RxDoctor Payments Data

Mohammad Bashir

Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) · Iowa City, IANPI 1790994960

Payments from drug & device makers

What this record shows

This record is dominated by consulting fees: $17,513 of the $28,046 with a category attached, or 62.4%. Edwards Lifesciences accounts for 88.6% of it on its own, with 7 other manufacturers making up the rest. Among thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) clinicians in IA with any reported payments, this total sits in the top 10% — high for the specialty, which is a reason to read the composition above rather than the number alone.

$28,046in general payments, 2019–2025

Across 87 payments — averaging $322.37 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.

  • Edwards Lifesciences$25K
  • Medtronic$1K
  • Atricure, Inc.$892
  • Abbott$770
  • Boston Scientific$186
  • Bolton Medical Inc$149
  • plus $166 from 2 others
$74,075in research payments, 2019–2025

Across 9 payments — averaging $8230.56 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.

  • Edwards Lifesciences$74K

What the payments were for

  • Consulting fees$17,51362%
  • Travel & lodging$7,43327%
  • Food & beverage$3,10011%

General payments by program year

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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.

CompanyPaymentsTotal
Edwards Lifesciences60$24,857
Medtronic(2 entities)12$1,026
Atricure, Inc.2$892
Abbott9$770
Boston Scientific1$186
Bolton Medical Inc1$149
Abiomed1$86
Corcym Inc1$80

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.

How this compares

$28,046 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 48 thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) providers in Iowa.

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Medicare billing

Part B allowed, 2024
$186,275
Medicare patients
87
Services billed
207

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.

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