RxDoctor Payments Data

Zane Hammoud

Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) · Detroit, MINPI 1750496154

Payments from drug & device makers

What this record shows

The money is spread across several categories — consulting fees (42.1%), education and travel and lodging — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 11 manufacturers reported payments, led by Intuitive Surgical at 48.5% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2022 at $69,768 and has fallen 94.4% since, to $3,902 in 2025. Among thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) clinicians in MI with any reported payments, this total sits in the top 5% — high for the specialty, which is a reason to read the composition above rather than the number alone.

$207,782in general payments, 2019–2025

Across 279 payments — averaging $744.74 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.

  • Intuitive Surgical$101K
  • Medical Device Business Services, Inc.$67K
  • Johnson & Johnson$34K
  • Medtronic$3K
  • AstraZeneca$1K
  • Pinnacle Biologics, Inc$1K
  • plus $539 from 5 others
$99,153in research payments, 2019–2025

Across 19 payments — averaging $5218.59 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.

  • Ethicon Endo-surgery Inc.$60K
  • Medical Device Business Services, Inc.$20K
  • Merck$19K

What the payments were for

  • Consulting fees$87,44042%
  • Speaking & faculty fees$3,1502%
  • Travel & lodging$31,65015%
  • Food & beverage$9,5135%
  • Education$76,02037%
  • Gifts$90%

General payments by program year

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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.

How this compares

$207,782 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 182 thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) providers in Michigan.

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