Raja Gopaldas, MD
Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) · Colorado Springs, CONPI 1982849451
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by speaking fees: $19,000 of the $22,894 with a category attached, or 83.0%. Medtronic accounts for 94.0% of it on its own, with 11 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $13,631 and has fallen 92.4% since, to $1,040 in 2025.
Across 47 payments — averaging $487.11 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Medtronic$22K
- Atricure, Inc.$867
- Livanova USA, Inc.$98
- Novartis$91
- Abbott$87
- Impulse Dynamics (USA) Inc.$58
- plus $167 from 6 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$3752%
- Speaking & faculty fees$19,00083%
- Travel & lodging$1,8568%
- Food & beverage$1,6637%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 27 | $21,527 |
| Atricure, Inc. | 4 | $867 |
| Livanova USA, Inc. | 2 | $98 |
| Novartis | 5 | $91 |
| Abbott | 1 | $87 |
| Impulse Dynamics (USA) Inc. | 1 | $58 |
| Davol Inc. | 1 | $49 |
| Merck | 2 | $35 |
| Abiomed | 1 | $32 |
| Boston Scientific | 1 | $21 |
| Baxter Healthcare | 1 | $16 |
| E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. | 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.
- Avalus$13,000
- CoreValve Evolut$6,000
- Mosaic$1,431
- EPI-SENSE GUIDED COAGULATION SYSTEM WITH VISITRAX$767
- Simulus$375
How this compares
$22,894 in reported general payments places this provider in the 60th percentile of 72 thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) providers in Colorado.
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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 Colorado Springs
- John MehallColorado Springs$75K
- Betty KimColorado Springs$21K
- Nicholas AugelliColorado Springs$13K
- Fernando LamounierColorado Springs$2K
- Martin BeggsColorado Springs$2K
- Peter WalinskyColorado Springs$961
- Crystal EricksonColorado Springs$487
- Hao PanLoveland$243K
- Patrick RudersdorfLakewood$235K
- Robert MeguidAurora$114K
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.