Steven Leyland, MD
Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) · Spartanburg, SCNPI 1780653022
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 91.1% of the total across 309 separate payments, which is the pattern of a clinician who attends manufacturer presentations rather than one with a consulting arrangement. 32 manufacturers reported payments, led by Abbott at 27.6% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $3,032 and has fallen 95.5% since, to $137 in 2025.
Across 309 payments — averaging $31.96 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Abbott$3K
- Edwards Lifesciences$2K
- Atricure, Inc.$1K
- Abiomed$1K
- Boston Scientific$382
- Johnson & Johnson$238
- plus $2K from 26 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$8819%
- Food & beverage$8,99591%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Abbott | 53 | $2,721 |
| Edwards Lifesciences | 35 | $1,891 |
| Atricure, Inc. | 54 | $1,465 |
| Abiomed | 45 | $1,395 |
| Boston Scientific | 19 | $382 |
| Johnson & Johnson(2 entities) | 14 | $238 |
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 6 | $192 |
| Novartis | 13 | $187 |
| Chiesi USA, Inc. | 11 | $176 |
| Getinge USA Sales, LLC | 4 | $147 |
| AstraZeneca | 10 | $128 |
| ZOLL Services LLC (a/k/a ZOLL Lifecor Corp) | 7 | $116 |
| Cook Medical LLC | 5 | $84 |
| Livanova USA, Inc. | 2 | $84 |
| Endologix LLC | 1 | $81 |
| E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. | 4 | $78 |
| Peerless Surgical Inc. | 2 | $73 |
| Baxter Healthcare | 3 | $63 |
| Nuwellis, Inc. | 3 | $55 |
| Teleflex LLC | 1 | $48 |
| Actelion Pharmaceuticals US, Inc. | 2 | $39 |
| LSI Solutions Inc | 2 | $37 |
| Terumo Medical Corporation | 2 | $32 |
| Angiodynamics, Inc. | 2 | $31 |
| Cardiovascular Systems Inc. | 2 | $26 |
| Terumo BCT, Inc. | 1 | $23 |
| Merck | 1 | $18 |
| Haemonetics Corporation | 1 | $18 |
| Biom'up SA | 1 | $14 |
| Cardinal Health 200 LLC | 1 | $14 |
| Aesculap, Inc. | 1 | $12 |
| Pfizer | 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.
- Trifecta GT Tissue Heart Valve$995
- Impella$385
- Mitra Clip system$272
- FloTrac Sensor$260
- Epic$177
- ForeSight Elite tissue oximetry system$133
- ATRICURE ATRICLIP LAA EXCLUSION$123
- ATRICURE SYNERGY ABLATION SYSTEM$123
- KONECT RESILIA$120
- EDWARDS INTUITY Elite valve system$117
- Epic Stented Tissue Valve$116
- HemoSphere$116
- INSPIRIS RESILIA aortic valve$105
- Avalus$102
How this compares
$9,876 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Carvedilol | 11 | $140 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) in Spartanburg
- Charles RousseauSpartanburg$29K
- Bradley CeremugaSpartanburg$14K
- Ronald FiguraSpartanburg$9K
- Curtis QuinnCharleston$374K
- Marc KatzCharleston$265K
- Arman KilicCharleston$170K
- Barry GibneyCharleston$39K
- Jacob KlapperCharleston$38K
- John KelemenHilton Head Island$35K
- Kathryn EngelhartdtCharleston$33K
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.