Ronald Figura, MD
Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) · Spartanburg, SCNPI 1841587797
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by food and beverage: $6,188 of the $8,959 with a category attached, or 69.1%. It is spread thinly across 31 manufacturers, the largest accounting for just 16.0%. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $2,183 and has fallen 81.4% since, to $406 in 2025.
Across 181 payments — averaging $49.50 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Medtronic$1K
- Abiomed$1K
- Intuitive Surgical$1K
- Edwards Lifesciences$1K
- Cook Incorporated$829
- Atricure, Inc.$818
- plus $3K from 25 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$2,02123%
- Food & beverage$6,18869%
- Education$7508%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 15 | $1,430 |
| Abiomed | 32 | $1,054 |
| Intuitive Surgical | 4 | $1,040 |
| Edwards Lifesciences | 15 | $1,018 |
| Cook Incorporated | 2 | $829 |
| Atricure, Inc. | 30 | $818 |
| Cook Medical LLC | 18 | $639 |
| Nuwellis, Inc. | 6 | $458 |
| Abbott | 16 | $330 |
| Johnson & Johnson(2 entities) | 8 | $187 |
| Clearflow Inc. | 1 | $186 |
| Getinge USA Sales, LLC | 4 | $183 |
| Saphena Medical, Inc. | 2 | $145 |
| Angiodynamics, Inc. | 4 | $100 |
| Haemonetics Corporation | 2 | $92 |
| Artivion, Inc. | 2 | $45 |
| Peerless Surgical Inc. | 1 | $42 |
| Cagent Vascular Inc | 3 | $42 |
| Boston Scientific | 2 | $40 |
| Conmed Corporation | 1 | $38 |
| BD | 1 | $38 |
| Lemaitre Vascular, Inc. | 2 | $38 |
| Biomerieux Inc | 2 | $24 |
| Terumo BCT, Inc. | 1 | $23 |
| Baxter Healthcare | 1 | $22 |
| Smith+Nephew | 1 | $20 |
| Chiesi USA, Inc. | 1 | $20 |
| Endologix LLC | 1 | $17 |
| Biom'up France SAS | 1 | $16 |
| Inari Medical, Inc. | 1 | $13 |
| Bard Peripheral Vascular, 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.
- Da Vinci Surgical System$943
- Valiant Captivia$916
- Zenith$793
- Impella$279
- Aquadex$257
- PleuraFlow$186
- SYNERGY ABLATION SYSTEM$147
- ForeSight Elite tissue oximetry system$133
- FloTrac Sensor$122
- Cook$113
- Endurant$109
How this compares
$8,959 in reported general payments places this provider in the 65th percentile of 83 thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) providers in South 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.
Most prescribed under Part D
| Drug | Claims | Cost to plans & patients |
|---|---|---|
| Mupirocin | 17 | $135 |
| Chlorhexidine Gluconate | 35 | $130 |
| Gabapentin | 12 | $83 |
| Carvedilol | 11 | $37 |
| ClopidogrelClopidogrel Bisulfate | 14 | $21 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) in Spartanburg
- Charles RousseauSpartanburg$29K
- Bradley CeremugaSpartanburg$14K
- Steven LeylandSpartanburg$10K
- Curtis QuinnCharleston$374K
- Marc KatzCharleston$265K
- Arman KilicCharleston$170K
- Barry GibneyCharleston$39K
- Jacob KlapperCharleston$38K
- John KelemenHilton Head Island$35K
- Kathryn EngelhartdtCharleston$33K
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.