Sharon Ben-Or, MD
Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) · Deerfield Beach, FLNPI 1639369887
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by consulting fees: $11,040 of the $14,961 with a category attached, or 73.8%. 13 manufacturers reported payments, led by Merit Medical Systems Inc at 49.4% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2021 at $7,101 and has fallen 86.0% since, to $995 in 2025.
Across 56 payments — averaging $267.17 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Merit Medical Systems Inc$7K
- Medical Device Business Services, Inc.$5K
- Intuitive Surgical$921
- Atricure, Inc.$528
- Johnson & Johnson$377
- AstraZeneca$287
- plus $728 from 7 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$11,04074%
- Travel & lodging$1,72612%
- Food & beverage$2,19615%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Merit Medical Systems Inc | 4 | $7,393 |
| Medical Device Business Services, Inc. | 2 | $4,727 |
| Intuitive Surgical | 9 | $921 |
| Atricure, Inc. | 9 | $528 |
| Johnson & Johnson(3 entities) | 7 | $377 |
| AstraZeneca | 10 | $287 |
| Zimmer Biomet | 2 | $203 |
| Medtronic | 5 | $121 |
| Aroa Biosurgery Incorporated | 2 | $114 |
| Pinnacle Biologics, Inc | 1 | $98 |
| Boston Scientific | 1 | $86 |
| TELA Bio, Inc. | 3 | $81 |
| Solventum Corporation | 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.
- AERO Stent and Delivery System$5,393
- Echelon Flex$4,040
- Harmonic$4,040
- SURGICEL NU-KNIT$4,040
- Da Vinci Surgical System$598
- ATRICURE CRYOICE CRYOSPHERE CRYOABLATION SYSTEM$223
- AdvantageRib$107
- MONARCH$106
How this compares
$14,961 in reported general payments places this provider in the 65th 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 Deerfield Beach
- 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
- Joseph LamelasMiami$379K
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.