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Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) in Minnesota

128 providers, $2,014,716 in total reported payments from drug and device makers. Ranked below by lifetime general payments. The median provider in this group received $2,388.

Ranking high here usually means a consulting or royalty arrangement, not wrongdoing. Payments to device inventors and trial investigators are legal, disclosed, and concentrated in a small number of people — which is exactly why a list like this has a steep top and a long flat tail.

What Medicare pays thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) clinicians in Minnesota

Part B allowed per clinician, 2024
$96,765
Of which, services
$96,765
Clinicians billing Part B
68

Across 68 thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) clinicians in Minnesota who billed Original Medicare Part B in 2024, Medicare allowed $6,579,991 in total — an average of $96,765 each, of which $96,765 was for services and the rest for drugs administered in the office.

This is not a salary. The rest is what Medicare allowed for services these clinicians billed — Original Medicare fee-for-service only. It excludes Medicare Advantage, which now covers more than half of Medicare enrollees, along with Medicaid and every commercial insurer, so for most clinicians it is a fraction of their practice. It is also gross revenue: staff, rent, supplies and malpractice premiums all come out of it before anyone is paid. Anyone quoting a figure like this as physician pay is misreading it.

Ranked by reported payments

  1. 1Vinayak BapatMinneapolis$792,364
  2. 2Benjamin SunMinneapolis$443,382
  3. 3Malakh ShresthaRochester$89,226
  4. 4Juan CrestanelloRochester$56,043
  5. 5Janani ReisenauerRochester$45,887
  6. 6Louis JacquesEdina$35,751
  7. 7Nader MoazamiMinneapolis$28,485
  8. 8Sarah PalmerMinneapolis$27,852
  9. 9Matthew GraczykMinneapolis$27,556
  10. 10Amit BhargavaMinneapolis$27,306
  11. 11Eric AndersonMinneapolis$24,236
  12. 12Monisha SudarshanRochester$21,750
  13. 13Ryan ClarkDuluth$20,034
  14. 14Arman ArghamiRochester$15,704
  15. 15Meghana HelderSt Louis Park$14,887
  16. 16Aitua SalamiMinneapolis$14,445
  17. 17Yahya AlwatariRochester$13,316
  18. 18Ryan KnoperMaplewood$12,109
  19. 19Melissa KorbEdina$11,321
  20. 20Elvis CamachoRochester$11,157
  21. 21Jonathan BoksbergerCoon Rapids$10,406
  22. 22Stephen CassiviRochester$10,036
  23. 23Robert SteffenMinneapolis$9,222
  24. 24Phillip RowseRochester$9,058
  25. 25Sebastian Iturra UrriolaMinneapolis$8,985
  26. 26Hebroon ObaidDuluth$8,484
  27. 27James MillerDuluth$7,442
  28. 28K Robert ShenRochester$7,362
  29. 29Luis Tapias VargasRochester$7,342
  30. 30Thomas StarkRochester$7,150
  31. 31Dennis WigleRochester$6,788
  32. 32Erik BeckmannMinneapolis$6,395
  33. 33Vibhu KshettryMinneapolis$6,197
  34. 34Myriam Martinez AguilarRochester$6,091
  35. 35Carlos Puig GilbertRochester$6,085
  36. 36Michael MulvihillMinneapolis$5,782
  37. 37Mohamed KeshkRochester$5,644
  38. 38Amanda StramRobbinsdale$5,495
  39. 39Fazal KhanRochester$5,289
  40. 40Philip SpencerRochester$5,253
  41. 41Akshay ChauhanRochester$5,084
  42. 42James ButzRochester$5,018
  43. 43Nishant SaranRochester$4,928
  44. 44Srikanth KasturiRochester$4,662
  45. 45Sanjay ChaubeyRochester$4,540
  46. 46Carly LodewyksMinneapolis$4,466
  47. 47Benjamin ZhangSaint Paul$4,354
  48. 48Mauricio VillavicencioRochester$4,070
  49. 49Nathaniel RobinsonRochester$4,011
  50. 50Eduardo DanduchRochester$3,894
  51. 51Paul TangRochester$3,836
  52. 52Andrew ShafferMinneapolis$3,818
  53. 53Daren DanielsonSaint Cloud$3,463
  54. 54Rosemary KellyMinneapolis$3,415
  55. 55Holly MewhortRochester$3,215
  56. 56Matthew SouleMinneapolis$2,899
  57. 57Ramoncito DavidSt Louis Park$2,866
  58. 58Nicole WheelerRochester$2,824
  59. 59Gabor BagameriRochester$2,662
  60. 60Fu'ad Al-AzzamRochester$2,547
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