Staci Beamer, MD
Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) · Scottsdale, AZNPI 1477714608
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — food and beverage (37.2%), education and consulting fees — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. Intuitive Surgical accounts for 73.4% of it on its own, with 7 other manufacturers making up the rest. 2025 is the largest year on record at $3,308, more than ten times the $259 reported in 2019. That places this record below the midpoint for thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) clinicians in AZ, where the typical reported total is $8,521.
Across 45 payments — averaging $189.36 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Intuitive Surgical$6K
- AstraZeneca$1K
- Atricure, Inc.$270
- Veran Medical Technologies, Inc.$171
- Davol Inc.$155
- Boston Scientific$154
- plus $154 from 2 others
Across 1 payment — averaging $23,160 each. Payments tied to a research study. These frequently flow through the physician to a hospital or research institution rather than to the physician personally.
- AstraZeneca$23K
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$1,36616%
- Travel & lodging$1,03512%
- Food & beverage$3,17437%
- Education$2,50029%
- Gifts$4465%
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 | 34 | $6,252 |
| AstraZeneca | 2 | $1,366 |
| Atricure, Inc. | 3 | $270 |
| Veran Medical Technologies, Inc. | 1 | $171 |
| Davol Inc. | 1 | $155 |
| Boston Scientific | 2 | $154 |
| Baxter Healthcare | 1 | $134 |
| Zimmer Biomet | 1 | $20 |
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.
- Da Vinci Surgical System$2,570
- DA VINCI SP$2,500
- Spin$171
- Progel Applicator Spray Tips$155
- ATRICURE CRYOICE CRYOSPHERE CRYOABLATION SYSTEM$148
- COSEAL$134
- FLOSEAL$134
- TISSEEL$134
- EXALT Model D$116
How this compares
$8,521 in reported general payments places this provider in the 50th percentile of 100 thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) providers in Arizona.
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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 Scottsdale
- Brian DeguzmanScottsdale$630K
- Chirag PatelScottsdale$293K
- Rajeev KathuriaScottsdale$76K
- Robert RileyScottsdale$59K
- Francis DowneyScottsdale$22K
- Bryan BarrusScottsdale$19K
- Kristen Sell-DottinScottsdale$16K
- Pyongsoo YoonScottsdale$10K
- Charles WojnarskiScottsdale$8K
- Pedro Reck dos SantosScottsdale$6K
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.