Zhen-Yu Tong
Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) · Cleveland, OHNPI 1265787394
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — consulting fees (50.6%), travel and lodging and speaking fees — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 14 manufacturers reported payments, led by Abbott at 54.1% of the total. 2025 is the largest year on record at $71,587, 3.4 times the $21,161 reported in 2019. Among thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) clinicians in OH 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 336 payments — averaging $660.26 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Abbott$120K
- Abiomed$67K
- Briohealth Solutions, Inc.$12K
- Arthrex$11K
- Cvrx, Inc.$4K
- Medtronic$3K
- plus $5K from 8 others
Across 8 payments — averaging $5917.82 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.
- Xvivo Perfusion Inc.$28K
- Abbott$19K
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$112,28851%
- Speaking & faculty fees$47,46321%
- Travel & lodging$47,82722%
- Food & beverage$14,2716%
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 | 215 | $120,007 |
| Abiomed | 46 | $66,879 |
| Briohealth Solutions, Inc. | 1 | $12,000 |
| Arthrex | 4 | $10,757 |
| Cvrx, Inc. | 21 | $4,158 |
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 25 | $3,264 |
| Edwards Lifesciences | 13 | $2,922 |
| Nexus Medical Technologies LLC | 1 | $594 |
| Medistim USA, Inc. | 2 | $412 |
| Transmedics, Inc. | 1 | $342 |
| Dilon Technologies, Inc. | 3 | $183 |
| Elutia, Inc. | 1 | $154 |
| Corcym Inc | 2 | $133 |
| Baxter Healthcare | 1 | $42 |
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.
- Impella$47,158
- THORATEC HEARTMATE 3 LVAS IMPLANT KIT$39,774
- Epic$33,223
- MitraClip$21,971
- HeartMate 3 Left Ventricular Dev$14,123
- BRIOVAD$12,000
- HeartMate 3 Left Ventricular Assist Device$6,559
- Barostim Neo System$3,916
- Trifecta GT Tissue Heart Valve$443
- HeartWare HVAD$442
- ORGAN CARE SYSTEM$342
- Epic Stented Tissue Valve$299
- INSPIRIS RESILIA aortic valve$184
- ECM Patch,Pouch$154
- HemoBlast Bellows$153
- Mitra Clip system$131
- MiraQ$122
- Amplia MRI$115
- Perceval$115
How this compares
$221,847 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 245 thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) providers in Ohio.
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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 Cleveland
- Alejandro BribriescoCleveland$968K
- Alan Marc GillinovCleveland$926K
- Edward SolteszCleveland$835K
- Salil DeoCleveland$419K
- Tomislav MihaljevicCleveland$387K
- Christopher ToweCleveland$370K
- Eric RoselliCleveland$253K
- Cristian BaezaCleveland$237K
- Sudish MurthyCleveland$120K
- Pablo Ruda VegaCleveland$98K
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.