Stewart Long, MD
Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) · Missoula, MTNPI 1588720007
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — education (40.5%), food and beverage and travel and lodging — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 17 manufacturers reported payments, led by Intuitive Surgical at 52.3% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2024 at $8,992 and has fallen 56.9% since, to $3,876 in 2025.
Across 117 payments — averaging $147.90 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Intuitive Surgical$9K
- Medtronic$2K
- Edwards Lifesciences$2K
- Abbott$2K
- Zimmer Biomet$2K
- Atricure, Inc.$448
- plus $663 from 11 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$4,32525%
- Food & beverage$5,97935%
- Education$7,00040%
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 | 28 | $9,052 |
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 29 | $1,905 |
| Edwards Lifesciences | 15 | $1,757 |
| Abbott | 15 | $1,749 |
| Zimmer Biomet | 8 | $1,730 |
| Atricure, Inc. | 6 | $448 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 3 | $167 |
| Abiomed | 3 | $166 |
| Bolton Medical Inc | 1 | $106 |
| Getinge USA Sales, LLC | 2 | $82 |
| LSI Solutions Inc | 1 | $32 |
| Terumo Cardiovascular Systems Corporation | 1 | $27 |
| Artivion, Inc. | 1 | $20 |
| Baxter Healthcare | 1 | $18 |
| Solventum Corporation | 1 | $18 |
| W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc. | 1 | $16 |
| Teleflex LLC | 1 | $12 |
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.
- DAVINCI XI$7,000
- Da Vinci Surgical System$1,630
- THORATEC HEARTMATE 3 LVAS IMPLANT KIT$1,386
- AdvantageRib$1,276
- Edwards SAPIEN 3 Transcatheter Heart Valve$430
- COREVALVE EVOLUT R$375
- Penditure$278
- Edwards SAPIEN 3 Ultra Transcatheter Heart Valve$273
- SYNERGY ABLATION SYSTEM$227
- Avalus$226
- SAPIEN 3 Ultra RESILIA$182
- Mosaic$157
- Edwards SAPIEN XT Transcatheter Heart Valve$151
- A&E MEDICAL / STERNALOCK XP RIGID FIXATION SYSTEM$148
- PROLENE$136
- Venapax$132
- 2ND GEN CENTRIMAG PRIMARY CONSOLE$131
- INSPIRIS RESILIA aortic valve$121
- ATRICURE CRYOICE CRYOABLATION SYSTEM (CRYO2)$110
- ATRICURE CRYOICE CRYOSPHERE CRYOABLATION SYSTEM$108
How this compares
Too few thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) providers in Montanato place this figure against a meaningful peer group, so we don't.
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 Missoula
- Carlos DuranMissoula$296K
- Anthony CaffarelliMissoula$76K
- Travis AbichtMissoula$39K
- Matthew FlemingMissoula$3K
- Joseph SchmokerMissoula$810
- James MaxwellKalispell$27K
- Dimitrios KoudoumasGreat Falls$12K
- Michael MaxwellBozeman$6K
- Drew KirshnerKalispell$5K
- Alexander KraevBillings$5K
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.