Thomas Reece, MD
Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) · Aurora, CONPI 1346387636
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by consulting fees: $90,110 of the $109,591 with a category attached, or 82.2%. 10 manufacturers reported payments, led by W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc. at 54.3% of the total. 2025 is the largest year on record at $33,397, 3.8 times the $8,756 reported in 2019. Among thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) clinicians in CO with any reported payments, this total sits in the top 10% — high for the specialty, which is a reason to read the composition above rather than the number alone.
Across 174 payments — averaging $629.83 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc.$60K
- Bolton Medical Inc$41K
- Corcym Inc$5K
- Artivion, Inc.$2K
- Medtronic$1K
- Biostable Science & Engineering$178
- plus $236 from 4 others
Across 58 payments — averaging $13,011 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.
- Cerus Corporation$454K
- Bolton Medical Inc$126K
- Grifols Therapeutics LLC$105K
- Artivion, Inc.$71K
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$90,11082%
- Travel & lodging$9,1498%
- Food & beverage$8,7328%
- Education$1,6001%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc. | 90 | $59,547 |
| Bolton Medical Inc | 47 | $41,320 |
| Corcym Inc | 7 | $5,351 |
| Artivion, Inc. | 13 | $1,744 |
| Medtronic | 11 | $1,217 |
| Biostable Science & Engineering | 2 | $178 |
| Baxter Healthcare | 1 | $94 |
| Abbott | 1 | $73 |
| Edwards Lifesciences | 1 | $38 |
| Atricure, Inc. | 1 | $30 |
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.
- Product in Development$49,490
- THORAFLEX HYBRID$20,176
- TREO ABDOMINAL STENT-GRAFT SYSTEM$12,094
- GORE TAG Thoracic Branch Endoprosthesis$10,491
- RELAY THORACIC STENT-GRAFT WITH PLUS DELIVERY SYSTEM$5,650
- HAART$5,150
- GORE TAG Conformable Thoracic Stent Graft$3,906
- TAG Thoracic Endoprosthesis$2,346
- Jotec Products$1,270
- Grafts$1,121
- STENTS$1,000
- GORE TAG Thoracic Endoprosthesis$834
- GORE EXCLUDER Iliac Branch Endoprosthesis$503
- COREVALVE EVOLUT R$310
- AMDS-Ascyrus Medical$287
- Relay Grafts$275
- Conformable TAG Thoracic Endoprosthesis$249
- Valiant Navion$171
- ON-X AORTIC HEART VALVE WITH CONFORM-X SEWING RING AND EXTENDED HOLDER$169
- CRYOVALVE SG PULMONARY HUMAN HEART VALVE$169
How this compares
$109,591 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 72 thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) providers in Colorado.
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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 Aurora
- Robert MeguidAurora$114K
- Joseph ClevelandAurora$85K
- Jay PalAurora$79K
- Jordan HoffmanAurora$72K
- John MitchellAurora$52K
- Michael FirstenbergAurora$46K
- Muhammad AftabAurora$42K
- Nicholas TemanAurora$35K
- Jessica RoveAurora$32K
- Elizabeth DavidAurora$30K
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.