Melanie Edwards, MD
Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) · Ypsilanti, MINPI 1023216777
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — education (50.7%), travel and lodging and food and beverage — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. Intuitive Surgical accounts for 78.8% of it on its own, with 11 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2024 at $12,429 and has fallen 94.2% since, to $726 in 2025.
Across 54 payments — averaging $295.99 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Intuitive Surgical$13K
- AstraZeneca$2K
- Atricure, Inc.$382
- Medtronic$271
- Genentech USA, Inc.$196
- Johnson & Johnson$112
- plus $284 from 6 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$1,88012%
- Travel & lodging$3,65423%
- Food & beverage$2,35315%
- Education$8,09751%
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 | 31 | $12,600 |
| AstraZeneca | 3 | $2,139 |
| Atricure, Inc. | 5 | $382 |
| Medtronic | 2 | $271 |
| Genentech USA, Inc. | 2 | $196 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 2 | $112 |
| Edwards Lifesciences | 3 | $109 |
| Davol Inc. | 2 | $86 |
| Artivion, Inc. | 1 | $34 |
| Pinnacle, Inc | 1 | $30 |
| Bard Access Systems, Inc. | 1 | $13 |
| Biotronik Inc. | 1 | $12 |
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
$15,984 in reported general payments places this provider in the 75th percentile of 182 thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) providers in Michigan.
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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 Ypsilanti
- Steven BollingAnn Arbor$41.7M
- Raed AlnajjarDetroit$781K
- Gorav AilawadiAnn Arbor$434K
- Reza DabirDearborn$342K
- Shinichi FukuharaAnn Arbor$236K
- John ParisGrand Rapids$226K
- Zane HammoudDetroit$208K
- Bo YangAnn Arbor$180K
- Matthew RomanoAnn Arbor$177K
- Marc SilverPontiac$166K
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.