Stephen Dewan, MD
Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) · Austin, TXNPI 1245254515
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by food and beverage: $6,371 of the $7,133 with a category attached, or 89.3%. 21 manufacturers reported payments, led by Medtronic at 37.2% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $2,301 and has fallen 51.0% since, to $1,127 in 2025. That places this record below the midpoint for thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) clinicians in TX, where the typical reported total is $5,866.
Across 114 payments — averaging $62.57 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Medtronic$3K
- Abbott$2K
- Atricure, Inc.$353
- Edwards Lifesciences$349
- Bolton Medical Inc$341
- Penumbra, Inc.$273
- plus $2K from 15 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$76211%
- Food & beverage$6,37189%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 66 | $2,655 |
| Abbott | 16 | $1,504 |
| Atricure, Inc. | 4 | $353 |
| Edwards Lifesciences | 4 | $349 |
| Bolton Medical Inc | 2 | $341 |
| Penumbra, Inc. | 2 | $273 |
| Kls-martin L.p. | 2 | $187 |
| LSI Solutions Inc | 2 | $178 |
| Cook Medical LLC | 2 | $163 |
| Bard Peripheral Vascular, Inc. | 1 | $153 |
| Elutia, Inc. | 1 | $148 |
| Angiodynamics, Inc. | 1 | $135 |
| Medinc Of Texas | 1 | $133 |
| BD | 1 | $132 |
| Stryker | 3 | $118 |
| Zimmer Biomet | 1 | $118 |
| KCI USA, Inc. | 1 | $81 |
| Silk Road Medical, Inc. | 1 | $49 |
| Boston Scientific | 1 | $31 |
| Abiomed | 1 | $21 |
| Getinge USA Sales, LLC | 1 | $11 |
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.
- AMPLATZER Occluders$650
- COREVALVE EVOLUT R$513
- ATRICLIP LAA EXCLUSION SYSTEM$281
- CoreValve Evolut$264
- Valiant Captivia$196
- Gelweave$191
- THORAFLEX HYBRID$191
- ATRICURE CRYOICE CRYOABLATION SYSTEM (CRYO2)$177
- Indigo System$159
- Avalus$157
- CARDIOMEMS$154
- LUTONIX$153
- Relay Grafts$150
- ECM Patch,Pouch$148
- COR KNOT$143
- RAM$143
- AngioVac$135
- MitraClip$133
- HemoSphere$132
- Cook Medical Thoracic$127
How this compares
$7,133 in reported general payments places this provider in the 50th percentile of 424 thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) providers in Texas.
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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 Austin
- Faraz KerendiAustin$906K
- Brannon HydeAustin$214K
- Jonathan YangAustin$178K
- Masahiro OnoAustin$119K
- Eric HoenickeAustin$61K
- Jeffrey McNeilAustin$49K
- Brendan DewanAustin$46K
- Robert HebelerDallas$723K
- Michael ReardonHouston$713K
- Danny RamzyHouston$527K
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.