Walter Surowiec
Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) · Gulfport, MSNPI 1134142821
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — food and beverage (42.5%), education and travel and lodging — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 28 manufacturers reported payments, led by Intuitive Surgical at 54.9% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2022 at $6,714 and has fallen 78.8% since, to $1,420 in 2025.
Across 177 payments — averaging $68.21 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Intuitive Surgical$7K
- Johnson & Johnson$2K
- Baxter Healthcare$1K
- Abiomed$709
- Edwards Lifesciences$396
- Kls-martin L.p.$331
- plus $1K from 22 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$2,31819%
- Food & beverage$5,13443%
- Education$4,62038%
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 | 16 | $6,629 |
| Johnson & Johnson(2 entities) | 53 | $1,671 |
| Baxter Healthcare | 12 | $1,105 |
| Abiomed | 24 | $709 |
| Edwards Lifesciences | 7 | $396 |
| Kls-martin L.p. | 20 | $331 |
| Atricure, Inc. | 4 | $267 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 8 | $134 |
| Philips North America LLC | 2 | $101 |
| Bolton Medical Inc | 1 | $78 |
| Amgen | 5 | $74 |
| Chiesi USA, Inc. | 4 | $62 |
| Medtronic | 3 | $61 |
| Abbott | 2 | $48 |
| Novartis | 2 | $43 |
| Cook Medical LLC | 1 | $41 |
| Shockwave Medical, Inc | 2 | $38 |
| Innovation Technologies Inc | 1 | $35 |
| Cardiovascular Systems Inc. | 1 | $34 |
| ZOLL Circulation Inc | 1 | $33 |
| Bayer | 1 | $31 |
| Cvrx, Inc. | 1 | $29 |
| Zimmer Biomet | 1 | $25 |
| Kerecis Limited | 1 | $24 |
| Vertex | 1 | $20 |
| Pfizer | 1 | $18 |
| Novo Nordisk | 1 | $18 |
| BD | 1 | $18 |
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
$12,072 in reported general payments places this provider in the 80th 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.
Other thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) in Gulfport
- John AgnoneGulfport$491
- Lacy McClainHattiesburg$97K
- Galen OhnmachtJackson$83K
- Pierre de DelvaJackson$71K
- Vishal SachdevTupelo$35K
- William SmithOcean Springs$34K
- David TaltonTupelo$23K
- William HorsleyColumbus$16K
- John CalhounJackson$12K
- Evan GarnerTupelo$11K
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.