Travis Abicht, MD
Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) · Missoula, MTNPI 1033239835
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by consulting fees: $27,208 of the $39,139 with a category attached, or 69.5%. Abbott accounts for 74.6% of it on its own, with 3 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $19,281 and has fallen 97.0% since, to $581 in 2025.
Across 109 payments — averaging $359.08 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Abbott$29K
- Medtronic$8K
- Abiomed$2K
- Artivion, Inc.$20
Across 59 payments — averaging $2887.23 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.
- Medtronic$99K
- Abbott$71K
- Abiomed$263
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$27,20870%
- Speaking & faculty fees$3,84010%
- Travel & lodging$4,04510%
- Food & beverage$4,04710%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Abbott | 46 | $29,191 |
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 58 | $8,358 |
| Abiomed | 4 | $1,571 |
| Artivion, Inc. | 1 | $20 |
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.
- CardioMEMS HF System$12,443
- HeartMate 3 Left Ventricular Dev$11,025
- HeartMate 3 Left Ventricular Assist Device$3,043
- THORATEC HEARTMATE 3 LVAS IMPLANT KIT$1,531
- Impella$1,479
- COREVALVE EVOLUT R$1,000
- Arctic Front$899
- HeartWare HVAD$747
- 2ND GEN CENTRIMAG PRIMARY CONSOLE$489
- Avalus$165
- HARMONY$122
How this compares
Too few thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) providers in Montanato place this figure against a meaningful peer group, so we don't.
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 Missoula
- Carlos DuranMissoula$296K
- Anthony CaffarelliMissoula$76K
- Stewart LongMissoula$17K
- Matthew FlemingMissoula$3K
- Joseph SchmokerMissoula$810
- James MaxwellKalispell$27K
- Dimitrios KoudoumasGreat Falls$12K
- Michael MaxwellBozeman$6K
- Drew KirshnerKalispell$5K
- Alexander KraevBillings$5K
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.