Vishal Sachdev, MD
Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) · Tupelo, MSNPI 1538169503
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by education: $23,049 of the $34,957 with a category attached, or 65.9%. Intuitive Surgical accounts for 74.8% of it on its own, with 44 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2023 at $15,996 and has fallen 74.4% since, to $4,099 in 2025. Among thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) clinicians in MS 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 253 payments — averaging $138.17 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Intuitive Surgical$26K
- Silk Road Medical, Inc.$1K
- Edwards Lifesciences$967
- Abbott$706
- Atricure, Inc.$701
- Abiomed$665
- plus $5K from 39 others
Across 1 payment — averaging $500.00 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.
- Endologix LLC$500
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$3,1639%
- Food & beverage$8,74525%
- Education$23,04966%
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.
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.
- DAVINCI XI$23,000
- Da Vinci Surgical System$2,384
- ENROUTE Transcarotid Neuroprotection System$718
- ENROUTE Transcarotid Stent System$718
- ENHANCE Transcarotid Peripheral Access Kit$718
- ENROUTE 0.014 Guidewire$718
- XACT$247
- EDWARDS INTUITY Elite valve system$246
- AlphaVac$170
- SYNERGY ABLATION SYSTEM$150
- ENROUTE Transcarotid Stent$138
- ECM Patch,Pouch$129
- Impella$116
- XIENCE SIERRA$115
- COREVALVE EVOLUT R$112
- IGT Devices Und$110
- FlowTriever$109
- ClotTriever$109
- GENERAL VASCULAR INTERVENTION$106
- RIBFIX BLU ADVANTAGE$103
How this compares
$34,957 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 42 thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) providers in Mississippi.
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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 |
|---|---|---|
| ClopidogrelClopidogrel Bisulfate | 17 | $128 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) in Tupelo
- David TaltonTupelo$23K
- Evan GarnerTupelo$11K
- Dakota KingTupelo$6K
- John NeillTupelo$3K
- Robert DerveloyTupelo$2K
- Lacy McClainHattiesburg$97K
- Galen OhnmachtJackson$83K
- Pierre de DelvaJackson$71K
- William SmithOcean Springs$34K
- William HorsleyColumbus$16K
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.