Physician profile

Peter A Knight

Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) · Rochester, NY

NPI 1336177310

$34,910.05

in general payments reported to CMS, 2019-2025

8 companies · $5,295 in 2025

The $5,295 reported for 2025 was more than what 83% of Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) providers received nationally (typical 2025 total: $796).

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Payments by year

General payments by program year, as reported to CMS.

What the payments were for

Nature of payment as categorized by the reporting companies: meals, consulting, travel, and so on.

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Payment typeAmount (2023-2025)
Honoraria$8,400.00
Consulting Fee$6,400.00
Travel and Lodging$2,061.96
Food and Beverage$1,401.87
Gift$100.00

Payment-type detail covers 2023-2025; earlier years are included in totals but not broken out here.

Who reported paying

General payments only, as reported to CMS. Product names cover 2023-2025.

CompanyGeneral paymentsYearsTop products
Artivion, INC. $20,562.87 2021-2025 On-X Aortic Heart Valve With Conform-X Sewing Ring and Extended Holder, Cardiac Non-Synergraft, Cryovalve Sg Pulmonary Human Heart Valve
Abbott Laboratories $7,841.17 2019-2021
Lsi Solutions INC $6,161.77 2019-2025 Ram, MD Device, Virtuosew
Becton, Dickinson and Company $151.11 2024
Bolton Medical INC $104.07 2022
Edwards Lifesciences Corporation $89.06 2019

2 companies reported research payments only; those appear in the research section below.

Drugs and devices associated with these payments

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Payment summary

Peter A Knight

$34,910.05

in general payments reported 2019-2025

Years
2019-2025
Top company
Artivion, INC.
Context
The $5,295 reported for 2025 was more than what 83% of Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) providers received nationally (typical 2025 total: $796).

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Source: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019-2025. Payments are legal and often routine.

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Source: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019-2025, as reported to CMS by drug and device makers (published June 30, 2026). Drug and device detail covers 2023-2025.