Matthew Gaudet, MD
Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) · Austin, TXNPI 1477743060
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — education (22.3%), food and beverage and travel and lodging — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. Intuitive Surgical accounts for 63.6% of it on its own, with 13 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2024 at $8,229 and has fallen 92.6% since, to $611 in 2025.
Across 98 payments — averaging $205.98 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Intuitive Surgical$13K
- AstraZeneca$3K
- Medtronic$3K
- Penumbra, Inc.$309
- Atricure, Inc.$177
- Jazz Pharmaceuticals Inc.$170
- plus $507 from 8 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$3,49117%
- Speaking & faculty fees$4,00020%
- Travel & lodging$4,02120%
- Food & beverage$4,16021%
- Education$4,50022%
- Gifts$150%
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 | 47 | $12,830 |
| AstraZeneca | 2 | $3,491 |
| Medtronic | 33 | $2,702 |
| Penumbra, Inc. | 2 | $309 |
| Atricure, Inc. | 1 | $177 |
| Jazz Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 2 | $170 |
| Davol Inc. | 3 | $170 |
| Angiodynamics, Inc. | 1 | $135 |
| KCI USA, Inc. | 1 | $81 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 2 | $42 |
| Boston Scientific | 1 | $31 |
| Stryker | 1 | $23 |
| Ambu Inc. | 1 | $17 |
| Artivion, Inc. | 1 | $8 |
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 Surgical System$8,941
- ION$3,000
- IMFINZI$2,417
- Signia$1,672
- TAGRISSO$1,074
- ATRICURE CRYOICE CRYOABLATION SYSTEM (CRYO2)$177
- ATRICLIP LAA EXCLUSION SYSTEM$177
- Indigo System$159
- Penumbra System$150
- XYWAV$148
- AngioVac$135
- LigaSure$128
- Progel Applicator Spray Tips$121
How this compares
$20,186 in reported general payments places this provider in the 75th percentile of 424 thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) providers in Texas.
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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.
Most prescribed under Part D
| Drug | Claims | Cost to plans & patients |
|---|---|---|
| Gabapentin | 31 | $266 |
| Tramadol Hcl | 19 | $98 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) in Austin
- Faraz KerendiAustin$906K
- Brannon HydeAustin$214K
- Jonathan YangAustin$178K
- Masahiro OnoAustin$119K
- Eric HoenickeAustin$61K
- Jeffrey McNeilAustin$49K
- Brendan DewanAustin$46K
- Robert HebelerDallas$723K
- Michael ReardonHouston$713K
- Danny RamzyHouston$527K
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.