Mary Smith, MD
Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) · Spokane, WANPI 1003988312
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — speaking fees (38.7%), travel and lodging and food and beverage — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 8 manufacturers reported payments, led by Abbott at 45.3% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2023 at $10,886 and has fallen 80.8% since, to $2,087 in 2025.
Across 159 payments — averaging $200.39 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Abbott$14K
- Medtronic$11K
- Abiomed$3K
- Atricure, Inc.$3K
- Ancora Heart, Inc.$286
- Baxter Healthcare$118
- plus $64 from 2 others
Across 21 payments — averaging $1255.87 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$26K
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$5,25016%
- Speaking & faculty fees$12,31939%
- Travel & lodging$8,57827%
- Food & beverage$5,71518%
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 | 65 | $14,446 |
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 32 | $11,394 |
| Abiomed | 32 | $3,031 |
| Atricure, Inc. | 21 | $2,521 |
| Ancora Heart, Inc. | 6 | $286 |
| Baxter Healthcare | 1 | $118 |
| Edwards Lifesciences | 1 | $51 |
| Biohaven Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $14 |
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.
- CARDIOMEMS$9,531
- HeartWare HVAD$8,790
- CardioMEMS HF System$1,575
- HeartMate 3 Left Ventricular Assist Device$1,419
- SYNERGY ABLATION SYSTEM$1,087
- ATRICLIP LAA EXCLUSION SYSTEM$1,087
- Impella$1,033
- EPI-SENSE GUIDED COAGULATION SYSTEM WITH VISITRAX$982
- ISOLATOR SURGICAL ABLATION SYSTEM$982
- DISSECTOR$982
- ATRICURE SYNERGY ABLATION SYSTEM$642
- 2ND GEN CENTRIMAG PRIMARY CONSOLE$304
- Simulus$126
- PREVELEAK$118
- HeartMate 3 Left Ventricular Dev$117
- Arctic Front$110
How this compares
$31,862 in reported general payments places this provider in the 85th percentile of 105 thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) providers in Washington.
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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 Spokane
- Matthew ForresterSpokane$129K
- Justin ReevesSpokane$70K
- Alexi MatousekSpokane$60K
- Steven NiscoSpokane$9K
- Mandya VishwanathSpokane$8K
- Neil WorrallSpokane$5K
- Bahirathan KrishnadasanTacoma$930K
- John LuberTacoma$623K
- Glenn BarnhartSeattle$577K
- Daniel CuadradoTacoma$514K
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.