Mark Cunningham, MD
Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) · Providence, RINPI 1881629566
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — food and beverage (45.7%), consulting fees and travel and lodging — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 10 manufacturers reported payments, led by Abbott at 37.9% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $5,684 and has fallen 89.2% since, to $613 in 2025.
Across 104 payments — averaging $116.65 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Abbott$5K
- Medtronic$4K
- W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc.$2K
- Edwards Lifesciences$494
- Abiomed$337
- Atricure, Inc.$232
- plus $514 from 4 others
Across 78 payments — averaging $2355.69 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.
- Abbott$72K
- Edwards Lifesciences$63K
- Boston Scientific$49K
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$3,33227%
- Travel & lodging$3,25527%
- Food & beverage$5,54546%
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 | 31 | $4,598 |
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 36 | $4,108 |
| W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc. | 19 | $1,846 |
| Edwards Lifesciences | 4 | $494 |
| Abiomed | 4 | $337 |
| Atricure, Inc. | 2 | $232 |
| Boston Scientific | 4 | $196 |
| Viz.ai, Inc. | 1 | $127 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 1 | $111 |
| Elutia, Inc. | 2 | $80 |
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.
- Portico Transcatheter Aortic HV$3,332
- TAG Thoracic Endoprosthesis$1,328
- COREVALVE EVOLUT R$719
- Epic$437
- MITRIS RESILIA Mitral Valve$253
- Penditure$203
- ATRICLIP LAA EXCLUSION SYSTEM$197
- PORTICO$174
- Impella$164
- Avalus$162
- Simulus$160
- KONECT RESILIA$154
- Conformable TAG Thoracic Endoprosthesis$144
- Viz.AI LVO$127
- HeartMate 3 Left Ventricular Assist Device$112
- Megadyne$111
- Tendyne Mitral Valve System$101
- Cardiovascular- Research only$101
How this compares
Too few thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) providers in Rhode Islandto place this figure against a meaningful peer group, so we don't.
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 Providence
- Abbas AbbasProvidence$134K
- Frank SellkeProvidence$27K
- Ashraf SabeProvidence$24K
- Haley LeesleyProvidence$11K
- Laura ScrimgeourProvidence$9K
- Hana AjouzProvidence$4K
- Kaushik MandalProvidence$3K
- Anthony MoultonProvidence$1K
- Siyamek Neragi-MiandoabProvidence$1K
- Arun SinghProvidence$249
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.