Sarah Eapen, MD
Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) · Cleveland, OHNPI 1235518929
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
It is spread thinly across 13 manufacturers, the largest accounting for just 23.3%. 2025 is the largest year on record at $5,097, 3.1 times the $1,668 reported in 2023.
Across 66 payments — averaging $123.39 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Artivion, Inc.$2K
- W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc.$2K
- Abbott$1K
- Edwards Lifesciences$1K
- Abiomed$860
- Medtronic$356
- plus $710 from 7 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$4,88360%
- Food & beverage$3,26140%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Artivion, Inc. | 6 | $1,900 |
| W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc. | 14 | $1,696 |
| Abbott | 11 | $1,416 |
| Edwards Lifesciences | 11 | $1,206 |
| Abiomed | 7 | $860 |
| Medtronic | 3 | $356 |
| Baxter Healthcare | 3 | $187 |
| Atricure, Inc. | 6 | $185 |
| Bolton Medical Inc | 1 | $174 |
| Intuitive Surgical | 1 | $100 |
| Pulmonx Corporation | 1 | $26 |
| Solventum Corporation | 1 | $24 |
| Vapotherm Inc | 1 | $13 |
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.
- Cardiac non-SynerGraft$1,328
- THORATEC HEARTMATE 3 LVAS IMPLANT KIT$1,264
- GORE TAG Thoracic Endoprosthesis$1,144
- Impella$779
- CRYOVALVE SG PULMONARY HUMAN HEART VALVE$549
- Edwards SAPIEN 3 Transcatheter Heart Valve$382
- SAPIEN 3 Ultra RESILIA$235
- THORAFLEX HYBRID$174
- Valiant Captivia$172
- COREVALVE EVOLUT R$171
- FLOSEAL$154
- Da Vinci Surgical System$100
How this compares
$8,144 in reported general payments places this provider in the 60th percentile of 245 thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) providers in Ohio.
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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 Cleveland
- Alejandro BribriescoCleveland$968K
- Alan Marc GillinovCleveland$926K
- Edward SolteszCleveland$835K
- Salil DeoCleveland$419K
- Tomislav MihaljevicCleveland$387K
- Christopher ToweCleveland$370K
- Eric RoselliCleveland$253K
- Cristian BaezaCleveland$237K
- Zhen-Yu TongCleveland$222K
- Sudish MurthyCleveland$120K
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.