Michael Pontoriero, MD
Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) · Clifton, NJNPI 1275536765
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 90.3% of the total across 96 separate payments, which is the pattern of a clinician who attends manufacturer presentations rather than one with a consulting arrangement. It is spread thinly across 31 manufacturers, the largest accounting for just 16.8% — the pattern of someone who eats at a lot of different presentations.
Across 96 payments — averaging $94.25 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Penumbra, Inc.$2K
- Silk Road Medical, Inc.$858
- Medtronic$776
- Inari Medical, Inc.$767
- Endologix LLC$700
- Veran Medical Technologies, Inc.$609
- plus $4K from 25 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$87910%
- Food & beverage$8,16990%
Most of this is food and beverage — typically meals provided during product presentations at a clinic or hospital. Nationally that is the single largest category of reported payments by count.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Penumbra, Inc. | 12 | $1,522 |
| Silk Road Medical, Inc. | 12 | $858 |
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 14 | $776 |
| Inari Medical, Inc. | 5 | $767 |
| Endologix LLC | 6 | $700 |
| Veran Medical Technologies, Inc. | 1 | $609 |
| Bard Peripheral Vascular, Inc. | 5 | $422 |
| Boston Scientific | 6 | $419 |
| Abbott | 3 | $375 |
| Cardiovascular Systems Inc. | 4 | $370 |
| Convatec Inc. | 2 | $236 |
| W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc. | 1 | $189 |
| Limflow Inc. | 1 | $181 |
| Acera Surgical, Inc. | 2 | $165 |
| Tactile Systems Technology Inc | 2 | $161 |
| Sanara Medtech Inc. | 1 | $150 |
| Bolton Medical Inc | 1 | $146 |
| Philips North America LLC | 1 | $140 |
| AstraZeneca | 1 | $133 |
| Shockwave Medical, Inc | 1 | $125 |
| EKOS Corporation | 1 | $107 |
| Cagent Vascular Inc | 1 | $95 |
| Asahi Intecc USA, Inc. | 1 | $81 |
| Smith+Nephew | 1 | $71 |
| Davol Inc. | 2 | $68 |
| Johnson & Johnson(2 entities) | 4 | $63 |
| Atricure, Inc. | 1 | $36 |
| Lemaitre Vascular, Inc. | 1 | $26 |
| Stryker | 1 | $26 |
| Musculoskeletal Transplant Foundation Inc. | 1 | $18 |
| Pfizer | 1 | $15 |
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.
- Indigo System$1,084
- Spin$609
- ENROUTE Transcarotid Neuroprotection System$528
- FLOWTRIEVER CATHETER, S$508
- CT THROMBECTOMY SYSTEM KIT$508
- HawkOne$399
- Ovation$341
- Diamondback Peripheral$299
- ENROUTE Transcarotid Stent$290
- Indigo$282
- FlowTriever$259
- ClotTriever$259
- Alto Abdominal Stent Graft System$256
- Perclose ProGlide suture mediated closure system$250
- ENROUTE Transcarotid Stent System$237
- ENHANCE Transcarotid Peripheral Access Kit$237
- ENROUTE 0.014 Guidewire$237
- GORE VIABAHN VBX Balloon Expandable Endo$189
- LIMFLOW SYSTEM$181
- Penumbra Ruby Coil$167
How this compares
$9,048 in reported general payments places this provider in the 65th percentile of 129 thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) providers in New Jersey.
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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 |
|---|---|---|
| EliquisApixaban | 45 | $40,629 |
| BrilintaTicagrelor | 15 | $11,993 |
| Cilostazol | 50 | $2,519 |
| ClopidogrelClopidogrel Bisulfate | 88 | $1,211 |
| Lidocaine-PrilocaineLidocaine/Prilocaine | 22 | $338 |
| Oxycodone-AcetaminophenOxycodone Hcl/Acetaminophen | 13 | $58 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Companies that both paid and supply prescribed drugs
These companies both reported payments to this provider and make drugs the provider prescribed under Medicare Part D in 2024. For most specialties this overlap is expected — a cardiologist who is paid by a cardiology drugmaker also treats heart disease. It is shown so the reader can see it, not because it implies anything on its own.
| Company | Paid to this provider | Part D cost of their drugs |
|---|---|---|
| PfizerEliquis | $15 | $40,62945 claims |
| AstraZenecaBrilinta | $133 | $11,99315 claims |
Reading this fairly. The Part D column is what drug plans and patients paid pharmacies — this provider received none of it, and it reflects how many patients they treat and what those drugs cost. Against peers, this provider's reported payments sit in the 65th percentile of 129 thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) providers in New Jersey.
Other thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) in Clifton
- Atiq RehmanCherry Hill$503K
- Mark RussoNew Brunswick$219K
- Leonard LeeHackensack$143K
- Adam ArnofskyEnglewood$132K
- Igor GosevNewark$118K
- Kourosh AsgarianNeptune$93K
- James McPhersonPennington$93K
- Katherine WoodNewark$83K
- George BatsidesNew Brunswick$71K
- Yuji KakuCamden$57K
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.