Wilfredo Crespo-Velez, MD
Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) · Corpus Christi, TXNPI 1952408585
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by food and beverage: $2,766 of the $4,042 with a category attached, or 68.4%. 14 manufacturers reported payments, led by Getinge USA Sales, LLC at 29.4% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2021 at $1,439 and has fallen 72.3% since, to $398 in 2025. That places this record below the midpoint for thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) clinicians in TX, where the typical reported total is $5,866.
Across 68 payments — averaging $59.44 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Getinge USA Sales, LLC$1K
- Silk Road Medical, Inc.$1K
- Covidien LP$548
- Medtronic$304
- Atricure, Inc.$190
- Abiomed$157
- plus $488 from 8 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$1,27632%
- Food & beverage$2,76668%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Getinge USA Sales, LLC | 39 | $1,189 |
| Silk Road Medical, Inc. | 6 | $1,165 |
| Covidien LP | 6 | $548 |
| Medtronic | 2 | $304 |
| Atricure, Inc. | 2 | $190 |
| Abiomed | 2 | $157 |
| Lemaitre Vascular, Inc. | 4 | $124 |
| Esperion Therapeutics, Inc. | 1 | $105 |
| Bolton Medical Inc | 1 | $95 |
| Bard Access Systems, Inc. | 1 | $85 |
| Boston Scientific | 1 | $23 |
| Edwards Lifesciences | 1 | $21 |
| Abbott | 1 | $20 |
| AstraZeneca | 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.
- ENROUTE Transcarotid Stent$1,104
- ENHANCE Transcarotid Peripheral Access Kit$1,104
- ENROUTE .014 Guidewire$1,104
- ENROUTE Transcarotid Neuroprotection System$1,104
- ATRICURE CRYOICE CRYOABLATION SYSTEM (CRYO2)$344
- CoreValve Evolut$304
- Sonicision$239
- ATRICLIP LAA EXCLUSION SYSTEM$172
- ATRICURE CRYOICE CRYOSPHERE CRYOABLATION SYSTEM$172
- SYNERGY ABLATION SYSTEM$172
- Impella$131
- iDrive$126
- NEXLIZET$105
- NEXLETOL$105
How this compares
$4,042 in reported general payments places this provider in the 40th percentile of 424 thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) providers in Texas.
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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 Corpus Christi
- J MoralesCorpus Christi$103K
- Faraz KerendiAustin$906K
- Robert HebelerDallas$723K
- Michael ReardonHouston$713K
- Danny RamzyHouston$527K
- Scott OlssonCypress$357K
- Randall WolfHouston$283K
- Gary JettPlano$277K
- Darien BradfordBurleson$266K
- William BrinkmanPlano$266K
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.