Mathew Thomas, MD
Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) · Jacksonville, FLNPI 1548436058
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — consulting fees (39.3%), education and travel and lodging — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 14 manufacturers reported payments, led by Intuitive Surgical at 40.3% of the total. 2025 is the largest year on record at $18,675, more than ten times the $59 reported in 2019.
Across 55 payments — averaging $412.24 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Intuitive Surgical$9K
- United Therapeutics Corporation$9K
- Medtronic$2K
- AstraZeneca$1K
- Lexington Medical, Inc.$503
- Fujifilm Healthcare Americas Corporation$239
- plus $1K from 8 others
Across 7 payments — averaging $23,090 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.
- Fujifilm Healthcare Americas Corporation$162K
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$8,91839%
- Speaking & faculty fees$1,5757%
- Travel & lodging$4,10118%
- Food & beverage$2,57911%
- Education$5,50024%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Intuitive Surgical | 30 | $9,132 |
| United Therapeutics Corporation | 5 | $9,100 |
| Medtronic | 2 | $1,604 |
| AstraZeneca | 1 | $1,074 |
| Lexington Medical, Inc. | 2 | $503 |
| Fujifilm Healthcare Americas Corporation | 3 | $239 |
| Boston Scientific | 2 | $234 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 4 | $176 |
| Kerecis Limited | 1 | $143 |
| Atricure, Inc. | 1 | $137 |
| On Target Laboratories, Inc | 1 | $130 |
| Activ Surgical, Inc. | 1 | $109 |
| Auris Health, Inc. | 1 | $59 |
| Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc. | 1 | $32 |
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.
- DA VINCI SP$5,500
- Da Vinci Surgical System$3,048
- TAGRISSO$1,074
- Kerecis SurgiClose$573
- Aeon Endostapler & Echelon Flex Powered Stapler$503
- FUJIFILM$150
- Kerecis GraftGuide$143
- ATRICURE CRYOICE CRYOSPHERE CRYOABLATION SYSTEM$137
- Cytalux$130
- MATRIXRIB$116
- ActivSight$109
- SPYGLASS$103
How this compares
$22,673 in reported general payments places this provider in the 75th percentile of 408 thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) providers in Florida.
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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 Jacksonville
- John PirrisJacksonville$640K
- Magdy El-Sayed AhmedJacksonville$209K
- Chadwick StoufferJacksonville$114K
- Christopher ScottJacksonville$111K
- Kenan YountJacksonville$74K
- Nathan BatesJacksonville$58K
- Elbert KuoJacksonville$55K
- Anthony NunezOrlando$4.8M
- Barry WintonLargo$687K
- Paul DigiorgiPort Charlotte$666K
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.