RxDoctor Payments Data

Marijan Koprivanac, MD

Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) · Philadelphia, PANPI 1871836536

Payments from drug & device makers

What this record shows

The money is spread across several categories — travel and lodging (34.0%), consulting fees and food and beverage — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 16 manufacturers reported payments, led by Edwards Lifesciences at 36.2% of the total. 2025 is the largest year on record at $8,161, more than ten times the $358 reported in 2019.

$16,791in general payments, 2019–2025

Across 90 payments — averaging $186.57 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.

  • Edwards Lifesciences$6K
  • Artivion, Inc.$4K
  • W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc.$2K
  • Nexus Medical Technologies LLC$2K
  • Baxter Healthcare$653
  • Abbott$448
  • plus $2K from 10 others
$161,013in research payments, 2019–2025

Across 25 payments — averaging $6440.53 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.

  • Edwards Lifesciences$149K
  • Medtronic$12K

What the payments were for

  • Consulting fees$5,65034%
  • Travel & lodging$5,70934%
  • Food & beverage$5,30732%
  • Education$1251%

General payments by program year

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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.

CompanyPaymentsTotal
Edwards Lifesciences18$6,085
Artivion, Inc.12$4,374
W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc.5$1,749
Nexus Medical Technologies LLC8$1,523
Baxter Healthcare11$653
Abbott6$448
Dilon Technologies, Inc.4$373
Corcym Inc3$325
Medistim USA, Inc.1$290
Arthrex2$268
Atricure, Inc.6$199
Medtronic5$175
Bolton Medical Inc1$117
Medical Device Business Services, Inc.3$102
Johnson & Johnson4$83
Stryker1$27

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

$16,791 in reported general payments places this provider in the 75th percentile of 314 thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) providers in Pennsylvania.

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Medicare billing

Part B allowed, 2024
$374,415
Medicare patients
155
Services billed
365

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.

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