Osita Onugha, MD
Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) · Culver City, CANPI 1164600128
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 146 payments — averaging $358.38 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Atricure, Inc.$22K
- Acumed LLC$7K
- Intuitive Surgical$7K
- Kls-martin L.p.$5K
- Medtronic$4K
- AstraZeneca$2K
- plus $6K from 18 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$27,43652%
- Speaking & faculty fees$8,70017%
- Travel & lodging$5,31310%
- Food & beverage$6,76313%
- Education$4,1118%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Atricure, Inc. | 20 | $21,803 |
| Acumed LLC | 12 | $6,817 |
| Intuitive Surgical | 18 | $6,801 |
| Kls-martin L.p. | 8 | $4,757 |
| Medtronic | 9 | $4,158 |
| AstraZeneca | 2 | $1,888 |
| Johnson & Johnson(2 entities) | 23 | $1,396 |
| Pinnacle Biologics, Inc | 9 | $1,339 |
| Medical Device Business Services, Inc. | 8 | $833 |
| Covidien LP | 7 | $535 |
| BD | 2 | $303 |
| Zimmer Biomet | 4 | $274 |
| On Target Laboratories, Inc | 1 | $240 |
| Boston Scientific | 2 | $213 |
| Davol Inc. | 2 | $204 |
| Baxter Healthcare | 5 | $197 |
| E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. | 5 | $148 |
| Merck | 2 | $131 |
| KARL Storz Endoscopy-america | 1 | $113 |
| Veran Medical Technologies, Inc. | 1 | $49 |
| Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, Inc. | 2 | $48 |
| KCI USA, Inc. | 1 | $27 |
| Chiesi USA, Inc. | 1 | $24 |
| Angiodynamics, Inc. | 1 | $24 |
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.
- ATRICURE CRYOICE CRYOSPHERE CRYOABLATION SYSTEM$10,035
- ATRICURE CRYOICE CRYOABLATION SYSTEM (CRYO2)$9,751
- RibLoc$6,638
- DAVINCI XI$4,000
- Da Vinci Surgical System$2,416
- IMFINZI$1,860
- ATRICURE CRYOSURGICAL SYSTEM$1,500
- Photofrin$1,200
- MATRIXRIB$407
- EPI-SENSE GUIDED COAGULATION SYSTEM WITH VISITRAX$280
- NA$268
- superDimension$267
- Cytalux$240
- XCM Biologic Tissue Matrix$230
- ORISE$193
- SYNERGY ABLATION SYSTEM$174
- Progel Applicator Spray Tips$157
- Signet$154
- PROGEL$143
- Pectus Bar$126
How this compares
$52,323 in reported general payments places this provider in the 80th percentile of 546 thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) providers in California.
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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 Culver City
- Thomas FogartyPortola Valley$3.7M
- Steven GundryPalm Springs$1.6M
- Gregory FontanaThousand Oaks$1.4M
- Gansevoort DunningtonSaint Helena$963K
- Armin KiankhooySaint Helena$941K
- Ara KlijianMurrieta$916K
- Fernando FleischmanLos Angeles$901K
- Michael FischbeinPalo Alto$899K
- Jay LeeLos Angeles$856K
- William HiesingerPalo Alto$815K
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.