Yuji Kaku, MD
Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) · Camden, NJNPI 1518408962
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by grants: $52,273 of the $56,672 with a category attached, or 92.2%. Abbott accounts for 93.8% of it on its own, with 5 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2020 at $52,416 and has fallen 98.7% since, to $673 in 2025. Among thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) clinicians in NJ 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 46 payments — averaging $1232.01 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Abbott$53K
- Medtronic$2K
- Abiomed$1K
- Edwards Lifesciences$614
- Atricure, Inc.$209
- Guard Medical Inc.$30
Across 5 payments — averaging $142.35 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.
- Transmedics, Inc.$712
What the payments were for
- Grants$52,27392%
- Travel & lodging$1,2522%
- Food & beverage$3,1476%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Abbott | 10 | $53,164 |
| Medtronic | 8 | $1,601 |
| Abiomed | 18 | $1,056 |
| Edwards Lifesciences | 7 | $614 |
| Atricure, Inc. | 2 | $209 |
| Guard Medical Inc. | 1 | $30 |
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
$56,672 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 129 thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) providers in New Jersey.
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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 Camden
- Jason HanCamden$26K
- Richard HighbloomCamden$24K
- Atiq RehmanCherry Hill$503K
- Mark RussoNew Brunswick$219K
- Leonard LeeHackensack$143K
- Adam ArnofskyEnglewood$132K
- Igor GosevNewark$118K
- Kourosh AsgarianNeptune$93K
- James McPhersonPennington$93K
- Katherine WoodNewark$83K
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.