Michael Hill, MD
Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) · Saranac Lake, NYNPI 1104818244
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 126 payments — averaging $769.71 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Johnson & Johnson$80K
- Intuitive Surgical$11K
- Medical Device Business Services, Inc.$4K
- Medtronic$780
- Standard Bariatrics, Inc.$243
- Stryker$91
- plus $580 from 14 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$44,98974%
- Travel & lodging$4,3617%
- Food & beverage$2,6804%
- Education$8,87115%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Johnson & Johnson(2 entities) | 40 | $80,356 |
| Intuitive Surgical | 41 | $10,738 |
| Medical Device Business Services, Inc. | 11 | $4,197 |
| Medtronic | 7 | $780 |
| Standard Bariatrics, Inc. | 3 | $243 |
| Stryker | 2 | $91 |
| Apollo Endosurgery US Inc | 1 | $86 |
| Teleflex LLC | 2 | $83 |
| Ambu Inc. | 2 | $80 |
| Novo Nordisk | 3 | $52 |
| Covidien LP | 1 | $50 |
| Boston Scientific | 2 | $46 |
| Astellas Pharma US Inc | 3 | $42 |
| Acelrx Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 2 | $27 |
| Cook Medical LLC | 1 | $22 |
| Pulmonx Corporation | 1 | $21 |
| Reshape Lifesciences Inc. | 1 | $21 |
| Merck | 1 | $19 |
| Smith+Nephew | 1 | $19 |
| Endogastric Solutions, 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.
- LINX Reflux Management System$28,017
- DAVINCI XI$5,500
- Da Vinci Surgical System$3,977
- Signia$334
- LigaSure$145
- Signet$115
How this compares
$96,984 in reported general payments places this provider in the 80th percentile of 383 thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) providers in New York.
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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 |
|---|---|---|
| Sucralfate | 84 | $2,976 |
| Pantoprazole Sodium | 157 | $1,097 |
| Omeprazole | 51 | $493 |
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 49 | $266 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) in Saranac Lake
- Aubrey GallowayNew York$5.7M
- Mathew WilliamsNew York$4.3M
- Nasser AltorkiNew York$2.2M
- Prasad AdusumilliNew York$2M
- Sanjay SamySyracuse$1.7M
- David AdamsNew York$1.6M
- Koji TakedaNew York$1.3M
- Gilbert TangNew York$1.2M
- Isaac GeorgeNew York$1.1M
- Chukwumere NwoguBuffalo$969K
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.