Robert Davis, MD
Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) · Charlotte, NCNPI 1417299561
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by food and beverage: $970 of the $1,446 with a category attached, or 67.1%. 7 manufacturers reported payments, led by Atricure, Inc. at 53.9% of the total. That places this record below the midpoint for thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) clinicians in NC, where the typical reported total is $5,565.
Across 23 payments — averaging $62.89 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Atricure, Inc.$780
- Abbott$473
- Abiomed$72
- Zimmer Biomet$52
- Lemaitre Vascular, Inc.$24
- Artivion, Inc.$24
- plus $21 from 1 others
Across 1 payment — averaging $16,140 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.
- Transmedics, Inc.$16K
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$26318%
- Travel & lodging$21415%
- Food & beverage$97067%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Atricure, Inc. | 11 | $780 |
| Abbott | 5 | $473 |
| Abiomed | 2 | $72 |
| Zimmer Biomet | 2 | $52 |
| Lemaitre Vascular, Inc. | 1 | $24 |
| Artivion, Inc. | 1 | $24 |
| Peerless Surgical Inc. | 1 | $21 |
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.
How this compares
$1,446 in reported general payments places this provider in the 30th percentile of 132 thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) providers in North Carolina.
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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 Charlotte
- Eric SkipperCharlotte$132K
- Kevin LobdellCharlotte$76K
- Tom TheruvathCharlotte$74K
- Jeffrey HagenCharlotte$69K
- Jeko MadjarovCharlotte$47K
- Jonathan KrautCharlotte$34K
- Philip SeibelCharlotte$28K
- John FrederickCharlotte$14K
- Timothy BrandCharlotte$13K
- Bradley LenoirCharlotte$13K
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.