Sheel Patel-Polk, DO
Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) · Charleston, SCNPI 1649632795
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by travel and lodging: $5,204 of the $7,057 with a category attached, or 73.7%. 14 manufacturers reported payments, led by Atricure, Inc. at 50.8% of the total. 2025 is the largest year on record at $3,642, more than ten times the $65 reported in 2022.
Across 69 payments — averaging $102.28 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Atricure, Inc.$4K
- Medical Device Business Services, Inc.$1K
- Intuitive Surgical$1K
- Medtronic$571
- Merck$134
- Johnson & Johnson$122
- plus $252 from 8 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$5,20474%
- Food & beverage$1,85426%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Atricure, Inc. | 22 | $3,585 |
| Medical Device Business Services, Inc. | 7 | $1,370 |
| Intuitive Surgical | 16 | $1,023 |
| Medtronic | 5 | $571 |
| Merck | 5 | $134 |
| Johnson & Johnson(2 entities) | 5 | $122 |
| Edwards Lifesciences | 2 | $65 |
| Davol Inc. | 1 | $45 |
| Zimmer Biomet | 1 | $33 |
| Madrigal Pharmaceuticals | 1 | $28 |
| Bard Peripheral Vascular, Inc. | 1 | $23 |
| Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 1 | $22 |
| On Target Laboratories, Inc | 1 | $20 |
| Ambu Inc. | 1 | $17 |
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.
How this compares
$7,057 in reported general payments places this provider in the 65th percentile of 83 thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) providers in South Carolina.
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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.
Most prescribed under Part D
| Drug | Claims | Cost to plans & patients |
|---|---|---|
| Celecoxib | 20 | $1,259 |
| Enoxaparin Sodium | 20 | $1,138 |
| Gabapentin | 54 | $505 |
| Methocarbamol | 37 | $292 |
| Pantoprazole Sodium | 26 | $188 |
| Sulfamethoxazole-TrimethoprimSulfamethoxazole/Trimethoprim | 19 | $166 |
| Metoclopramide Hcl | 18 | $165 |
| Amoxicillin-Clavulanate PotassAmoxicillin/Potassium Clav | 14 | $93 |
| Oxycodone Hcl | 31 | $88 |
| Furosemide | 36 | $39 |
| Tramadol Hcl | 17 | $14 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) in Charleston
- Curtis QuinnCharleston$374K
- Marc KatzCharleston$265K
- Arman KilicCharleston$170K
- Barry GibneyCharleston$39K
- Jacob KlapperCharleston$38K
- Kathryn EngelhartdtCharleston$33K
- Sanford ZeiglerCharleston$30K
- Elizabeth KlineCharleston$16K
- Alexander SbrocchiCharleston$14K
- Scott RossCharleston$12K
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.