Tsuyoshi Kaneko, MD
Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) · Saint Louis, MONPI 1780979070
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — consulting fees (42.9%), travel and lodging and speaking fees — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. Edwards Lifesciences accounts for 74.7% of it on its own, with 16 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $84,261 and has fallen 54.6% since, to $38,267 in 2025. Among thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) clinicians in MO with any reported payments, this total sits in the top 5% — high for the specialty, which is a reason to read the composition above rather than the number alone.
Across 650 payments — averaging $543.54 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Edwards Lifesciences$264K
- Medtronic$44K
- Abbott$14K
- Johnson & Johnson$10K
- Baylis Medical Company Inc$10K
- Intuitive Surgical$7K
- plus $5K from 11 others
Across 87 payments — averaging $7667.97 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.
- Edwards Lifesciences$566K
- Boston Scientific$59K
- Abbott$30K
- Medtronic$12K
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$151,43943%
- Speaking & faculty fees$65,50119%
- Travel & lodging$104,09129%
- Food & beverage$26,2677%
- Education$6,0002%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Edwards Lifesciences | 479 | $264,059 |
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 79 | $43,748 |
| Abbott | 51 | $13,748 |
| Johnson & Johnson(2 entities) | 6 | $10,440 |
| Baylis Medical Company Inc | 4 | $9,700 |
| Intuitive Surgical | 10 | $6,966 |
| Cook Medical LLC | 1 | $2,700 |
| Abiomed | 5 | $504 |
| Jenavalve Technology, Inc. | 2 | $440 |
| Boston Scientific | 2 | $209 |
| Corcym Inc | 5 | $176 |
| Bolton Medical Inc | 1 | $146 |
| Atricure, Inc. | 1 | $139 |
| Cardiac Dimensions, Inc. | 1 | $124 |
| Helios Cardio Inc | 1 | $116 |
| Enablecv Inc. | 1 | $44 |
| Siemens Medical Solutions USA, Inc. | 1 | $38 |
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.
- Edwards SAPIEN 3 Transcatheter Heart Valve$117,119
- CoreValve Evolut$27,395
- SAPIEN 3 Ultra RESILIA$14,171
- STRATAFIX$8,333
- EVARREST$7,828
- ECHELON ENDOPATH$7,828
- Enseal$7,828
- NRG needle$6,700
- INSPIRIS RESILIA aortic valve$6,180
- DAVINCI XI$6,000
- Epic$5,325
- Mitra Clip system$3,253
- VersaCross$3,000
- MITRIS RESILIA Mitral Valve$2,756
- ETHIBOND EXCEL$2,525
- PROLENE$2,525
- AMPLATZER AMULET$1,625
- COREVALVE EVOLUT R$1,327
- Absorb GT1$1,000
- Da Vinci Surgical System$880
How this compares
$353,298 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 113 thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) providers in Missouri.
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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 Saint Louis
- Ralph DamianoSaint Louis$134K
- Puja KachrooSaint Louis$57K
- Umraan AhmadSaint Louis$51K
- Nabil MunfakhSaint Louis$44K
- Shuddhadeb RaySaint Louis$38K
- Joshua BakerSaint Louis$36K
- Alexander BresciaSaint Louis$35K
- Kunal Deepak KotkarSaint Louis$33K
- George PattersonSaint Louis$23K
- Muhammad MasoodSaint Louis$23K
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.