Umraan Ahmad, MD
Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) · Saint Louis, MONPI 1750401568
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — consulting fees (52.0%), food and beverage and travel and lodging — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. Edwards Lifesciences accounts for 95.9% of it on its own, with 22 other manufacturers making up the rest. 2025 is the largest year on record at $32,470, more than ten times the $1,577 reported in 2019. Among thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) clinicians in MO 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 475 payments — averaging $107.40 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Edwards Lifesciences$49K
- Abiomed$435
- Endologix LLC$373
- Medtronic$331
- Getinge USA Sales, LLC$169
- Abbott$140
- plus $661 from 17 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$26,54052%
- Speaking & faculty fees$4501%
- Travel & lodging$10,71421%
- Food & beverage$13,08026%
- Education$2290%
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 | 421 | $48,904 |
| Abiomed | 7 | $435 |
| Endologix LLC | 3 | $373 |
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 7 | $331 |
| Getinge USA Sales, LLC | 7 | $169 |
| Abbott | 7 | $140 |
| Clearflow Inc. | 1 | $134 |
| Atricure, Inc. | 4 | $103 |
| Bolton Medical Inc | 1 | $69 |
| Livanova USA, Inc. | 3 | $63 |
| Integra Lifesciences Corporation | 2 | $37 |
| Irhythm Technologies, Inc. | 1 | $34 |
| W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc. | 1 | $33 |
| Shockwave Medical, Inc | 1 | $28 |
| Lemaitre Vascular, Inc. | 1 | $25 |
| Baxter Healthcare | 1 | $21 |
| Stryker | 1 | $19 |
| Tactile Systems Technology Inc | 1 | $18 |
| Lifenet Health | 1 | $17 |
| Cashflow Solutions, LLC | 1 | $17 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 1 | $17 |
| Smith+Nephew | 1 | $16 |
| Novo Nordisk | 1 | $12 |
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$22,308
- SAPIEN 3 Ultra RESILIA$10,763
- PASCAL$1,785
- INSPIRIS RESILIA aortic valve$910
- Edwards SAPIEN 3 Ultra Transcatheter Heart Valve$306
- EVOQUE$265
- Impella$236
- Alto Abdominal Stent Graft System$233
- Torus Stent Graft System$140
- ENDOCROSS Device$140
- CoreValve Evolut$139
- PleuraFlow$134
How this compares
$51,013 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th 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.
Most prescribed under Part D
| Drug | Claims | Cost to plans & patients |
|---|---|---|
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 22 | $125 |
| ClopidogrelClopidogrel Bisulfate | 17 | $111 |
| Oxycodone Hcl | 12 | $37 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) in Saint Louis
- Tsuyoshi KanekoSaint Louis$353K
- Ralph DamianoSaint Louis$134K
- Puja KachrooSaint Louis$57K
- 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.