Michael Coady, MD
Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) · Denver, CONPI 1427094267
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — travel and lodging (53.9%), food and beverage and consulting fees — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 15 manufacturers reported payments, led by Edwards Lifesciences at 46.4% of the total. 2025 is the largest year on record at $8,020, more than ten times the $633 reported in 2019.
Across 143 payments — averaging $141.91 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Edwards Lifesciences$9K
- Atricure, Inc.$3K
- Abbott$3K
- Abiomed$2K
- Bolton Medical Inc$2K
- Medtronic$312
- plus $1K from 9 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$1,3507%
- Travel & lodging$10,94654%
- Food & beverage$7,99739%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Edwards Lifesciences | 45 | $9,425 |
| Atricure, Inc. | 24 | $2,923 |
| Abbott | 27 | $2,913 |
| Abiomed | 14 | $1,863 |
| Bolton Medical Inc | 7 | $1,651 |
| Medtronic | 14 | $312 |
| Getinge USA Sales, LLC | 2 | $288 |
| BD | 2 | $195 |
| Livanova USA, Inc. | 2 | $157 |
| Werfen USA LLC | 1 | $148 |
| Gemini Mountain Medical, LLC | 1 | $147 |
| Corcym Inc | 1 | $139 |
| Teleflex LLC | 1 | $76 |
| Stryker | 1 | $32 |
| La Jolla Pharmaceutical Company | 1 | $23 |
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.
- EPI-SENSE GUIDED COAGULATION SYSTEM WITH VISITRAX$2,024
- MitraClip$1,146
- SYNERGY ABLATION SYSTEM$994
- Epic$593
- ATRICLIP LAA EXCLUSION SYSTEM$555
- TREO ABDOMINAL STENT-GRAFT SYSTEM$438
- Vasoview Hemopro 2$288
- THORATEC HEARTMATE 3 LVAS IMPLANT KIT$284
- Perceval$270
- SAPIEN 3 Ultra RESILIA$189
- Edwards SAPIEN 3 Transcatheter Heart Valve$171
- HemoSphere$157
- ROTEM$148
- RELAY THORACIC STENT-GRAFT WITH PLUS DELIVERY SYSTEM$132
- THORAFLEX HYBRID$132
- CentriMag$107
How this compares
$20,293 in reported general payments places this provider in the 60th 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 Denver
- Jason ShofnosDenver$40K
- Jess JoymonDenver$35K
- Kevin MillerDenver$8K
- Richard OhyeDenver$5K
- Mark AmmonsDenver$3K
- John VosslerDenver$3K
- Myles GuberDenver$2K
- Max MitchellDenver$2K
- Hao PanLoveland$243K
- Patrick RudersdorfLakewood$235K
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.