Scott Deroo, MD
Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) · Seattle, WANPI 1689917296
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 92.1% of the total across 62 separate payments, which is the pattern of a clinician who attends manufacturer presentations rather than one with a consulting arrangement. 13 manufacturers reported payments, led by Artivion, Inc. at 36.2% of the total.
Across 62 payments — averaging $95.97 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Artivion, Inc.$2K
- Edwards Lifesciences$2K
- Baxter Healthcare$508
- Abbott$341
- Medtronic$226
- Biostable Science & Engineering$214
- plus $820 from 7 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$3856%
- Food & beverage$5,47892%
- Education$871%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Artivion, Inc. | 15 | $2,155 |
| Edwards Lifesciences | 24 | $1,685 |
| Baxter Healthcare | 6 | $508 |
| Abbott | 3 | $341 |
| Medtronic | 5 | $226 |
| Biostable Science & Engineering | 1 | $214 |
| Bolton Medical Inc | 2 | $207 |
| Abiomed | 1 | $145 |
| Zimmer Biomet | 1 | $143 |
| Atricure, Inc. | 1 | $133 |
| Surgical Specialties Corporation (US), Inc. (dba Corza Medical) | 1 | $97 |
| Boston Scientific | 1 | $81 |
| W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc. | 1 | $14 |
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.
- CRYOVALVE SG PULMONARY HUMAN HEART VALVE$1,248
- Cardiac non-SynerGraft$977
- ON-X AORTIC HEART VALVE WITH CONFORM-X SEWING RING AND EXTENDED HOLDER$877
- AMDS-Ascyrus Medical$587
- BIOGLUE SURGICAL ADHESIVE$540
- INSPIRIS RESILIA aortic valve$282
- COSEAL$265
- Epic$203
- Avalus$165
- Impella$145
- STERNALOCK 360 SYSTEM$143
- FLOSEAL$142
- TISSEEL$142
- ATRICLIP LAA EXCLUSION SYSTEM$133
- TREO ABDOMINAL STENT-GRAFT SYSTEM$117
- ABSOLUTE PRO$109
How this compares
$5,950 in reported general payments places this provider in the 55th percentile of 105 thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) providers in Washington.
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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 Seattle
- Glenn BarnhartSeattle$577K
- Eric VallieresSeattle$202K
- Eric LehrSeattle$72K
- Thomas VargheseSeattle$22K
- Shakirat OyetunjiSeattle$21K
- Christopher BurkeSeattle$19K
- Mohamed EldeirySeattle$17K
- Ioannis John DemarakosSeattle$15K
- Peter WhiteSeattle$15K
- Joel SternbachSeattle$13K
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.