RxDoctor Payments Data

Pavan Atluri, MD

Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) · Philadelphia, PANPI 1407913940

Payments from drug & device makers

What this record shows

This record is dominated by consulting fees: $116,231 of the $164,947 with a category attached, or 70.5%. Edwards Lifesciences accounts for 74.8% of it on its own, with 11 other manufacturers making up the rest. Among thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) clinicians in PA 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.

$164,947in general payments, 2019–2025

Across 333 payments — averaging $495.34 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.

  • Edwards Lifesciences$123K
  • Medtronic$25K
  • Abbott$15K
  • Atricure, Inc.$1K
  • Baxter Healthcare$94
  • Getinge USA Sales, LLC$89
  • plus $334 from 6 others
$479,682in research payments, 2019–2025

Across 116 payments — averaging $4135.19 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$204K
  • Edwards Lifesciences$160K
  • Medtronic$99K
  • Xvivo Perfusion Inc.$17K

What the payments were for

  • Consulting fees$116,23170%
  • Speaking & faculty fees$5,6003%
  • Travel & lodging$30,97219%
  • Food & beverage$12,1177%
  • Education$260%

General payments by program year

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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.

CompanyPaymentsTotal
Edwards Lifesciences194$123,348
Medtronic(2 entities)68$25,013
Abbott53$14,627
Atricure, Inc.10$1,441
Baxter Healthcare1$94
Getinge USA Sales, LLC1$89
Paladin Technology Solutions1$80
Xvivo Perfusion Inc.1$77
Paragonix Technologies, Inc.1$76
Artivion, Inc.1$47
Boston Scientific1$40
Smith+Nephew1$15

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.

How this compares

$164,947 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 314 thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) providers in Pennsylvania.

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Medicare billing

Part B allowed, 2024
$387,707
Medicare patients
293
Services billed
707

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.

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