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Ben R Barton
NPI 1487757605
$6,196.50
in general payments reported to CMS, 2019-2025
35 companies · $620 in 2025
The $620 reported for 2025 was less than what a typical Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) provider received nationally (typical 2025 total: $796).
Payments by year
General payments by program year, as reported to CMS.
General payments by year: 2019: $1,809 · 2020: $398 · 2021: $748 · 2022: $944 · 2023: $830 · 2024: $847 · 2025: $620.
What the payments were for
Nature of payment as categorized by the reporting companies: meals, consulting, travel, and so on.
Food and Beverage: $2,298.
View as a table
| Payment type | Amount (2023-2025) |
|---|---|
| Food and Beverage | $2,297.58 |
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.
| Company | General payments | Years | Top products |
|---|---|---|---|
| Artivion, INC. | $1,546.01 | 2019-2025 | On-X Aortic Heart Valve With Conform-X Sewing Ring and Extended Holder, Cardiac Non-Synergraft, Bioglue Surgical Adhesive |
| Abbott Laboratories | $1,152.93 | 2019-2025 | Epic |
| Zoll Services LLC (A/K/A Zoll Lifecor Corp) | $898.37 | 2019-2025 | Lifevest |
| Atricure, INC. | $447.45 | 2019-2025 | Atriclip Laa Exclusion System, Synergy Ablation System, Atricure Cryoice Cryosphere Cryoablation System |
| Edwards Lifesciences Corporation | $292.69 | 2019-2025 | Mitris Resilia Mitral Valve, Inspiris Resilia Aortic Valve |
| Getinge USA Sales, LLC | $253.37 | 2021-2023 | Vasoview Hemopro 2 |
| Ethicon US, LLC | $186.77 | 2019-2025 | Ethicon, Echelon; Endopath, Surgiflo Hemostatic Matrix |
| Abiomed | $146.22 | 2022 | |
| Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, INC. | $123.10 | 2021-2023 | Libtayo |
| Baxter Healthcare | $100.79 | 2021-2024 | Preveleak |
| Astrazeneca Pharmaceuticals LP | $98.17 | 2022-2024 | Tagrisso |
| Stryker Corporation | $93.97 | 2020-2024 | Spy-Phi System |
| Lsi Solutions INC | $78.71 | 2022-2025 | Cor-Knot |
| Becton, Dickinson and Company | $77.79 | 2022-2024 | Hemosphere |
| La Jolla Pharmaceutical Company | $74.52 | 2023-2024 | Giapreza |
Show all 35 companies
| Company | General payments | Years | Top products |
|---|---|---|---|
| Smoky Mountain Surgical LLC | $69.78 | 2025 | |
| Bolton Medical INC | $63.70 | 2023-2024 | Treo Abdominal Stent-Graft System |
| Medtronic, INC. | $60.76 | 2024-2025 | Aurora Ev-Icd Mri Surescan, Signia |
| Angiodynamics, INC. | $47.62 | 2022-2024 | Alphavac |
| Zimmer Biomet Holdings, INC. | $40.75 | 2019-2025 | Sternalock |
| Davol INC. | $37.04 | 2020-2025 | Arista |
| Kls-Martin L.P. | $31.77 | 2020-2024 | |
| Intuitive Surgical, INC. | $30.19 | 2021 | |
| Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC | $29.84 | 2023 | Keytruda |
| Sanara Medtech INC. | $27.11 | 2024 | Celleraterx |
| Lemaitre Vascular, INC. | $24.51 | 2024 | Cardiocel |
| Kiniksa Pharmaceuticals, LTD. | $23.90 | 2022 | |
| Convatec INC. | $21.47 | 2023 | |
| Genentech USA, INC. | $20.63 | 2023 | Tecentriq |
| Mallinckrodt Enterprises LLC | $19.97 | 2019 | |
| Medistim USA, INC. | $18.16 | 2021 | |
| Chiesi USA, INC. | $17.66 | 2022 | |
| Kci USA, INC. | $14.36 | 2021 | |
| Medtronic Vascular, INC. | $13.60 | 2020 | |
| Cook Medical LLC | $12.82 | 2019 |
Drugs and devices associated with these payments
CMS records which products a payment was associated with, not how the money was allocated. Association is not allocation: one payment can be associated with several products, and a product listing does not mean the payment was made because of that product. Product detail covers 2023-2025.
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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.