Michael Cain
Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) · Aurora, CONPI 1952797789
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — food and beverage (42.1%), travel and lodging and education — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 22 manufacturers reported payments, led by Abiomed at 28.7% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2024 at $6,429 and has fallen 70.2% since, to $1,913 in 2025.
Across 150 payments — averaging $97.81 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Abiomed$4K
- Transmedics, Inc.$4K
- Intuitive Surgical$3K
- Edwards Lifesciences$1K
- Abbott$730
- W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc.$473
- plus $2K from 16 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$5,74339%
- Food & beverage$6,18042%
- Education$2,74919%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Abiomed | 83 | $4,215 |
| Transmedics, Inc. | 2 | $3,510 |
| Intuitive Surgical | 4 | $2,558 |
| Edwards Lifesciences | 18 | $1,144 |
| Abbott | 9 | $730 |
| W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc. | 3 | $473 |
| Stryker | 6 | $300 |
| Arthrex | 2 | $275 |
| Paragonix Technologies, Inc. | 1 | $270 |
| Atricure, Inc. | 4 | $208 |
| Smith+Nephew | 3 | $191 |
| Bolton Medical Inc | 2 | $176 |
| Pacira Pharmaceuticals Incorporated | 1 | $124 |
| Angiodynamics, Inc. | 1 | $108 |
| Zimmer Biomet | 2 | $88 |
| Gemini Mountain Medical, LLC | 1 | $72 |
| SPR Therapeutics, Inc | 1 | $70 |
| Baxter Healthcare | 3 | $68 |
| Artivion, Inc. | 1 | $28 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 1 | $23 |
| Novo Nordisk | 1 | $21 |
| Impel Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 1 | $20 |
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$3,510
- Impella$2,056
- DAVINCI XI$1,500
- Da Vinci Surgical System$1,000
- SherpaCool Box$539
- THORATEC HEARTMATE 3 LVAS IMPLANT KIT$411
- Paragonix SherpaPak Cardiac Transport System$270
- CTS Canister Box$270
- Shipper Box$270
- GORE-TEX Vascular Graft$248
- Edwards SAPIEN 3 Transcatheter Heart Valve$230
- GORE TAG Thoracic Branch Endoprosthesis$184
- CARDIOMEMS$170
- ARTHROPLASTY IMPLANTS ANATOMIC TOTAL SHOULDER ECLIPSE$149
- MAKO$144
- THORAFLEX HYBRID$141
- KNEE & HIP INSTRUMENTS HIP INSTRUMENTS$126
- Iovera$124
- AETOS Shoulder System$109
- AlphaVac$108
How this compares
$14,672 in reported general payments places this provider in the 55th percentile of 72 thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) providers in Colorado.
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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 Aurora
- Robert MeguidAurora$114K
- Thomas ReeceAurora$110K
- Joseph ClevelandAurora$85K
- Jay PalAurora$79K
- Jordan HoffmanAurora$72K
- John MitchellAurora$52K
- Michael FirstenbergAurora$46K
- Muhammad AftabAurora$42K
- Nicholas TemanAurora$35K
- Jessica RoveAurora$32K
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.