Michael Gibson, MD
Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) · Kansas City, MONPI 1689634313
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by education: $19,000 of the $25,831 with a category attached, or 73.6%. Intuitive Surgical accounts for 85.8% of it on its own, with 16 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $16,119 and has fallen 92.2% since, to $1,252 in 2025.
Across 70 payments — averaging $369.01 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Intuitive Surgical$22K
- W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc.$1K
- Atricure, Inc.$573
- Zimmer Biomet$453
- Angiodynamics, Inc.$440
- Davol Inc.$161
- plus $595 from 11 others
Across 19 payments — averaging $7637.41 each. Payments tied to a research study. These frequently flow through the physician to a hospital or research institution rather than to the physician personally.
- Atricure, Inc.$145K
What the payments were for
- Speaking & faculty fees$1,5006%
- Travel & lodging$7333%
- Food & beverage$4,59718%
- Education$19,00074%
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 | 18 | $22,175 |
| W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc. | 19 | $1,434 |
| Atricure, Inc. | 9 | $573 |
| Zimmer Biomet | 5 | $453 |
| Angiodynamics, Inc. | 5 | $440 |
| Davol Inc. | 1 | $161 |
| Enablecv Inc. | 1 | $130 |
| Abbott | 2 | $118 |
| Artivion, Inc. | 1 | $109 |
| Helios Cardio Inc | 1 | $88 |
| Bolton Medical Inc | 1 | $35 |
| Johnson & Johnson(2 entities) | 2 | $26 |
| Haemonetics Corporation | 1 | $19 |
| Medtronic | 1 | $19 |
| Titan Surgical Group, LLC | 1 | $18 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 1 | $18 |
| Aegerion Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 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.
- Da Vinci Surgical System$20,433
- DA VINCI SP$1,650
- GORE EXCLUDER Thoracoabdominal Branch Endoprosthesis$637
- AngioVac$305
- SternaLock Blu$285
- ATRICLIP LAA EXCLUSION SYSTEM$264
- ATRICURE CRYOICE CRYOABLATION SYSTEM (CRYO2)$264
- GORE VIABAHN VBX Balloon Expandable Endo$249
- ATRICURE CRYOICE CRYOSPHERE CRYOABLATION SYSTEM$174
- Progel Applicator Spray Tips$161
- EXCLUDER Conformable AAA Endoprosthesis with Active Control$145
- THRUPORT SYSTEMS INTRACLUDE INTRA-AORTIC OCCLUSION DEVICE$130
- SYNERGY ABLATION SYSTEM$124
- GORE TAG Conformable Thoracic Stent Graft$111
- BIOGLUE SURGICAL ADHESIVE$109
- CRYOVALVE SG PULMONARY HUMAN HEART VALVE$109
- AMDS-Ascyrus Medical$109
- ON-X AORTIC HEART VALVE WITH CONFORM-X SEWING RING AND EXTENDED HOLDER$109
- Epic Stented Tissue Valve$102
How this compares
$25,831 in reported general payments places this provider in the 85th percentile of 113 thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) providers in Missouri.
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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 |
|---|---|---|
| Oxycodone Hcl | 49 | $250 |
| ClopidogrelClopidogrel Bisulfate | 29 | $228 |
| Atorvastatin Calcium | 17 | $51 |
| Metoprolol Tartrate | 13 | $22 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) in Kansas City
- Justin van MeeterenKansas City$398K
- John DavisKansas City$50K
- Anthony GrieffKansas City$23K
- Sean McCarneyKansas City$20K
- Graham PollockKansas City$10K
- John FormanKansas City$4K
- Tsuyoshi KanekoSaint Louis$353K
- Ralph DamianoSaint Louis$134K
- Joss FernandezColumbia$100K
- Jeremy LeidenfrostChesterfield$97K
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.