Nabeel El-Amir, MD
Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) · Muncie, INNPI 1841243698
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — education (33.0%), other and food and beverage — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. Intuitive Surgical accounts for 68.4% of it on its own, with 29 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2022 at $16,511 and has fallen 84.4% since, to $2,571 in 2025. Among thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) clinicians in IN 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.
Across 290 payments — averaging $130.99 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Intuitive Surgical$26K
- Medtronic$4K
- Abbott$2K
- Abiomed$1K
- Edwards Lifesciences$1K
- Davol Inc.$1K
- plus $3K from 24 others
Across 2 payments — averaging $217.50 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.
- Medtronic$435
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$1,3754%
- Speaking & faculty fees$3381%
- Travel & lodging$6,16816%
- Food & beverage$8,06221%
- Education$12,54333%
- Other$9,50025%
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 | $25,986 |
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 85 | $3,739 |
| Abbott | 16 | $1,759 |
| Abiomed | 16 | $1,381 |
| Edwards Lifesciences | 33 | $1,130 |
| Davol Inc. | 16 | $1,019 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 11 | $359 |
| ZOLL Services LLC (a/k/a ZOLL Lifecor Corp) | 7 | $349 |
| BD | 4 | $338 |
| Baxter Healthcare | 13 | $338 |
| AstraZeneca(2 entities) | 7 | $250 |
| Avanos Medical | 6 | $165 |
| Boston Scientific | 2 | $161 |
| Zimmer Biomet | 1 | $133 |
| Genentech USA, Inc. | 2 | $130 |
| Haemonetics Corporation | 5 | $130 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 2 | $120 |
| CSL Behring | 4 | $98 |
| Clearflow Inc. | 1 | $91 |
| Teleflex LLC | 2 | $50 |
| Terumo Cardiovascular Systems Corporation | 1 | $33 |
| Z-medica, LLC | 2 | $32 |
| Bard Access Systems, Inc. | 2 | $32 |
| Irhythm Technologies, Inc. | 1 | $31 |
| Stryker | 1 | $31 |
| Philips North America LLC | 1 | $24 |
| Ambu Inc. | 1 | $24 |
| Smith+Nephew | 1 | $23 |
| LSI Solutions Inc | 1 | $18 |
| Atricure, Inc. | 1 | $13 |
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.
- DAVINCI XI$22,000
- Da Vinci Surgical System$3,323
- MitraClip$1,376
- Impella$1,150
- Reliant$800
- Progel Applicator Spray Tips$559
- Avalus$276
- Provena Midline$235
- COREVALVE EVOLUT R$222
- Edwards SAPIEN 3 Transcatheter Heart Valve$181
- ARISTA AH FLEXITIP$155
- EKOSONIC$143
- STERNALOCK BLU SYSTEM$133
- ECHELON ENDOPATH$127
- No Related Product$125
- TECENTRIQ$125
- SAPIEN 3 Ultra RESILIA$115
- Mosaic$112
- Advisa$103
- 3F$100
How this compares
$37,987 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 127 thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) providers in Indiana.
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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 Muncie
- Samuel JacobMuncie$182K
- Emily FarkasMuncie$23K
- Marc GerdischIndianapolis$1.4M
- Jason FrazierMunster$574K
- James KellyGranger$242K
- Sina MoainieCarmel$184K
- Andrew BarksdaleIndianapolis$158K
- Manesh ParikshakIndianapolis$61K
- Joseph GreenleeFort Wayne$43K
- Ashish PulikalIndianapolis$36K
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.