Sean Johnson, MD
Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) · Plantation, FLNPI 1457617144
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — education (47.3%), food and beverage and travel and lodging — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 31 manufacturers reported payments, led by Intuitive Surgical at 52.1% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2022 at $16,956 and has fallen 94.2% since, to $988 in 2025.
Across 177 payments — averaging $161.38 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Intuitive Surgical$15K
- Atricure, Inc.$4K
- Medtronic$2K
- Zimmer Biomet$2K
- Artivion, Inc.$1000
- Abiomed$779
- plus $4K from 25 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$4,28415%
- Food & beverage$10,78038%
- Education$13,50047%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Intuitive Surgical | 22 | $14,894 |
| Atricure, Inc. | 44 | $4,042 |
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 28 | $2,283 |
| Zimmer Biomet | 13 | $1,718 |
| Artivion, Inc. | 8 | $1,000 |
| Abiomed | 8 | $779 |
| Livanova USA, Inc. | 8 | $746 |
| Edwards Lifesciences | 6 | $379 |
| Elutia, Inc. | 2 | $359 |
| Covidien LP | 3 | $320 |
| W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc. | 2 | $294 |
| LSI Solutions Inc | 2 | $293 |
| Abbott | 2 | $224 |
| Bolton Medical Inc | 2 | $189 |
| Angiodynamics, Inc. | 1 | $143 |
| Davol Inc. | 1 | $142 |
| Cook Medical LLC | 6 | $128 |
| Johnson & Johnson(2 entities) | 4 | $111 |
| Kestra Medical Technology Services, Inc. | 1 | $107 |
| La Jolla Pharmaceutical Company | 1 | $88 |
| Lexington Medical, Inc. | 1 | $70 |
| KCI USA, Inc. | 2 | $59 |
| Hemosonics LLC | 1 | $41 |
| Cvrx, Inc. | 1 | $35 |
| AstraZeneca | 1 | $25 |
| Baxter Healthcare | 1 | $22 |
| Kls-martin L.p. | 2 | $17 |
| Tactile Systems Technology Inc | 1 | $16 |
| Chiesi USA, Inc. | 1 | $15 |
| Astellas Pharma US Inc | 1 | $13 |
| Boston Scientific | 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.
- DAVINCI XI$13,500
- SYNERGY ABLATION SYSTEM$1,171
- Valiant Captivia$1,061
- ON-X AORTIC HEART VALVE WITH CONFORM-X SEWING RING AND EXTENDED HOLDER$954
- Da Vinci Surgical System$938
- ATRICURE CRYOICE CRYOSPHERE CRYOABLATION SYSTEM$693
- AdvantageRib$664
- ATRICURE SYNERGY ABLATION SYSTEM$643
- Impella$601
- ATRICLIP LAA EXCLUSION SYSTEM$579
- ATRICURE CRYOICE CRYOABLATION SYSTEM (CRYO2)$508
- STERNALOCK BLU SYSTEM$500
- Essenz$419
- ECM Patch,Pouch$359
- GORE TAG Thoracic Branch Endoprosthesis$294
- COR KNOT$293
- CMF & Thoracic-None$259
- ATRICURE ATRICLIP LAA EXCLUSION$253
- XTRA Autotransfusion System$237
- Epic$200
How this compares
$28,564 in reported general payments places this provider in the 80th percentile of 408 thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) providers in Florida.
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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 Plantation
- Jeffrey NewmanPlantation$65K
- Anthony NunezOrlando$4.8M
- Barry WintonLargo$687K
- Paul DigiorgiPort Charlotte$666K
- John PirrisJacksonville$640K
- Jacques FontaineTampa$630K
- Andrew ShermanTampa$517K
- Rogerio CarrilloHialeah$515K
- Daniel O'HairFort Myers$429K
- Luis HerreraOrlando$409K
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.