Tyrone Galbreath, DO
Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) · Waco, TXNPI 1356636245
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — education (47.4%), consulting fees and food and beverage — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 33 manufacturers reported payments, led by Intuitive Surgical at 54.1% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2021 at $16,563 and has fallen 53.6% since, to $7,689 in 2025.
Across 180 payments — averaging $265.55 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Intuitive Surgical$26K
- Synthes USA Products LLC$8K
- Medical Device Business Services, Inc.$7K
- Atricure, Inc.$2K
- Edwards Lifesciences$1K
- Johnson & Johnson$756
- plus $3K from 27 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$13,67729%
- Travel & lodging$4,74410%
- Food & beverage$6,69914%
- Education$22,68047%
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 | 34 | $25,854 |
| Synthes USA Products LLC | 9 | $7,572 |
| Medical Device Business Services, Inc. | 4 | $7,347 |
| Atricure, Inc. | 20 | $1,856 |
| Edwards Lifesciences | 16 | $1,113 |
| Johnson & Johnson(3 entities) | 13 | $756 |
| Zimmer Biomet | 10 | $735 |
| Medtronic | 17 | $613 |
| Abbott | 7 | $228 |
| Kls-martin L.p. | 6 | $228 |
| Abiomed | 4 | $203 |
| Getinge USA Sales, LLC | 5 | $161 |
| Pylant Medical | 2 | $133 |
| Artivion, Inc. | 4 | $132 |
| La Jolla Pharmaceutical Company | 5 | $128 |
| Livanova USA, Inc. | 1 | $110 |
| Baxter Healthcare | 4 | $103 |
| Galvanize Therapeutics, Inc | 1 | $95 |
| LSI Solutions Inc | 2 | $70 |
| Silk Road Medical, Inc. | 1 | $48 |
| Boston Scientific | 2 | $46 |
| ZOLL Services LLC (a/k/a ZOLL Lifecor Corp) | 2 | $36 |
| Corcym Inc | 1 | $35 |
| Kerecis Limited | 1 | $25 |
| Haemonetics Corporation | 1 | $24 |
| Davol Inc. | 1 | $21 |
| AstraZeneca | 1 | $21 |
| Heron Therapeutics, Inc. | 1 | $21 |
| Vertex | 1 | $20 |
| CDC Medical LLC | 1 | $20 |
| ITI, Inc. (d/b/a Intra-cellular Therapies, Inc.) | 1 | $19 |
| Integra Lifesciences Corporation | 1 | $17 |
| Cvrx, Inc. | 1 | $9 |
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$22,250
- DAVINCI XI$3,000
- EPI-SENSE GUIDED COAGULATION SYSTEM WITH VISITRAX$545
- ATRICLIP LAA EXCLUSION SYSTEM$408
- SAPIEN 3 Ultra RESILIA$339
- SternaLock Blu$227
- RibFix Blu$227
- VISTASEAL$134
- ETHICON$134
- PROLENE$134
- Impella$127
- LINX Reflux Management System$123
- Avalus$119
- ProtekDuo$110
- ECHELON FLEX Stapler$101
How this compares
$47,799 in reported general payments places this provider in the 85th percentile of 424 thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) providers in Texas.
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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 Waco
- Christopher KwonWaco$58K
- Faraz KerendiAustin$906K
- Robert HebelerDallas$723K
- Michael ReardonHouston$713K
- Danny RamzyHouston$527K
- Scott OlssonCypress$357K
- Randall WolfHouston$283K
- Gary JettPlano$277K
- Darien BradfordBurleson$266K
- William BrinkmanPlano$266K
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.