Thomas Gaines
Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) · Knoxville, TNNPI 1447243068
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 36 payments — averaging $19.01 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Johnson & Johnson$170
- Atricure, Inc.$80
- Abbott$73
- Intuitive Surgical$32
- ZOLL Services LLC (a/k/a ZOLL Lifecor Corp)$29
- Getinge USA Sales, LLC$26
- plus $274 from 16 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$66497%
- Education$203%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Johnson & Johnson(2 entities) | 8 | $170 |
| Atricure, Inc. | 4 | $80 |
| Abbott | 3 | $73 |
| Intuitive Surgical | 1 | $32 |
| ZOLL Services LLC (a/k/a ZOLL Lifecor Corp) | 2 | $29 |
| Getinge USA Sales, LLC | 1 | $26 |
| Baxter Healthcare | 2 | $25 |
| Zimmer Biomet | 1 | $21 |
| Artivion, Inc. | 1 | $20 |
| CSL Behring | 1 | $20 |
| Stryker | 1 | $19 |
| Applied Medical Technology Inc | 1 | $19 |
| La Jolla Pharmaceutical Company | 1 | $19 |
| Ambu Inc. | 1 | $18 |
| Boston Scientific | 1 | $17 |
| Kls-martin L.p. | 1 | $17 |
| BD | 1 | $16 |
| KCI USA, Inc. | 1 | $14 |
| Medtronic | 1 | $14 |
| Davol Inc. | 1 | $13 |
| Cook Medical LLC | 1 | $13 |
| Veran Medical Technologies, Inc. | 1 | $8 |
How this compares
$684 in reported general payments places this provider in the 15th percentile of 115 thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) providers in Tennessee.
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Other thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) in Knoxville
- Norbert BaumgartnerKnoxville$141K
- Sean JordanKnoxville$40K
- Christian ProbstKnoxville$25K
- Raymond DieterKnoxville$8K
- Christina GlennKnoxville$7K
- David GrahamKnoxville$6K
- Kimberly LindenKnoxville$6K
- Harvey GarrettMemphis$1.5M
- William FristNashville$1.1M
- V ReddyNashville$1M
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.