Mario Castillo-Sang, MD
Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) · Edgewood, KYNPI 1225293418
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — consulting fees (48.9%), speaking fees and travel and lodging — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 18 manufacturers reported payments, led by Artivion, Inc. at 52.3% of the total. Among thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) clinicians in KY with any reported payments, this total sits in the top 5% — high for the specialty, which is a reason to read the composition above rather than the number alone.
Across 237 payments — averaging $687.28 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Artivion, Inc.$85K
- Edwards Lifesciences$51K
- LSI Solutions Inc$20K
- Corcym Inc$2K
- Abbott$1K
- Livanova USA, Inc.$625
- plus $2K from 12 others
Across 60 payments — averaging $915.44 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.
- Artivion, Inc.$29K
- Medtronic$25K
- Atricure, Inc.$681
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$79,65949%
- Speaking & faculty fees$40,42525%
- Travel & lodging$28,40817%
- Food & beverage$14,3459%
- Education$480%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Artivion, Inc. | 84 | $85,208 |
| Edwards Lifesciences | 76 | $51,375 |
| LSI Solutions Inc | 6 | $20,296 |
| Corcym Inc | 11 | $2,075 |
| Abbott | 24 | $1,295 |
| Livanova USA, Inc. | 3 | $625 |
| Atricure, Inc. | 8 | $591 |
| Integra Lifesciences Corporation | 2 | $469 |
| Abiomed | 5 | $284 |
| Surgical Specialties Corporation (US), Inc. (dba Corza Medical) | 4 | $224 |
| Medtronic | 3 | $211 |
| Kls-martin L.p. | 4 | $58 |
| Medistim USA, Inc. | 1 | $48 |
| Getinge USA Sales, LLC | 2 | $42 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 1 | $33 |
| Lemaitre Vascular, Inc. | 1 | $23 |
| Legacy Ortho LLC | 1 | $17 |
| ZOLL Services LLC (a/k/a ZOLL Lifecor Corp) | 1 | $12 |
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.
- ON-X AORTIC HEART VALVE WITH CONFORM-X SEWING RING AND EXTENDED HOLDER$83,100
- RAM$20,275
- SEW-EASY$20,275
- COR KNOT$20,275
- MI CHORD$20,275
- miniRUMEL$20,275
- MITRIS RESILIA Mitral Valve$4,279
- INTEGRA$1,406
- MEMO 4D$1,392
- Perceval$1,093
- On-X$876
- MICS Instruments$625
- Memo4D$625
- INTEGRA DERMAL REGENERATION TEMPLATE$469
- PRIMATRIX$469
- THORATEC HEARTMATE 3 LVAS IMPLANT KIT$445
- SYNERGY ABLATION SYSTEM$370
- Mosaic$174
- Mitra Clip system$149
- HeartMate 3 Left Ventricular Dev$149
How this compares
$162,885 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 98 thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) providers in Kentucky.
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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.
Most prescribed under Part D
| Drug | Claims | Cost to plans & patients |
|---|---|---|
| Warfarin Sodium | 57 | $360 |
| Metoprolol Succinate | 11 | $102 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) in Edgewood
- Michael KastenEdgewood$32K
- Juan Penaranda-CanalEdgewood$30K
- Royce CalhounEdgewood$20K
- George ChristensenEdgewood$19K
- Michael JohnsonEdgewood$8K
- Valerie WilliamsEdgewood$8K
- Michael IsingEdgewood$5K
- Steven PetersonLouisville$283K
- Edward CantuLexington$74K
- Mansi Shah-JadejaLexington$45K
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.