Nestor Villamizar, MD
Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) · Miami, FLNPI 1013174101
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — education (32.2%), travel and lodging and consulting fees — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 16 manufacturers reported payments, led by Intuitive Surgical at 55.4% of the total. 2025 is the largest year on record at $8,971, 2.8 times the $3,169 reported in 2019.
Across 109 payments — averaging $205.92 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Intuitive Surgical$12K
- Johnson & Johnson$4K
- Endogastric Solutions, Inc$2K
- Medtronic$2K
- Medical Device Business Services, Inc.$1K
- AstraZeneca$552
- plus $927 from 10 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$4,03718%
- Speaking & faculty fees$1,5757%
- Travel & lodging$5,74926%
- Food & beverage$3,86417%
- Education$7,21932%
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 | 75 | $12,438 |
| Johnson & Johnson(2 entities) | 2 | $3,608 |
| Endogastric Solutions, Inc | 11 | $2,269 |
| Medtronic | 1 | $1,575 |
| Medical Device Business Services, Inc. | 7 | $1,077 |
| AstraZeneca | 2 | $552 |
| Atricure, Inc. | 1 | $172 |
| Covidien LP | 1 | $138 |
| Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc. | 1 | $128 |
| Pfizer | 1 | $114 |
| Zimmer Biomet | 1 | $110 |
| Arthrex | 1 | $108 |
| Baxter Healthcare | 1 | $66 |
| Conmed Corporation | 1 | $49 |
| On Target Laboratories, Inc | 2 | $22 |
| Artivion, Inc. | 1 | $20 |
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$4,500
- Da Vinci Surgical System$3,933
- RYBREVANT$3,500
- DA VINCI SP$2,500
- ESOPHYX$1,798
- LINX Reflux Management System$1,108
- TAGRISSO$537
- ATRICURE CRYOICE CRYOABLATION SYSTEM (CRYO2)$172
- LIBTAYO$128
- BRAFTOVI$114
- MEKTOVI$114
- RibFix Blu$110
How this compares
$22,445 in reported general payments places this provider in the 75th percentile of 408 thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) providers in Florida.
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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 Miami
- Joseph LamelasMiami$379K
- Mark DylewskiMiami$279K
- Tom NguyenMiami$191K
- Joseph McGinnMiami$70K
- Michael Sasevich LorenzanaMiami$67K
- Mehrdad GhoreishiMiami$64K
- Anthony NunezOrlando$4.8M
- Barry WintonLargo$687K
- Paul DigiorgiPort Charlotte$666K
- John PirrisJacksonville$640K
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.