Steven Peterson, MD
Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) · Louisville, KYNPI 1265454490
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by consulting fees: $247,100 of the $283,098 with a category attached, or 87.3%. Atricure, Inc. accounts for 99.2% of it on its own, with 6 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2024 at $68,873 and has fallen 59.9% since, to $27,615 in 2025. Among thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) clinicians in KY with any reported payments, this total sits in the top 5% — high for the specialty, which is a reason to read the composition above rather than the number alone.
Across 382 payments — averaging $741.09 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Atricure, Inc.$281K
- Edwards Lifesciences$1K
- Medtronic$621
- Abbott$292
- Baxter Healthcare$110
- GSK$26
- plus $15 from 1 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$247,10087%
- Travel & lodging$21,4518%
- Food & beverage$14,5325%
- Education$150%
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. | 348 | $280,970 |
| Edwards Lifesciences | 13 | $1,064 |
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 15 | $621 |
| Abbott | 2 | $292 |
| Baxter Healthcare | 2 | $110 |
| GSK | 1 | $26 |
| AMAG Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $15 |
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.
- EPI-SENSE GUIDED COAGULATION SYSTEM WITH VISITRAX$214,360
- ATRICLIP LAA EXCLUSION SYSTEM$63,873
- SYNERGY ABLATION SYSTEM$30,996
- EPI-SENSE GUIDED COAGULATION SYS$13,830
- ISOLATOR SURGICAL ABLATION SYSTEM$7,650
- DISSECTOR$7,650
- ATRICURE CRYOICE CRYOSPHERE CRYOABLATION SYSTEM$6,157
- LARIAT RS$1,213
- ATRICURE CRYOICE CRYOABLATION SYSTEM (CRYO2)$1,060
- ATRICURE SYNERGY ABLATION SYSTEM$781
- MITRIS RESILIA Mitral Valve$431
- NAVITOR$166
- Avalus$159
- ATRICURE CRYOSURGICAL SYSTEM$139
- ATRICURE ATRICLIP LAA EXCLUSION$139
- Epic$125
How this compares
$283,098 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 98 thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) providers in Kentucky.
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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 |
|---|---|---|
| Mupirocin | 62 | $424 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) in Louisville
- Mark SlaughterLouisville$39K
- Sebastian PagniLouisville$28K
- George MikosLouisville$19K
- Steven EtochLouisville$17K
- Austen HuftonLouisville$16K
- David RosenbaumLouisville$14K
- Matthew FoxLouisville$12K
- Siddharth PahwaLouisville$11K
- Angela MahanLouisville$9K
- Yash VaidyaLouisville$9K
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.