Thomas Bauer, MD
Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) · Newark, DENPI 1679551717
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — food and beverage (42.1%), consulting fees and education — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 15 manufacturers reported payments, led by Intuitive Surgical at 35.4% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2020 at $2,700 and has fallen 80.7% since, to $521 in 2025.
Across 58 payments — averaging $134.08 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Intuitive Surgical$3K
- AstraZeneca$3K
- Ambu Inc.$803
- Davol Inc.$507
- Ambu A/s$350
- Stryker$163
- plus $485 from 9 others
Across 14 payments — averaging $17,120 each. Payments tied to a research study. These frequently flow through the physician to a hospital or research institution rather than to the physician personally.
- E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C.$222K
- Merck$17K
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$3,05039%
- Travel & lodging$6468%
- Food & beverage$3,27542%
- Education$75010%
- Gifts$561%
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 | 26 | $2,749 |
| AstraZeneca | 2 | $2,719 |
| Ambu Inc. | 9 | $803 |
| Davol Inc. | 7 | $507 |
| Ambu A/s | 1 | $350 |
| Stryker | 1 | $163 |
| Pulmonx Corporation | 2 | $137 |
| Atricure, Inc. | 2 | $105 |
| BD | 1 | $59 |
| Acera Surgical, Inc. | 1 | $48 |
| Medtronic | 1 | $32 |
| Pacira Pharmaceuticals Incorporated | 2 | $31 |
| TELA Bio, Inc. | 1 | $30 |
| Lexington Medical, Inc. | 1 | $29 |
| Covidien LP | 1 | $13 |
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.
- TAGRISSO$2,700
- Da Vinci Surgical System$1,276
- DA VINCI SP$750
- SPY-PHI SYSTEM$163
- Bard 3DMax Mesh$155
- Pulmonx Endobronchial Valve EBV$113
How this compares
$7,776 in reported general payments places this provider in the 75th percentile of 23 thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) providers in Delaware.
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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 Newark
- John PoolNewark$42K
- Brian NamNewark$28K
- Charles MulliganNewark$14K
- Li ZhangNewark$11K
- Ray BlackwellNewark$4K
- Alain AsherNewark$3K
- Michael SanusiNewark$2K
- Ahmad KhanNewark$2K
- Joseph CosticNewark$2K
- Fernando GarziaRehoboth Beach$28K
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.