Mark Ferguson
Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) · Chicago, ILNPI 1306904453
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by consulting fees: $21,707 of the $24,536 with a category attached, or 88.5%. Medical Device Business Services, Inc. accounts for 88.7% of it on its own, with 8 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2020 at $21,815 and has fallen 99.0% since, to $220 in 2025.
Across 20 payments — averaging $1226.82 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Medical Device Business Services, Inc.$22K
- Intuitive Surgical$2K
- On Target Laboratories, Inc$150
- Covidien LP$149
- Medtronic$109
- E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C.$98
- plus $179 from 3 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$21,70788%
- Travel & lodging$2,0178%
- Food & beverage$7823%
- Education$310%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Medical Device Business Services, Inc. | 2 | $21,772 |
| Intuitive Surgical | 7 | $2,080 |
| On Target Laboratories, Inc | 1 | $150 |
| Covidien LP | 4 | $149 |
| Medtronic | 2 | $109 |
| E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. | 1 | $98 |
| Genentech USA, Inc. | 1 | $96 |
| Conmed Corporation | 1 | $45 |
| Atricure, Inc. | 1 | $38 |
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.
- ECHELON ENDOPATH Stapler$21,707
- Da Vinci Surgical System$1,932
- Cytalux$150
How this compares
$24,536 in reported general payments places this provider in the 80th percentile of 220 thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) providers in Illinois.
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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 Chicago
- Jessica DoningtonChicago$314K
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- Patrick McCarthyChicago$241K
- Samuel KimChicago$221K
- Douglas JohnstonChicago$205K
- Gianluca TorregrossaChicago$197K
- Valluvan JeevanandamChicago$193K
- Husam BalkhyChicago$129K
- Christopher SalernoChicago$124K
- Duc PhamChicago$114K
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.