Mark Slaughter, MD
Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) · Louisville, KYNPI 1326034760
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — speaking fees (47.0%), consulting fees and food and beverage — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. Medtronic accounts for 76.4% of it on its own, with 33 other manufacturers making up the rest. Among thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) clinicians in KY with any reported payments, this total sits in the top 10% — high for the specialty, which is a reason to read the composition above rather than the number alone.
Across 131 payments — averaging $297.43 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Medtronic$30K
- Abbott$4K
- Abiomed$3K
- Atricure, Inc.$491
- My01 Inc.$428
- Surgical Specialties Corporation (US), Inc. (dba Corza Medical)$177
- plus $1K from 28 others
Across 86 payments — averaging $4316.52 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.
- Carmat$180K
- Medtronic$90K
- Atricure, Inc.$56K
- Abbott$46K
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$12,50732%
- Speaking & faculty fees$18,32547%
- Grants$2,2946%
- Travel & lodging$1,9525%
- Food & beverage$3,86510%
- Education$200%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 40 | $29,764 |
| Abbott | 18 | $4,011 |
| Abiomed | 13 | $2,888 |
| Atricure, Inc. | 12 | $491 |
| My01 Inc. | 5 | $428 |
| Surgical Specialties Corporation (US), Inc. (dba Corza Medical) | 3 | $177 |
| Edwards Lifesciences | 4 | $172 |
| Stryker | 2 | $119 |
| Helios Cardio Inc | 1 | $83 |
| Baxter Healthcare | 4 | $80 |
| CSL Behring | 3 | $69 |
| Corcym Inc | 3 | $61 |
| Kestra Medical Technology Services, Inc. | 1 | $55 |
| Getinge USA Sales, LLC | 2 | $53 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 1 | $52 |
| Cerus Corporation | 1 | $43 |
| Kls-martin L.p. | 1 | $38 |
| Kerecis Limited | 1 | $36 |
| Actelion Pharmaceuticals US, Inc. | 1 | $33 |
| Biom'up France SAS | 1 | $32 |
| Convatec Inc. | 1 | $29 |
| Mallinckrodt Enterprises LLC | 1 | $28 |
| Angiodynamics, Inc. | 1 | $26 |
| Teleflex LLC | 1 | $26 |
| Werfen USA LLC | 1 | $23 |
| La Jolla Pharmaceutical Company | 1 | $21 |
| Elutia, Inc. | 1 | $19 |
| Sanara Medtech Inc. | 1 | $17 |
| Merck | 1 | $17 |
| Zimmer Biomet | 1 | $16 |
| Dilon Technologies, Inc. | 1 | $14 |
| Trevena, Inc. | 1 | $14 |
| Biomerieux Inc | 1 | $14 |
| Avanos Medical | 1 | $13 |
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
$38,963 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th 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.
Other thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) in Louisville
- Steven PetersonLouisville$283K
- Sebastian PagniLouisville$28K
- George MikosLouisville$19K
- Steven EtochLouisville$17K
- Austen HuftonLouisville$16K
- David RosenbaumLouisville$14K
- Matthew FoxLouisville$12K
- Siddharth PahwaLouisville$11K
- Angela MahanLouisville$9K
- Yash VaidyaLouisville$9K
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.