Roberto Cervera, MD
Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) · Lake Havasu City, AZNPI 1215174024
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by consulting fees: $134,800 of the $152,796 with a category attached, or 88.2%. Endologix LLC accounts for 94.2% of it on its own, with 23 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2022 at $41,589 and has fallen 97.1% since, to $1,221 in 2025. Among thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) clinicians in AZ with any reported payments, this total sits in the top 10% — high for the specialty, which is a reason to read the composition above rather than the number alone.
Across 276 payments — averaging $553.61 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Endologix LLC$144K
- Edwards Lifesciences$4K
- Atricure, Inc.$2K
- Abiomed$1K
- Medtronic$275
- Abbott$193
- plus $1K from 18 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$134,80088%
- Travel & lodging$3,8963%
- Food & beverage$14,1009%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Endologix LLC | 160 | $143,945 |
| Edwards Lifesciences | 28 | $4,225 |
| Atricure, Inc. | 21 | $1,600 |
| Abiomed | 29 | $1,472 |
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 5 | $275 |
| Abbott | 6 | $193 |
| Merck | 5 | $186 |
| W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc. | 2 | $167 |
| Novartis | 1 | $115 |
| Intuitive Surgical | 1 | $97 |
| Baxter Healthcare | 1 | $90 |
| Corcym Inc | 1 | $65 |
| Impulse Dynamics (USA) Inc. | 1 | $58 |
| Teleflex LLC | 4 | $58 |
| Nevro Corp. | 1 | $49 |
| Livanova USA, Inc. | 1 | $33 |
| Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc. | 1 | $30 |
| Boston Scientific | 2 | $24 |
| E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. | 1 | $23 |
| Cagent Vascular Inc | 1 | $21 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 1 | $19 |
| Biom'up France SAS | 1 | $19 |
| Getinge USA Sales, LLC | 1 | $17 |
| Kiniksa Pharmaceuticals International, PLC | 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.
- AFX$48,948
- Alto Abdominal Stent Graft System$47,868
- AFX2 Bifurcated Endograft System$29,830
- Ovation$12,003
- Ovation iX Iliac Stent Graft$9,200
- ALTO$1,053
- Impella$593
- SYNERGY ABLATION SYSTEM$426
- Torus Stent Graft System$316
- ENDOCROSS Device$316
- MITRIS RESILIA Mitral Valve$195
- ATRICLIP LAA EXCLUSION SYSTEM$149
- EXCLUDER Conformable AAA Endoprosthesis with Active Control$128
- ZERBAXA$124
- EDWARDS INTUITY Elite valve system$119
- ENTRESTO$115
- Mitra Clip system$104
How this compares
$152,796 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 100 thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) providers in Arizona.
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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.
Most prescribed under Part D
| Drug | Claims | Cost to plans & patients |
|---|---|---|
| ClopidogrelClopidogrel Bisulfate | 19 | $157 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) in Lake Havasu City
- Dawn JaroszewskiPhoenix$794K
- Brian DeguzmanScottsdale$630K
- Lishan AklogPhoenix$531K
- Chirag PatelScottsdale$293K
- Abdul Samad HashimiPhoenix$175K
- Hao FangPhoenix$171K
- Kevin BradyPhoenix$143K
- Raj BoseTucson$118K
- Mark TassetPhoenix$118K
- Zain KhalpeyTucson$113K
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.