Michael del Rio, MD
Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) · Mason City, IANPI 1073557757
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by travel and lodging: $2,484 of the $3,715 with a category attached, or 66.9%. Medtronic accounts for 73.9% of it on its own, with 6 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $1,528 and has fallen 92.8% since, to $110 in 2025.
Across 35 payments — averaging $106.13 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Medtronic$3K
- Livanova USA, Inc.$625
- Edwards Lifesciences$232
- ZOLL Services LLC (a/k/a ZOLL Lifecor Corp)$40
- Prism Medical$30
- Convatec Inc.$22
- plus $21 from 1 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$2,48467%
- Food & beverage$1,23033%
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) | 24 | $2,744 |
| Livanova USA, Inc. | 3 | $625 |
| Edwards Lifesciences | 4 | $232 |
| ZOLL Services LLC (a/k/a ZOLL Lifecor Corp) | 1 | $40 |
| Prism Medical | 1 | $30 |
| Convatec Inc. | 1 | $22 |
| Masimo Corporation | 1 | $21 |
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.
- Endurant$1,728
- Perceval$625
- MICS Instruments$625
- Memo4D$625
- ENDURANT IIS$382
How this compares
$3,715 in reported general payments places this provider in the 55th percentile of 48 thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) providers in Iowa.
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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 |
|---|---|---|
| Enoxaparin Sodium | 16 | $1,208 |
| Mupirocin | 53 | $268 |
| Chlorhexidine Gluconate | 53 | $195 |
| Potassium Chloride | 17 | $117 |
| Atorvastatin Calcium | 11 | $102 |
| ClopidogrelClopidogrel Bisulfate | 14 | $74 |
| Metoprolol Succinate | 11 | $74 |
| Losartan Potassium | 11 | $73 |
| Ciprofloxacin Hcl | 15 | $55 |
| Metoprolol Tartrate | 13 | $51 |
| Furosemide | 16 | $25 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) in Mason City
- Robert GallegosDes Moines$156K
- Ali Al AmeriDes Moines$53K
- Garry WeideCedar Rapids$39K
- Mohammad BashirIowa City$28K
- Tayyaba MalikDes Moines$21K
- Anthony PanosIowa City$21K
- Ganga PrabhakarDes Moines$16K
- Hashim HanifDes Moines$15K
- John KeechIowa City$14K
- Adnan Al AyoubiIowa City$14K
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.