Philip Spencer, MD
Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) · Rochester, MNNPI 1780979476
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by travel and lodging: $3,275 of the $5,253 with a category attached, or 62.3%. Abbott accounts for 63.9% of it on its own, with 6 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $2,001 and has fallen 87.4% since, to $252 in 2025.
Across 50 payments — averaging $105.06 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Abbott$3K
- Edwards Lifesciences$1K
- Transmedics, Inc.$439
- Artivion, Inc.$273
- Medical Device Business Services, Inc.$108
- Medtronic$37
- plus $26 from 1 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$3,27562%
- Food & beverage$1,87036%
- Education$1082%
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 | 32 | $3,355 |
| Edwards Lifesciences | 11 | $1,015 |
| Transmedics, Inc. | 1 | $439 |
| Artivion, Inc. | 3 | $273 |
| Medical Device Business Services, Inc. | 1 | $108 |
| Medtronic | 1 | $37 |
| Abiomed | 1 | $26 |
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
$5,253 in reported general payments places this provider in the 65th percentile of 128 thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) providers in Minnesota.
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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 Rochester
- Malakh ShresthaRochester$89K
- Juan CrestanelloRochester$56K
- Janani ReisenauerRochester$46K
- Monisha SudarshanRochester$22K
- Arman ArghamiRochester$16K
- Yahya AlwatariRochester$13K
- Elvis CamachoRochester$11K
- Stephen CassiviRochester$10K
- Phillip RowseRochester$9K
- K Robert ShenRochester$7K
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.