Peter Pluscht, MD
Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) · Mobile, ALNPI 1639177470
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by food and beverage: $2,855 of the $3,812 with a category attached, or 74.9%. Abbott accounts for 82.5% of it on its own, with 9 other manufacturers making up the rest. 2025 is the largest year on record at $1,659, 4.1 times the $407 reported in 2019. That places this record below the midpoint for thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) clinicians in AL, where the typical reported total is $5,387.
Across 49 payments — averaging $77.79 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Abbott$3K
- Edwards Lifesciences$278
- Abiomed$140
- Chiesi USA, Inc.$82
- Atricure, Inc.$55
- Medtronic$33
- plus $79 from 4 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$95725%
- Food & beverage$2,85575%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Abbott | 28 | $3,144 |
| Edwards Lifesciences | 4 | $278 |
| Abiomed | 2 | $140 |
| Chiesi USA, Inc. | 5 | $82 |
| Atricure, Inc. | 3 | $55 |
| Medtronic | 2 | $33 |
| Cook Medical LLC | 2 | $32 |
| Baxter Healthcare | 1 | $21 |
| Bard Peripheral Vascular, Inc. | 1 | $14 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 1 | $12 |
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
$3,812 in reported general payments places this provider in the 35th percentile of 68 thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) providers in Alabama.
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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 |
|---|---|---|
| EliquisApixaban | 58 | $33,402 |
| EntrestoSacubitril/Valsartan | 22 | $13,754 |
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 132 | $906 |
| Amiodarone Hcl | 52 | $528 |
| Atorvastatin Calcium | 54 | $389 |
| Metoprolol Succinate | 70 | $365 |
| Potassium Chloride | 58 | $323 |
| Losartan Potassium | 34 | $185 |
| ClopidogrelClopidogrel Bisulfate | 31 | $123 |
| Furosemide | 67 | $110 |
| Carvedilol | 28 | $97 |
| Tramadol Hcl | 25 | $77 |
| Spironolactone | 16 | $44 |
| Metoprolol Tartrate | 15 | $33 |
| Amlodipine Besylate | 12 | $25 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) in Mobile
- Kareem BedeirMobile$20K
- Carl MalteseMobile$11K
- Dimitris KyriazisMobile$10K
- Charles WyattMobile$9K
- Robert WilsonMobile$5K
- William RicksMobile$5K
- Osman HashmiMobile$5K
- Parker MullenMobile$4K
- William JohnsonMobile$3K
- Matthew WoodsMobile$3K
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.