Patrick Rudersdorf, MD
Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) · Lakewood, CONPI 1033374186
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — consulting fees (57.0%), speaking fees and travel and lodging — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. Arthrex accounts for 95.2% of it on its own, with 23 other manufacturers making up the rest. Among thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) clinicians in CO with any reported payments, this total sits in the top 5% — high for the specialty, which is a reason to read the composition above rather than the number alone.
Across 309 payments — averaging $759.29 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Arthrex$223K
- W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc.$3K
- Abbott$3K
- Edwards Lifesciences$2K
- Gemini Mountain Medical, LLC$1K
- Medtronic$736
- plus $2K from 18 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$133,83157%
- Speaking & faculty fees$65,16628%
- Travel & lodging$26,23111%
- Food & beverage$8,1923%
- Education$1,2001%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Arthrex | 181 | $223,448 |
| W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc. | 12 | $2,915 |
| Abbott | 28 | $2,688 |
| Edwards Lifesciences | 19 | $1,964 |
| Gemini Mountain Medical, LLC | 2 | $1,057 |
| Medtronic | 12 | $736 |
| Atricure, Inc. | 12 | $389 |
| Bolton Medical Inc | 8 | $309 |
| Baxter Healthcare | 7 | $199 |
| Terumo Cardiovascular Systems Corporation | 3 | $188 |
| Cvrx, Inc. | 2 | $159 |
| Lightbody Medical Technologies Inc | 1 | $111 |
| Lemaitre Vascular, Inc. | 2 | $70 |
| Abiomed | 3 | $62 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 2 | $58 |
| Artivion, Inc. | 3 | $54 |
| Cook Medical LLC | 3 | $45 |
| Piedmont Plus Innovation | 1 | $35 |
| Angiodynamics, Inc. | 2 | $32 |
| Kls-martin L.p. | 2 | $30 |
| Cerus Corporation | 1 | $27 |
| Innovation Technologies Inc | 1 | $17 |
| Dilon Technologies, Inc. | 1 | $15 |
| Biosense Webster, Inc. | 1 | $14 |
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.
- SHOULDER SUTURE CERCLAGE CERCLAGE$11,801
- GORE EXCLUDER Thoracoabdominal Branch Endoprosthesis$2,520
- Mitra Clip system$2,140
- PASCAL$1,093
- SHOULDER SUTURE FIBERWIRE CERCLAGE$327
- COREVALVE EVOLUT R$325
- GORE TAG Conformable Thoracic Endoprosthesis$155
- INSPIRIS RESILIA aortic valve$153
- Barostim Neo System$128
- Edwards SAPIEN 3 Transcatheter Heart Valve$127
- Signia$120
- ARTHREX$103
How this compares
$234,621 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th 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.
Most prescribed under Part D
| Drug | Claims | Cost to plans & patients |
|---|---|---|
| Mupirocin | 47 | $410 |
| Chlorhexidine Gluconate | 45 | $134 |
| Metoprolol Tartrate | 15 | $12 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) in Lakewood
- Daniel GrossLakewood$24K
- Hao PanLoveland$243K
- Robert MeguidAurora$114K
- Boris SepesiEnglewood$113K
- Thomas ReeceAurora$110K
- Reed QuinnGreeley$88K
- Joseph ClevelandAurora$85K
- Jay PalAurora$79K
- John MehallColorado Springs$75K
- Jordan HoffmanAurora$72K
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.