Vinay Badhwar, MD
Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) · Morgantown, WVNPI 1467426718
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by speaking fees: $35,275 of the $55,772 with a category attached, or 63.2%. Medtronic accounts for 63.5% of it on its own, with 7 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $27,055 and has fallen 87.9% since, to $3,283 in 2025. Among thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) clinicians in WV 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 46 payments — averaging $1212.42 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Medtronic$35K
- Edwards Lifesciences$16K
- Abbott$4K
- Artivion, Inc.$335
- Atricure, Inc.$65
- Cerus Corporation$26
- plus $35 from 2 others
Across 218 payments — averaging $3908.73 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.
- Abbott$648K
- Atricure, Inc.$147K
- Corcym Inc$31K
- Artivion, Inc.$26K
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$3,0005%
- Speaking & faculty fees$35,27563%
- Grants$670%
- Travel & lodging$15,76628%
- Food & beverage$1,6643%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 25 | $35,432 |
| Edwards Lifesciences | 9 | $15,685 |
| Abbott | 7 | $4,194 |
| Artivion, Inc. | 1 | $335 |
| Atricure, Inc. | 1 | $65 |
| Cerus Corporation | 1 | $26 |
| Getinge USA Sales, LLC | 1 | $20 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 1 | $15 |
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.
How this compares
$55,772 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 30 thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) providers in West Virginia.
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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 Morgantown
- James RankinMorgantown$1.6M
- Seyfi TokerMorgantown$32K
- Jeremiah HayangaMorgantown$27K
- Harold RobertsMorgantown$11K
- Jason LambMorgantown$8K
- Lawrence WeiMorgantown$5K
- Alexander NagyMorgantown$4K
- Samantha MincMorgantown$2K
- Ali DarehzereshkiMorgantown$2K
- Kelsey MusgroveMorgantown$959
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.