Sandeep Bharadwaj
Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) · Chicago, ILNPI 1457806614
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — food and beverage (38.7%), travel and lodging and education — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 17 manufacturers reported payments, led by Edwards Lifesciences at 25.4% of the total. 2025 is the largest year on record at $8,874, more than ten times the $505 reported in 2021.
Across 145 payments — averaging $108.83 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Edwards Lifesciences$4K
- Atricure, Inc.$4K
- Medtronic$4K
- Intuitive Surgical$2K
- Bolton Medical Inc$557
- Zimmer Biomet$419
- plus $2K from 11 others
What the payments were for
- Speaking & faculty fees$2,32715%
- Travel & lodging$4,45528%
- Food & beverage$6,11339%
- Education$2,86018%
- Gifts$250%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Edwards Lifesciences | 52 | $4,015 |
| Atricure, Inc. | 29 | $3,616 |
| Medtronic | 28 | $3,582 |
| Intuitive Surgical | 5 | $2,082 |
| Bolton Medical Inc | 8 | $557 |
| Zimmer Biomet | 4 | $419 |
| Lemaitre Vascular, Inc. | 4 | $248 |
| Medical Device Business Services, Inc. | 3 | $244 |
| Surgical Specialties Corporation (US), Inc. (dba Corza Medical) | 1 | $215 |
| Abiomed | 2 | $203 |
| Baxter Healthcare | 3 | $168 |
| On Target Laboratories, Inc | 1 | $150 |
| Davol Inc. | 1 | $130 |
| Terumo Medical Corporation | 1 | $41 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 1 | $40 |
| LSI Solutions Inc | 1 | $36 |
| Getinge USA Sales, LLC | 1 | $33 |
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.
- DAVINCI XI$2,000
- SYNERGY ABLATION SYSTEM$1,821
- EPI-SENSE GUIDED COAGULATION SYSTEM WITH VISITRAX$1,132
- SAPIEN 3 Ultra RESILIA$613
- COREVALVE EVOLUT R$320
- RELAY THORACIC STENT-GRAFT WITH PLUS DELIVERY SYSTEM$293
- STERNALOCK BLU SYSTEM$265
- ATRICURE CRYOICE CRYOSPHERE CRYOABLATION SYSTEM$163
- Cytalux$150
- RESTOREFLOW$144
- CARPENTIER-EDWARDS PERIMOUNT MAGNA MITRAL EASE PERICARDIAL BIOPROSTHESIS$142
- Progel Applicator Spray Tips$130
- MITRIS RESILIA Mitral Valve$124
- TREO ABDOMINAL STENT-GRAFT SYSTEM$108
- Octopus$107
- Impella$105
- Mosaic$102
How this compares
$15,781 in reported general payments places this provider in the 80th percentile of 220 thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) providers in Illinois.
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Other thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) in Chicago
- Jessica DoningtonChicago$314K
- S Christopher MalaisrieChicago$254K
- Patrick McCarthyChicago$241K
- Samuel KimChicago$221K
- Douglas JohnstonChicago$205K
- Gianluca TorregrossaChicago$197K
- Valluvan JeevanandamChicago$193K
- Husam BalkhyChicago$129K
- Christopher SalernoChicago$124K
- Duc PhamChicago$114K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.