Peter Cho, MD
Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) · Baltimore, MDNPI 1154371797
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 99.5% of the total across 81 separate payments, which is the pattern of a clinician who attends manufacturer presentations rather than one with a consulting arrangement. 21 manufacturers reported payments, led by Edwards Lifesciences at 42.1% of the total.
Across 81 payments — averaging $49.54 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Edwards Lifesciences$2K
- Medtronic$570
- Atricure, Inc.$417
- ZOLL Services LLC (a/k/a ZOLL Lifecor Corp)$190
- Johnson & Johnson$179
- Abbott$138
- plus $831 from 15 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$3,993100%
- Education$200%
Most of this is food and beverage — typically meals provided during product presentations at a clinic or hospital. Nationally that is the single largest category of reported payments by count.
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 | 17 | $1,687 |
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 9 | $570 |
| Atricure, Inc. | 7 | $417 |
| ZOLL Services LLC (a/k/a ZOLL Lifecor Corp) | 7 | $190 |
| Johnson & Johnson(2 entities) | 11 | $179 |
| Abbott | 6 | $138 |
| Cvrx, Inc. | 1 | $138 |
| Getinge USA Sales, LLC | 5 | $130 |
| W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc. | 1 | $112 |
| Stryker | 1 | $103 |
| Inari Medical, Inc. | 1 | $64 |
| AstraZeneca | 2 | $53 |
| Teleflex LLC | 2 | $35 |
| Biotronik Inc. | 2 | $35 |
| E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. | 2 | $33 |
| Novartis | 2 | $32 |
| Shockwave Medical, Inc | 1 | $24 |
| Boston Scientific | 1 | $23 |
| Chiesi USA, Inc. | 1 | $18 |
| GE HealthCare | 1 | $16 |
| Abiomed | 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.
- Edwards SAPIEN 3 Transcatheter Heart Valve$512
- SAPIEN 3 Ultra RESILIA$371
- INSPIRIS RESILIA aortic valve$177
- CoreValve Evolut$175
- EPI-SENSE GUIDED COAGULATION SYSTEM WITH VISITRAX$165
- Barostim Neo System$138
- 3F$129
- Edwards SAPIEN 3 Ultra Transcatheter Heart Valve$124
- GORE EXCLUDER Thoracoabdominal Branch Endoprosthesis$112
- ATRICLIP LAA EXCLUSION SYSTEM$112
- FlowTriever$103
How this compares
$4,013 in reported general payments places this provider in the 55th percentile of 65 thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) providers in Maryland.
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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 Baltimore
- Leonid BelyayevBaltimore$162K
- Neri CohenBaltimore$36K
- Nicholas KarisBaltimore$24K
- Douglas AndersonBaltimore$23K
- Duke CameronBaltimore$21K
- Stephen BroderickBaltimore$19K
- Siamak DahiBaltimore$17K
- Joseph ForbessBaltimore$13K
- Richard BattafaranoBaltimore$13K
- Howard MasseyBaltimore$12K
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.