Yong Tan
Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) · Montgomery, ALNPI 1891115325
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by travel and lodging: $9,391 of the $14,692 with a category attached, or 63.9%. 22 manufacturers reported payments, led by Edwards Lifesciences at 35.8% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2023 at $6,790 and has fallen 51.0% since, to $3,330 in 2025.
Across 139 payments — averaging $105.70 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Edwards Lifesciences$5K
- Atricure, Inc.$3K
- Medtronic$1K
- Artivion, Inc.$997
- Medical Device Business Services, Inc.$947
- Abbott$860
- plus $2K from 16 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$9,39164%
- Food & beverage$5,29936%
- Education$10%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Edwards Lifesciences | 36 | $5,255 |
| Atricure, Inc. | 20 | $3,214 |
| Medtronic | 16 | $1,412 |
| Artivion, Inc. | 10 | $997 |
| Medical Device Business Services, Inc. | 7 | $947 |
| Abbott | 10 | $860 |
| Olympus Corporation Of The Americas | 8 | $696 |
| Abiomed | 2 | $277 |
| Intuitive Surgical | 9 | $267 |
| Johnson & Johnson(2 entities) | 8 | $183 |
| Baxter Healthcare | 1 | $144 |
| Acell, Inc. | 1 | $125 |
| Kls-martin L.p. | 1 | $98 |
| Vertex | 2 | $45 |
| Inspire Medical Systems, Inc. | 1 | $26 |
| Getinge USA Sales, LLC | 1 | $26 |
| Integra Lifesciences Corporation | 1 | $25 |
| Haemonetics Corporation | 1 | $23 |
| Zimmer Biomet | 1 | $20 |
| GE HealthCare | 1 | $18 |
| Medistim USA, Inc. | 1 | $18 |
| Stryker | 1 | $16 |
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.
- SYNERGY ABLATION SYSTEM$1,736
- EPI-SENSE GUIDED COAGULATION SYSTEM WITH VISITRAX$1,365
- MITRIS RESILIA Mitral Valve$1,162
- Simulus$1,012
- Cardiac non-SynerGraft$754
- ATRICURE CRYOICE CRYOABLATION SYSTEM (CRYO2)$696
- Edwards SAPIEN 3 Transcatheter Heart Valve$648
- CARDIOMEMS$588
- ATRICLIP LAA EXCLUSION SYSTEM$444
- Impella$252
- PerClot$144
How this compares
$14,692 in reported general payments places this provider in the 75th percentile of 68 thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) providers in Alabama.
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Other thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) in Montgomery
- William CookMontgomery$11K
- Kyle EudaileyBirmingham$184K
- Carlton RandlemanBirmingham$161K
- James DaviesBirmingham$99K
- Parvez SultanVestavia$81K
- Frans VanwagenbergHuntsville$68K
- Andrew PapoyBirmingham$63K
- Sara PereiraBirmingham$62K
- Tyler WahlVestavia$53K
- Panayotis VardasBirmingham$49K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.