Steven Boyce, MD
Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) · Washington, DCNPI 1871517938
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — consulting fees (38.1%), speaking fees and food and beverage — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. Medtronic accounts for 83.3% of it on its own, with 10 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $10,604 and has fallen 96.1% since, to $412 in 2025.
Across 38 payments — averaging $331.43 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Medtronic$10K
- Abbott$587
- Cvrx, Inc.$485
- Edwards Lifesciences$329
- Abiomed$229
- Atricure, Inc.$180
- plus $297 from 5 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$4,80038%
- Speaking & faculty fees$4,10033%
- Travel & lodging$1,54412%
- Food & beverage$2,15117%
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 | 7 | $10,487 |
| Abbott | 8 | $587 |
| Cvrx, Inc. | 4 | $485 |
| Edwards Lifesciences | 5 | $329 |
| Abiomed | 3 | $229 |
| Atricure, Inc. | 3 | $180 |
| Getinge USA Sales, LLC | 1 | $102 |
| Supreme Orthopedic Systems, LLC | 3 | $81 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 2 | $61 |
| Novo Nordisk | 1 | $34 |
| Boston Scientific | 1 | $19 |
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
$12,594 in reported general payments places this provider in the 75th percentile of 25 thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) providers in District of Columbia.
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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 Washington
- Keith MortmanWashington$170K
- John LazarWashington$79K
- Salim AzizWashington$24K
- Gal LevyWashington$23K
- Farzad NajamWashington$19K
- Jeffrey CohenWashington$11K
- Gregory TrachiotisWashington$10K
- Deyanira PrasteinWashington$6K
- Sora ElyWashington$5K
- Dean SchraufnagelWashington$4K
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.