Michael Thorpe, MD
Surgery · Muncie, INNPI 1730413717
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — consulting fees (37.3%), travel and lodging and food and beverage — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 26 manufacturers reported payments, led by Atricure, Inc. at 42.1% of the total. Among surgery clinicians in IN with any reported payments, this total sits in the top 5% — high for the specialty, which is a reason to read the composition above rather than the number alone.
Across 241 payments — averaging $115.77 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Atricure, Inc.$12K
- Angiodynamics, Inc.$4K
- Medical Device Business Services, Inc.$3K
- Covidien LP$3K
- Medtronic$2K
- Convatec Inc.$2K
- plus $2K from 20 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$10,40037%
- Speaking & faculty fees$7003%
- Travel & lodging$6,83524%
- Food & beverage$5,63220%
- Other$4,33316%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Atricure, Inc. | 23 | $11,735 |
| Angiodynamics, Inc. | 5 | $4,423 |
| Medical Device Business Services, Inc. | 19 | $3,380 |
| Covidien LP | 27 | $2,699 |
| Medtronic | 80 | $1,812 |
| Convatec Inc. | 12 | $1,554 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 23 | $740 |
| Davol Inc. | 6 | $293 |
| Boston Scientific | 6 | $271 |
| AbbVie | 8 | $186 |
| Intuitive Surgical | 6 | $168 |
| Kerecis Limited | 6 | $131 |
| Mimedx Group, Inc. | 1 | $82 |
| Tactile Systems Technology Inc | 5 | $80 |
| Zimmer Biomet | 2 | $66 |
| UCB, Inc. | 2 | $63 |
| TELA Bio, Inc. | 1 | $33 |
| Endogastric Solutions, Inc | 1 | $32 |
| Biogen | 1 | $24 |
| Bard Peripheral Vascular, Inc. | 1 | $23 |
| Lexington Medical, Inc. | 1 | $23 |
| Triad Life Sciences Inc. | 1 | $19 |
| KCI USA, Inc. | 1 | $19 |
| Amgen | 1 | $18 |
| Galderma Laboratories, L.p. | 1 | $15 |
| Strata Skin Sciences, Inc. | 1 | $11 |
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.
- ATRICURE CRYOSURGICAL SYSTEM$10,883
- VenaCure 1470 Pro$4,333
- LINX Reflux Management System$1,846
- InnovaMatrix AC$1,345
- ECHELON FLEX Stapler$1,224
- EVICEL Fibrin Sealant (Human)$920
- Sonicision$892
- ATRICURE CRYOICE CRYOSPHERE CRYOABLATION SYSTEM$800
- iDrive$546
- Parietene$543
- VenaSeal$412
- HARMONIC Product Family$304
- Surgicel Powder$304
- ProGrip$238
- Varithena Administration Pack$156
- PHASIX$125
- SurgiSleeve$112
How this compares
$27,901 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 524 surgery providers in Indiana.
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 surgery in Muncie
- Paul SzotekIndianapolis$2.4M
- Carlos Gonzalez RendonMunster$275K
- Anthony ZappiaCarmel$105K
- Jeremy Luedtkela Porte$102K
- Patricia ClarkFort Wayne$82K
- Erica GiblinCarmel$70K
- Paul BowldsGreenwood$69K
- Michael MillerIndianapolis$53K
- M ShabeebMunster$48K
- Sandra WischmeyerMichigan City$44K
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.