Richard Salzano, MD
Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) · New Haven, CTNPI 1033157714
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — travel and lodging (41.1%), food and beverage and education — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 25 manufacturers reported payments, led by Intuitive Surgical at 51.5% of the total.
Across 72 payments — averaging $76.81 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Intuitive Surgical$3K
- Medtronic$1K
- Covidien LP$177
- Johnson & Johnson$173
- CSL Behring$148
- Inspire Medical Systems, Inc.$129
- plus $813 from 19 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$2,27141%
- Food & beverage$1,76032%
- Education$1,50027%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Intuitive Surgical | 13 | $2,848 |
| Medtronic | 16 | $1,242 |
| Covidien LP | 3 | $177 |
| Johnson & Johnson(2 entities) | 4 | $173 |
| CSL Behring | 6 | $148 |
| Inspire Medical Systems, Inc. | 3 | $129 |
| Organogenesis Inc. | 1 | $125 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 1 | $103 |
| Merck | 2 | $72 |
| Haemonetics Corporation | 1 | $69 |
| Boston Scientific | 3 | $65 |
| Baxter Healthcare | 3 | $51 |
| Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc. | 2 | $47 |
| Davol Inc. | 1 | $35 |
| Amgen | 2 | $33 |
| AstraZeneca | 2 | $31 |
| Verona Pharma, Inc. | 1 | $27 |
| Solventum Corporation | 1 | $25 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 1 | $23 |
| Smith+Nephew | 1 | $21 |
| Pulmonx Corporation | 1 | $19 |
| Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. | 1 | $19 |
| Philips North America LLC | 1 | $19 |
| ZOLL Services LLC (a/k/a ZOLL Lifecor Corp) | 1 | $17 |
| Electromed, Inc. | 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.
- DAVINCI XI$1,500
- Da Vinci Surgical System$1,093
- ILLUMISITE$946
- superDimension$130
- PuraPly$125
How this compares
$5,531 in reported general payments places this provider in the 60th percentile of 70 thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) providers in Connecticut.
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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 New Haven
- Justin BlasbergNew Haven$468K
- Marc PelletierNew Haven$151K
- Colleen PietrasNew Haven$68K
- Prashanth VallabhajosyulaNew Haven$36K
- Daniel BoffaNew Haven$26K
- Roland AssiNew Haven$13K
- Thomas FabianNew Haven$11K
- Fabio RamponiNew Haven$7K
- Markus KraneNew Haven$6K
- Vincent MaseNew Haven$5K
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.