Vero Beach
- James WudelVero Beach$73K
- Anthony NunezOrlando$4.8M
- Barry WintonLargo$687K
- Paul DigiorgiPort Charlotte$666K
- John PirrisJacksonville$640K
- Jacques FontaineTampa$630K
- Andrew ShermanTampa$517K
- Rogerio CarrilloHialeah$515K
- Daniel O'HairFort Myers$429K
- Luis HerreraOrlando$409K
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.