Physician profile

Bethany Harpole

Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) · Des Moines, IA

NPI 1891175733

$10,036.17

in general payments reported to CMS, 2019-2025

10 companies · $491 in 2025

The $491 reported for 2025 was less than what a typical Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) provider 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)
Food and Beverage$3,443.16
Travel and Lodging$2,003.42

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
Intuitive Surgical, INC. $4,049.85 2022-2024
Atricure, INC. $1,956.00 2021-2025 Epi-Sense Guided Coagulation System With Visitrax, Atriclip Laa Exclusion System, Atricure Cryoice Cryoablation System (Cryo2)
Edwards Lifesciences Corporation $1,462.89 2020-2023 Edwards Sapien 3 Transcatheter Heart Valve (Thv), Konect Resilia
Abiomed $1,028.81 2021-2025 Impella
Depuy Synthes Sales INC. $637.52 2022-2025 Trumatch, Na, Matrixrib
Medtronic, INC. $265.35 2021-2024 Corevalve Evolut R, Micra
Astrazeneca Pharmaceuticals LP $217.85 2022-2024 Imfinzi
Abbott Laboratories $155.53 2024 Assurity
W. L. Gore & Associates, INC. $143.03 2023 Gore Tag Thoracic Branch Endoprosthesis
Surmodics, INC. $119.34 2023 Pounce Venous Thrombectomy System, Pounce Thrombectomy, Sublime Radial Access Guide Sheath

Drugs and devices associated with these payments

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Payment summary

Bethany Harpole

$10,036.17

in general payments reported 2019-2025

Years
2020-2025
Top company
Intuitive Surgical, INC.
Context
The $491 reported for 2025 was less than what a typical Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) provider 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.