Takuya Ogami, MD
Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) · Erie, PANPI 1902252323
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — travel and lodging (45.8%), food and beverage and grants — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 9 manufacturers reported payments, led by Medtronic at 31.0% of the total. 2025 is the largest year on record at $6,100, more than ten times the $532 reported in 2022.
Across 96 payments — averaging $126.98 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Medtronic$4K
- Edwards Lifesciences$3K
- Atricure, Inc.$2K
- Abiomed$2K
- Bolton Medical Inc$758
- Abbott$576
- plus $459 from 3 others
What the payments were for
- Grants$1,23510%
- Travel & lodging$5,58346%
- Food & beverage$5,37244%
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 | 27 | $3,775 |
| Edwards Lifesciences | 18 | $3,139 |
| Atricure, Inc. | 7 | $1,779 |
| Abiomed | 28 | $1,703 |
| Bolton Medical Inc | 4 | $758 |
| Abbott | 7 | $576 |
| Artivion, Inc. | 1 | $195 |
| Getinge USA Sales, LLC | 3 | $144 |
| Haemonetics Corporation | 1 | $121 |
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$1,984
- ATRICURE CRYOICE CRYOSPHERE CRYOABLATION SYSTEM$1,984
- MITRIS RESILIA Mitral Valve$1,570
- ATRICLIP LAA EXCLUSION SYSTEM$1,286
- Avalus$1,227
- Impella$660
- TREO ABDOMINAL STENT-GRAFT SYSTEM$622
- NAVITOR$414
- COREVALVE EVOLUT R$393
- SYNERGY ABLATION SYSTEM$348
- SAPIEN 3 Ultra RESILIA$263
- AMDS-Ascyrus Medical$195
- BIOGLUE SURGICAL ADHESIVE$195
- CRYOVALVE SG PULMONARY HUMAN HEART VALVE$195
- ON-X AORTIC HEART VALVE WITH CONFORM-X SEWING RING AND EXTENDED HOLDER$195
- PHOTOFIX DECELLULARIZED BOVINE PERICARDIUM$195
- Simulus$157
- VersaStep$153
- Octopus$143
- INSPIRIS RESILIA aortic valve$129
How this compares
$12,190 in reported general payments places this provider in the 70th percentile of 314 thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) providers in Pennsylvania.
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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 Erie
- Joseph BavariaAllentown$1.7M
- Basel RamlawiWynnewood$1.1M
- Patrick RossWynnewood$956K
- Mark AndersonPhiladelphia$527K
- Scott GoldmanWynnewood$354K
- Frank BowenCamp Hill$310K
- Michael AckerPhiladelphia$271K
- Wilson SzetoPhiladelphia$252K
- Inderpal SarkariaPittsburgh$248K
- Nimesh DesaiPhiladelphia$203K
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.