Robert Burnett, MD
Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) · Coeur D Alene, IDNPI 1104824150
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by food and beverage: $2,618 of the $3,759 with a category attached, or 69.7%. 9 manufacturers reported payments, led by Intuitive Surgical at 32.1% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2023 at $1,532 and has fallen 91.4% since, to $132 in 2025.
Across 36 payments — averaging $104.41 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Intuitive Surgical$1K
- Abbott$1K
- Edwards Lifesciences$570
- Abiomed$298
- AstraZeneca$234
- Boston Scientific$132
- plus $246 from 3 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$1,12330%
- Food & beverage$2,61870%
- Gifts$170%
Most of this is food and beverage — typically meals provided during product presentations at a clinic or hospital. Nationally that is the single largest category of reported payments by count.
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 | 5 | $1,206 |
| Abbott | 11 | $1,073 |
| Edwards Lifesciences | 8 | $570 |
| Abiomed | 3 | $298 |
| AstraZeneca | 3 | $234 |
| Boston Scientific | 2 | $132 |
| Medtronic | 2 | $119 |
| Conmed Corporation | 1 | $109 |
| Atricure, Inc. | 1 | $18 |
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.
- Da Vinci Surgical System$1,104
- Impella$280
- Biocor Stented Tissue Valve$264
- Mitra Clip system$141
- EDWARDS INTUITY Elite valve system$138
- MitraClip$132
- AIRSEAL$109
- Epic Stented Tissue Valve$107
- TAGRISSO$105
- LOTUS EDGE$103
- AMPLATZER Occluders$100
How this compares
Too few thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) providers in Idahoto place this figure against a meaningful peer group, so we don't.
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 Coeur D Alene
- Tori LennoxCoeur D Alene$1K
- Stephen JonesBoise$316K
- Robert FarivarBoise$140K
- Julio VasquezPocatello$48K
- Ashley MorganBoise$30K
- Benedict TaylorBoise$26K
- Matthew SchoolfieldBoise$22K
- Melissa CheersIdaho Falls$15K
- Edward SetserIdaho Falls$14K
- Andrew MesherBoise$8K
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.