Rawn Salenger, MD
Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) · Towson, MDNPI 1568465516
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by consulting fees: $49,454 of the $70,937 with a category attached, or 69.7%. 17 manufacturers reported payments, led by Arthrex at 42.9% of the total. 2025 is the largest year on record at $28,664, more than ten times the $1,923 reported in 2019. Among thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) clinicians in MD with any reported payments, this total sits in the top 5% — high for the specialty, which is a reason to read the composition above rather than the number alone.
Across 168 payments — averaging $422.24 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Arthrex$30K
- Zimmer Biomet$10K
- Edwards Lifesciences$6K
- Grifols Shared Services North America, Inc.$6K
- La Jolla Pharmaceutical Company$5K
- Artivion, Inc.$5K
- plus $8K from 11 others
Across 11 payments — averaging $21,995 each. Payments tied to a research study. These frequently flow through the physician to a hospital or research institution rather than to the physician personally.
- La Jolla Pharmaceutical Company$242K
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$49,45470%
- Speaking & faculty fees$6,86010%
- Travel & lodging$7,16810%
- Food & beverage$7,44911%
- Education$60%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Arthrex | 36 | $30,413 |
| Zimmer Biomet | 17 | $10,237 |
| Edwards Lifesciences | 40 | $6,257 |
| Grifols Shared Services North America, Inc. | 9 | $6,046 |
| La Jolla Pharmaceutical Company | 3 | $5,494 |
| Artivion, Inc. | 5 | $4,935 |
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 29 | $2,720 |
| Atricure, Inc. | 5 | $1,524 |
| Terumo Cardiovascular Systems Corporation | 3 | $954 |
| Supreme Orthopedic Systems, LLC | 7 | $939 |
| Abbott | 7 | $702 |
| JACE Medical LLC | 1 | $350 |
| Abiomed | 2 | $155 |
| Bolton Medical Inc | 1 | $144 |
| BD | 1 | $36 |
| Livanova USA, Inc. | 1 | $17 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 1 | $15 |
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.
- SternaLock Blu$6,250
- GIAPREZA$5,494
- ON-X AORTIC HEART VALVE WITH CONFORM-X SEWING RING AND EXTENDED HOLDER$4,854
- STERNALOCK 360 SYSTEM$1,500
- Pectus Bar Bending Forceps, Standard$1,250
- EDWARDS INTUITY Elite valve system$829
- ONYX FRONTIER$541
- Thoracic Reconstruction$439
- SternaLock 360$414
- Resolute$376
- PORTICO$334
- Epic$170
- SYNERGY ABLATION SYSTEM$162
- SYMPLICITY G3$150
- Relay Plus$144
- MyCareLink$140
- Impella$114
- Telescope$107
- MitraClip$105
How this compares
$70,937 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th 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 Towson
- Redmond FinneyTowson$1K
- Leonid BelyayevBaltimore$162K
- Neri CohenBaltimore$36K
- Nicholas KarisBaltimore$24K
- Douglas AndersonBaltimore$23K
- Duke CameronBaltimore$21K
- Stephen BroderickBaltimore$19K
- Sunil PrasadBethesda$18K
- Siamak DahiBaltimore$17K
- Bryan SteinbergRockville$16K
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.