Sarah Counts, DO
Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) · Chandler, AZNPI 1073833836
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — consulting fees (52.6%), education and travel and lodging — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 8 manufacturers reported payments, led by Johnson & Johnson at 45.5% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2022 at $33,723 and has fallen 78.8% since, to $7,155 in 2025.
Across 128 payments — averaging $855.29 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Johnson & Johnson$50K
- Intuitive Surgical$42K
- Medical Device Business Services, Inc.$17K
- Zimmer Biomet$66
- Medtronic$62
- Davol Inc.$57
- plus $49 from 2 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$57,56853%
- Travel & lodging$13,55912%
- Food & beverage$2,3502%
- Education$36,00033%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Johnson & Johnson | 53 | $49,789 |
| Intuitive Surgical | 56 | $42,352 |
| Medical Device Business Services, Inc. | 14 | $17,103 |
| Zimmer Biomet | 1 | $66 |
| Medtronic | 1 | $62 |
| Davol Inc. | 1 | $57 |
| Merck | 1 | $25 |
| Atricure, Inc. | 1 | $24 |
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.
- Monarch Platform$63,480
- Da Vinci Surgical System$29,297
- DAVINCI XI$9,000
- ION$3,000
- MONARCH$1,552
How this compares
$109,477 in reported general payments places this provider in the 85th 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.
Other thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) in Chandler
- John TedescoChandler$13K
- Kenneth AshtonChandler$7K
- Dawn JaroszewskiPhoenix$794K
- Brian DeguzmanScottsdale$630K
- Lishan AklogPhoenix$531K
- Chirag PatelScottsdale$293K
- Abdul Samad HashimiPhoenix$175K
- Hao FangPhoenix$171K
- Roberto CerveraLake Havasu City$153K
- Kevin BradyPhoenix$143K
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.