Rahul Rajeev
Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) · Bowling Green, KYNPI 1922461797
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — travel and lodging (55.4%), food and beverage and education — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 7 manufacturers reported payments, led by Atricure, Inc. at 38.4% of the total. That places this record below the midpoint for thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) clinicians in KY, where the typical reported total is $6,503.
Across 62 payments — averaging $113.76 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Atricure, Inc.$3K
- Edwards Lifesciences$2K
- Medtronic$2K
- Abiomed$550
- W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc.$215
- Philips North America LLC$122
- plus $29 from 1 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$3,91055%
- Food & beverage$3,14245%
- Education$10%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Atricure, Inc. | 23 | $2,710 |
| Edwards Lifesciences | 13 | $1,868 |
| Medtronic | 13 | $1,559 |
| Abiomed | 9 | $550 |
| W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc. | 2 | $215 |
| Philips North America LLC | 1 | $122 |
| Intuitive Surgical | 1 | $29 |
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.
- SYNERGY ABLATION SYSTEM$1,315
- Micra$1,066
- EPI-SENSE GUIDED COAGULATION SYSTEM WITH VISITRAX$739
- Edwards SAPIEN 3 Transcatheter Heart Valve$498
- ATRICURE CRYOICE CRYOSPHERE CRYOABLATION SYSTEM$323
- ATRICURE CRYOICE CRYOABLATION SYSTEM (CRYO2)$139
- Edwards SAPIEN 3 Ultra Transcatheter Heart Valve$127
- AURORA EV-ICD MRI SURESCAN$123
- Bridge$122
- EXCLUDER Conformable AAA Endoprosthesis with Active Control$119
How this compares
$7,053 in reported general payments places this provider in the 50th percentile of 98 thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) providers in Kentucky.
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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 |
|---|---|---|
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 15 | $76 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) in Bowling Green
- Karen NelsonBowling Green$19K
- Harry WarrenBowling Green$17K
- Steven PetersonLouisville$283K
- Mario Castillo-SangEdgewood$163K
- Edward CantuLexington$74K
- Mansi Shah-JadejaLexington$45K
- Anthony MozerOwensboro$43K
- Mark SlaughterLouisville$39K
- Michael KastenEdgewood$32K
- Alberto de HoyosLexington$32K
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.