Michael Smith, MD
Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) · Phoenix, AZNPI 1033138706
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by education: $22,131 of the $28,720 with a category attached, or 77.1%. Intuitive Surgical accounts for 89.0% of it on its own, with 14 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $14,117 and has fallen 99.3% since, to $100 in 2025.
Across 73 payments — averaging $393.43 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Intuitive Surgical$26K
- Paragonix Technologies, Inc.$729
- Medical Device Business Services, Inc.$585
- Transmedics, Inc.$439
- Atricure, Inc.$418
- Edwards Lifesciences$365
- plus $616 from 9 others
Across 124 payments — averaging $1637.27 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.
- Transmedics, Inc.$203K
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$5852%
- Travel & lodging$1,9087%
- Food & beverage$4,09614%
- Education$22,13177%
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 | 45 | $25,568 |
| Paragonix Technologies, Inc. | 4 | $729 |
| Medical Device Business Services, Inc. | 1 | $585 |
| Transmedics, Inc. | 1 | $439 |
| Atricure, Inc. | 8 | $418 |
| Edwards Lifesciences | 5 | $365 |
| Davol Inc. | 1 | $182 |
| AstraZeneca | 1 | $100 |
| United Therapeutics Corporation | 1 | $79 |
| Genentech USA, Inc. | 1 | $63 |
| Merit Medical Systems Inc | 1 | $60 |
| Bolton Medical Inc | 1 | $49 |
| Abbott | 1 | $37 |
| Merck | 1 | $25 |
| Stryker | 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.
- Da Vinci Surgical System$20,180
- DAVINCI XI$4,000
- SherpaPak$615
- LIVERguard$615
- LUNGguard$615
- BaroGuard$615
- PancreasPak$615
- MOUNTAINEER$585
- ORGAN CARE SYSTEM$439
- ATRICURE CRYOICE CRYOSPHERE CRYOABLATION SYSTEM$290
- Progel Applicator Spray Tips$182
- MITRIS RESILIA Mitral Valve$164
- ATRICURE CRYOICE CRYOABLATION SYSTEM (CRYO2)$142
- Paragonix LUNGguard SherpaCool$114
- Paragonix LUNGguard Shipper$114
- TAGRISSO$100
How this compares
$28,720 in reported general payments places this provider in the 75th percentile of 100 thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) providers in Arizona.
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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 Phoenix
- Dawn JaroszewskiPhoenix$794K
- Lishan AklogPhoenix$531K
- Abdul Samad HashimiPhoenix$175K
- Hao FangPhoenix$171K
- Kevin BradyPhoenix$143K
- Mark TassetPhoenix$118K
- Merick KirshnerPhoenix$109K
- Modesto ColonPhoenix$26K
- Mark PetersonPhoenix$20K
- Orazio AmabilePhoenix$20K
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.