Nicholas Teman, MD
Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) · Aurora, CONPI 1841452554
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — travel and lodging (48.0%), food and beverage and consulting fees — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 19 manufacturers reported payments, led by Edwards Lifesciences at 36.4% of the total.
Across 169 payments — averaging $204.84 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Edwards Lifesciences$13K
- AstraZeneca$4K
- Intuitive Surgical$4K
- Medtronic$4K
- Abbott$3K
- Abiomed$2K
- plus $5K from 13 others
Across 34 payments — averaging $12,071 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.
- AbbVie$261K
- Vascular Graft Solutions Inc$146K
- AstraZeneca$4K
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$5,25415%
- Travel & lodging$16,60948%
- Food & beverage$9,76428%
- Education$2,9919%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Edwards Lifesciences | 16 | $12,599 |
| AstraZeneca | 2 | $4,495 |
| Intuitive Surgical | 17 | $4,447 |
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 28 | $3,822 |
| Abbott | 27 | $2,602 |
| Abiomed | 40 | $2,054 |
| Atricure, Inc. | 16 | $1,829 |
| Davol Inc. | 2 | $542 |
| Angiodynamics, Inc. | 4 | $481 |
| Hemosonics LLC | 3 | $474 |
| Corcym Inc | 3 | $355 |
| BD | 1 | $283 |
| Bolton Medical Inc | 2 | $281 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 1 | $142 |
| Baxter Healthcare | 1 | $108 |
| Livanova USA, Inc. | 1 | $43 |
| Werfen USA LLC | 1 | $23 |
| Haemonetics Corporation | 1 | $20 |
| Medistim USA, Inc. | 3 | $19 |
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$2,500
- Octopus$1,999
- Da Vinci Surgical System$1,544
- SYNERGY ABLATION SYSTEM$1,233
- HeartMate 3 Left Ventricular Dev$890
- Impella$776
- ATRICLIP LAA EXCLUSION SYSTEM$672
- Avalus$472
- Quantra QPlus System$462
- Epic$457
- Carpentier-Edwards PERIMOUNT Magna Ease Pericardial Aortic Bioprosthesis$453
- Arctic Front$426
- THORATEC HEARTMATE 3 LVAS IMPLANT KIT$344
- AngioVac$297
- Carpentier-Edwards PERIMOUNT Magna Mitral Ease Pericardial Valve$273
- Perceval$271
- QUNATRA QPLUS SYSTEM$217
- Mosaic$173
- Mitra Clip system$159
- Freestyle$157
How this compares
$34,619 in reported general payments places this provider in the 70th percentile of 72 thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) providers in Colorado.
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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 Aurora
- Robert MeguidAurora$114K
- Thomas ReeceAurora$110K
- Joseph ClevelandAurora$85K
- Jay PalAurora$79K
- Jordan HoffmanAurora$72K
- John MitchellAurora$52K
- Michael FirstenbergAurora$46K
- Muhammad AftabAurora$42K
- Jessica RoveAurora$32K
- Elizabeth DavidAurora$30K
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.