Mitsuko Takahashi, DO
Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) · Jefferson Hills, PANPI 1235445081
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by travel and lodging: $2,626 of the $3,070 with a category attached, or 85.5%. Intuitive Surgical accounts for 87.7% of it on its own, with 7 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2022 at $2,705 and has fallen 95.9% since, to $112 in 2025. That places this record below the midpoint for thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) clinicians in PA, where the typical reported total is $5,177.
Across 24 payments — averaging $127.92 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Intuitive Surgical$3K
- Atricure, Inc.$106
- Endologix LLC$82
- Abiomed$68
- Livanova USA, Inc.$49
- Edwards Lifesciences$36
- plus $38 from 2 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$2,62686%
- Food & beverage$44414%
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 | 13 | $2,692 |
| Atricure, Inc. | 2 | $106 |
| Endologix LLC | 1 | $82 |
| Abiomed | 2 | $68 |
| Livanova USA, Inc. | 2 | $49 |
| Edwards Lifesciences | 2 | $36 |
| Organogenesis Inc. | 1 | $21 |
| Getinge USA Sales, LLC | 1 | $17 |
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$2,588
How this compares
$3,070 in reported general payments places this provider in the 40th percentile of 314 thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) providers in Pennsylvania.
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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 |
|---|---|---|
| ClopidogrelClopidogrel Bisulfate | 35 | $270 |
| Mupirocin | 25 | $156 |
| Atorvastatin Calcium | 15 | $149 |
| Metoprolol Tartrate | 43 | $128 |
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 38 | $111 |
| Furosemide | 17 | $26 |
| Prednisone | 17 | $18 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) in Jefferson Hills
- Joseph BavariaAllentown$1.7M
- Basel RamlawiWynnewood$1.1M
- Patrick RossWynnewood$956K
- Mark AndersonPhiladelphia$527K
- Scott GoldmanWynnewood$354K
- Frank BowenCamp Hill$310K
- Michael AckerPhiladelphia$271K
- Wilson SzetoPhiladelphia$252K
- Inderpal SarkariaPittsburgh$248K
- Nimesh DesaiPhiladelphia$203K
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.