Physician profile

Melissa Levack

Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) · Columbus, GA

NPI 1629273214

$41,533.27

in general payments reported to CMS, 2019-2025

24 companies · $2,500 in 2025

The $2,500 reported for 2025 was more 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.

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)
Compensation For Services Other Than Consulting, Including Serving As Faculty Or As A Speaker At A Venue Other Than A Continuing Education Program$6,093.75
Food and Beverage$5,359.18
Travel and Lodging$2,152.97
Consulting Fee$950.00

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
Medtronic, INC. $22,417.78 2021-2025 Corevalve Evolut R
Edwards Lifesciences Corporation $9,495.37 2019-2025 Edwards Sapien 3 Transcatheter Heart Valve (Thv), Sapien 3 Ultra Resilia, Mitris Resilia Mitral Valve
Boston Scientific Corporation $3,886.41 2019-2020
Atricure, INC. $2,283.17 2021-2025 Epi-Sense Guided Coagulation System With Visitrax, Atriclip Laa Exclusion System
Abbott Laboratories $624.68 2020-2025 Navitor, Ensite, Epic
Arthrex, INC. $482.45 2025
Gemini Mountain Medical, LLC $480.97 2025
Baxter Healthcare $350.31 2020-2025 Preveleak
Getinge USA Sales, LLC $214.58 2023-2025 Vasoview Hemopro 2, Vasoview Hemopro 2
Bolton Medical INC $190.54 2023 Treo Abdominal Stent-Graft System
Medtronic Vascular, INC. $183.75 2019
Heartflow, INC. $144.25 2023 Ffrct
Zimmer Biomet Holdings, INC. $130.22 2022
Biostable Science & Engineering $123.10 2021
Abiomed $114.42 2023 Impella
Show all 24 companies
CompanyGeneral paymentsYearsTop products
Angiodynamics, INC. $99.76 2022-2024 Angiovac
Stryker Corporation $76.74 2024 Na
Innovation Technologies INC $49.64 2023-2024 Irrisept
Pfizer INC. $45.14 2024
Cerus Corporation $38.72 2024 Intercept Blood System For Platelets
Becton, Dickinson and Company $35.74 2024 Arista Ah Flexitip
Philips North America LLC $24.38 2024 (5091) Amb Mon & Diag Und
La Jolla Pharmaceutical Company $21.72 2024 Giapreza
Artivion, INC. $19.43 2024 On-X Aortic Heart Valve With Conform-X Sewing Ring and Extended Holder

Drugs and devices associated with these payments

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Payment summary

Melissa Levack

$41,533.27

in general payments reported 2019-2025

Years
2019-2025
Top company
Medtronic, INC.
Context
The $2,500 reported for 2025 was more 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.