Vincent Defilippi, MD
Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) · Salinas, CANPI 1053302257
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by food and beverage: $507 of the $827 with a category attached, or 61.3%. 9 manufacturers reported payments, led by Johnson & Johnson at 43.5% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2022 at $320 and has fallen 52.2% since, to $153 in 2025. That places this record below the midpoint for thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) clinicians in CA, where the typical reported total is $4,430.
Across 18 payments — averaging $45.95 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Johnson & Johnson$360
- Atricure, Inc.$170
- Abbott$83
- Medtronic$56
- Baxter Healthcare$49
- Edwards Lifesciences$39
- plus $70 from 3 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$32039%
- Food & beverage$50761%
Most of this is food and beverage — typically meals provided during product presentations at a clinic or hospital. Nationally that is the single largest category of reported payments by count.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Johnson & Johnson(3 entities) | 3 | $360 |
| Atricure, Inc. | 4 | $170 |
| Abbott | 3 | $83 |
| Medtronic | 2 | $56 |
| Baxter Healthcare | 2 | $49 |
| Edwards Lifesciences | 1 | $39 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 1 | $25 |
| Amgen | 1 | $24 |
| Mallinckrodt Hospital Products Inc. | 1 | $22 |
How this compares
$827 in reported general payments places this provider in the 25th percentile of 546 thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) providers in California.
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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 Salinas
- Thomas FogartyPortola Valley$3.7M
- Steven GundryPalm Springs$1.6M
- Armin KiankhooySaint Helena$941K
- Ara KlijianMurrieta$916K
- Gregory FontanaThousand Oaks$875K
- Gansevoort DunningtonSaint Helena$764K
- Wilson TsaiWalnut Creek$680K
- Fernando FleischmanLos Angeles$608K
- Harmik SoukiasianLos Angeles$577K
- Ali KhoynezhadLong Beach$476K
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.