Neil Worrall, MD
Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) · Spokane, WANPI 1619975653
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by travel and lodging: $3,201 of the $4,615 with a category attached, or 69.4%. Artivion, Inc. accounts for 84.1% of it on its own, with 5 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $4,300 and has fallen 99.5% since, to $22 in 2024. That places this record below the midpoint for thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) clinicians in WA, where the typical reported total is $4,673.
Across 16 payments — averaging $288.43 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Artivion, Inc.$4K
- Edwards Lifesciences$295
- Medtronic$242
- Angiodynamics, Inc.$159
- Lemaitre Vascular, Inc.$22
- Baxter Healthcare$16
Across 4 payments — averaging $600.00 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.
- Abbott$2K
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$3,20169%
- Food & beverage$1,41431%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Artivion, Inc. | 9 | $3,881 |
| Edwards Lifesciences | 2 | $295 |
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 2 | $242 |
| Angiodynamics, Inc. | 1 | $159 |
| Lemaitre Vascular, Inc. | 1 | $22 |
| Baxter Healthcare | 1 | $16 |
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.
- INSPIRIS RESILIA aortic valve$295
- Simulus$126
- Avalus$116
How this compares
$4,615 in reported general payments places this provider in the 45th percentile of 105 thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) providers in Washington.
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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 Spokane
- Matthew ForresterSpokane$129K
- Justin ReevesSpokane$70K
- Alexi MatousekSpokane$60K
- Mary SmithSpokane$32K
- Steven NiscoSpokane$9K
- Mandya VishwanathSpokane$8K
- Bahirathan KrishnadasanTacoma$930K
- John LuberTacoma$623K
- Glenn BarnhartSeattle$577K
- Daniel CuadradoTacoma$514K
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.