Robert Mitchell, MD
Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) · Lexington, KYNPI 1942261094
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
21 manufacturers reported payments, led by W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc. at 36.1% of the total.
Across 135 payments — averaging $95.83 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc.$5K
- Medtronic$3K
- Edwards Lifesciences$2K
- Baxter Healthcare$1K
- Atricure, Inc.$817
- Abbott$511
- plus $765 from 15 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$6,62851%
- Food & beverage$6,30949%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc. | 44 | $4,665 |
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 13 | $2,732 |
| Edwards Lifesciences | 20 | $2,298 |
| Baxter Healthcare | 13 | $1,149 |
| Atricure, Inc. | 16 | $817 |
| Abbott | 7 | $511 |
| Artivion, Inc. | 1 | $151 |
| Getinge USA Sales, LLC | 1 | $141 |
| Davol Inc. | 2 | $103 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 4 | $81 |
| Olympus America Inc. | 3 | $61 |
| Cook Medical LLC | 1 | $43 |
| Surgical Specialties Corporation (US), Inc. (dba Corza Medical) | 1 | $34 |
| Zimmer Biomet | 2 | $27 |
| Innovation Technologies Inc | 1 | $25 |
| Boston Scientific | 1 | $22 |
| Merck | 1 | $19 |
| Corcym Inc | 1 | $19 |
| Teleflex LLC | 1 | $15 |
| Endologix LLC | 1 | $14 |
| Kls-martin L.p. | 1 | $9 |
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.
- CoreValve Evolut$2,557
- GORE TAG Thoracic Endoprosthesis$1,704
- Edwards SAPIEN 3 Transcatheter Heart Valve$1,530
- GORE EXCLUDER Thoracoabdominal Branch Endoprosthesis$1,121
- Epic$437
- PREVELEAK$419
- SYNERGY ABLATION SYSTEM$371
- TACHOSIL$351
- VIABAHN VBX Balloon Expandable Endoprosthesis$270
- Conformable TAG Thoracic Endoprosthesis$225
- SAPIEN 3 Ultra RESILIA$176
- EPI-SENSE GUIDED COAGULATION SYSTEM WITH VISITRAX$162
- BioGlue$151
- On-X$151
- Vasoview Hemopro 2$141
- GORE TAG Thoracic Branch Endoprosthesis$138
- GORE EXCLUDER Iliac Branch Endoprosthesis$123
- FLOSEAL$113
- C3 Delivery System$113
- OSTENE$111
How this compares
$12,936 in reported general payments places this provider in the 70th percentile of 98 thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) providers in Kentucky.
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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 Lexington
- Edward CantuLexington$74K
- Mansi Shah-JadejaLexington$45K
- Alberto de HoyosLexington$32K
- Theodore WrightLexington$22K
- Hamid MohammadzadehLexington$19K
- Tessa London-BoundsLexington$18K
- Austin WardLexington$18K
- John ChaneyLexington$15K
- Suresh KeshavamurthyLexington$13K
- Shari MeyersonLexington$12K
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.