Thomas Templin Ii, MD
Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) · Tacoma, WANPI 1538471503
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by education: $11,000 of the $18,023 with a category attached, or 61.0%. Intuitive Surgical accounts for 93.9% of it on its own, with 4 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2022 at $15,010 and has fallen 95.0% since, to $757 in 2025.
Across 49 payments — averaging $367.81 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Intuitive Surgical$17K
- Zimmer Biomet$779
- Immersivetouch, Inc.$171
- Galvanize Therapeutics, Inc$98
- Endogastric Solutions, Inc$59
What the payments were for
- Speaking & faculty fees$8004%
- Travel & lodging$4,24824%
- Food & beverage$1,97511%
- Education$11,00061%
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 | 38 | $16,916 |
| Zimmer Biomet | 7 | $779 |
| Immersivetouch, Inc. | 1 | $171 |
| Galvanize Therapeutics, Inc | 1 | $98 |
| Endogastric Solutions, Inc | 2 | $59 |
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.
- Da Vinci Surgical System$12,791
- ION$3,300
- RibFix Blu$529
- ImmersiveTouch$171
- AdvantageRib$144
How this compares
$18,023 in reported general payments places this provider in the 80th percentile of 105 thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) providers in Washington.
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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.
Most prescribed under Part D
| Drug | Claims | Cost to plans & patients |
|---|---|---|
| Pantoprazole Sodium | 28 | $564 |
| Omeprazole | 13 | $312 |
| Oxycodone Hcl | 17 | $103 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) in Tacoma
- Bahirathan KrishnadasanTacoma$930K
- John LuberTacoma$623K
- Daniel CuadradoTacoma$514K
- Craig HamptonTacoma$27K
- Michael MeyerTacoma$20K
- Daniel MummeTacoma$13K
- Dennis NicholsTacoma$5K
- Glenn BarnhartSeattle$577K
- Eric VallieresSeattle$202K
- Matthew ForresterSpokane$129K
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.