Maziar Khorsandi, MD
Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) · Columbus, OHNPI 1013449404
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by grants: $32,500 of the $44,055 with a category attached, or 73.8%. Medtronic accounts for 77.8% of it on its own, with 6 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2022 at $37,249 and has fallen 95.7% since, to $1,603 in 2025.
Across 93 payments — averaging $473.71 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Medtronic$34K
- Abiomed$4K
- Transmedics, Inc.$3K
- Abbott$1K
- Paragonix Technologies, Inc.$938
- Hemosonics LLC$24
- plus $14 from 1 others
What the payments were for
- Grants$32,50074%
- Travel & lodging$3,7008%
- Food & beverage$7,85418%
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) | 26 | $34,268 |
| Abiomed | 42 | $4,371 |
| Transmedics, Inc. | 2 | $3,166 |
| Abbott | 14 | $1,276 |
| Paragonix Technologies, Inc. | 7 | $938 |
| Hemosonics LLC | 1 | $24 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 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.
- ORGAN CARE SYSTEM$3,166
- Impella$2,981
- THORATEC HEARTMATE 3 LVAS IMPLANT KIT$811
- HeartWare HVAD$748
- SherpaPak$714
- LIVERguard$400
- LUNGguard$400
- BaroGuard$400
- PancreasPak$400
- Avalus$304
- HeartMate 3 Left Ventricular Assist Device$114
How this compares
$44,055 in reported general payments places this provider in the 85th percentile of 245 thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) providers in Ohio.
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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 Columbus
- Daniel WatsonColumbus$946K
- Eric OkumColumbus$637K
- Desmond DsouzaColumbus$487K
- Peter KneuertzColumbus$115K
- Gregory RushingColumbus$91K
- Jefferson LyonsColumbus$72K
- Nahush MokadamColumbus$69K
- Bryan WhitsonColumbus$64K
- Matthew HennColumbus$56K
- Robert MerrittColumbus$49K
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.