Total Payments
$975,362
2024 Payments
$29,730
Companies
33
Transactions
490
Medicare Patients
387
Medicare Billing
$89,538

Payment Breakdown by Category

Consulting$541,863 (55.6%)
Other$378,225 (38.8%)
Travel$35,119 (3.6%)
Food & Beverage$16,269 (1.7%)
Education$2,486 (0.3%)
Research$1,400 (0.1%)

Payments by Nature

Nature of Payment Amount Transactions Share
Consulting Fee $541,863 141 55.6%
Grant $350,750 6 36.0%
Travel and Lodging $35,119 97 3.6%
Compensation for services other than consulting, including serving as faculty or as a speaker at a venue other than a continuing education program $27,475 5 2.8%
Food and Beverage $16,269 237 1.7%
Education $2,486 2 0.3%
Unspecified $1,400 2 0.1%

Payments by Type

General
$973,962
488 transactions
Research
$1,400
2 transactions

Top Paying Companies

Company Total Records Latest Year
ATRICURE, INC. $479,874 122 $0 (2024)
AngioDynamics, Inc. $257,042 13 $0 (2021)
Edwards Lifesciences Corporation $136,029 127 $0 (2024)
Abbott Laboratories $58,133 61 $0 (2024)
Medtronic, Inc. $27,712 89 $0 (2024)
Spiration, Inc. $6,677 7 $0 (2019)
Philips Electronics North America Corporation $3,874 2 $0 (2023)
The Spectranetics Corporation $3,636 4 $0 (2017)
Medtronic Vascular, Inc. $566.41 6 $0 (2020)
Ethicon US, LLC $262.03 9 $0 (2023)

Payment History by Year

Year Amount Transactions Top Company
2024 $29,730 74 Abbott Laboratories ($11,700)
2023 $93,780 114 Edwards Lifesciences Corporation ($40,074)
2022 $285,604 92 AtriCure, Inc. ($224,732)
2021 $238,721 73 ATRICURE, INC. ($172,808)
2020 $69,889 23 AngioDynamics, Inc. ($62,020)
2019 $158,319 44 AngioDynamics, Inc. ($145,017)
2018 $38,659 30 AngioDynamics, Inc. ($29,479)
2017 $60,661 40 AtriCure, Inc. ($53,002)

All Payment Transactions

490 individual payment records from CMS Open Payments — Page 1 of 20

Date Company Product Nature Form Amount Type
12/16/2024 Edwards Lifesciences Corporation Edwards SAPIEN 3 Ultra Transcatheter Heart Valve (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $8.16 General
Category: Transcatheter Heart Valves
12/06/2024 Edwards Lifesciences Corporation Travel and Lodging In-kind items and services $547.40 General
11/25/2024 ATRICURE, INC. SYNERGY ABLATION SYSTEM (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $36.64 General
Category: CARDIOVASCULAR
11/19/2024 Medtronic, Inc. AVALUS (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $41.35 General
Category: Heart Valves
11/12/2024 Edwards Lifesciences Corporation Travel and Lodging In-kind items and services $138.68 General
11/12/2024 Edwards Lifesciences Corporation Travel and Lodging In-kind items and services $133.68 General
11/12/2024 Edwards Lifesciences Corporation Travel and Lodging In-kind items and services $130.68 General
11/12/2024 Medtronic, Inc. COREVALVE EVOLUT R (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $6.51 General
Category: Transcatheter Valve Systems
11/08/2024 Edwards Lifesciences Corporation Travel and Lodging In-kind items and services $159.79 General
10/22/2024 Edwards Lifesciences Corporation Edwards SAPIEN 3 Ultra Transcatheter Heart Valve (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $23.54 General
Category: Transcatheter Heart Valves
10/14/2024 Edwards Lifesciences Corporation Travel and Lodging In-kind items and services $926.58 General
10/14/2024 Edwards Lifesciences Corporation Travel and Lodging In-kind items and services $363.40 General
10/09/2024 Abbott Laboratories AMPLATZER AMULET (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $23.62 General
Category: Structural Heart
10/08/2024 Abbott Laboratories JETI ALL IN ONE NON-STERILE KIT (Device) Consulting Fee Cash or cash equivalent $475.00 General
Category: Vascular
10/07/2024 Mid-Atlantic Surgical Systems, LLC Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $29.60 General
10/01/2024 Abbott Laboratories JETI ALL IN ONE NON-STERILE KIT (Device) Consulting Fee Cash or cash equivalent $750.00 General
Category: Vascular
10/01/2024 Abbott Laboratories JETI ALL IN ONE NON-STERILE KIT (Device) Consulting Fee Cash or cash equivalent $37.50 General
Category: Vascular
09/20/2024 Medtronic, Inc. AVALUS (Device) Compensation for services other than consulting, including serving as faculty or as a speaker at a venue other than a continuing education program Cash or cash equivalent $6,750.00 General
Category: Heart Valves
09/20/2024 Abbott Laboratories NAVITOR (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $27.82 General
Category: Vascular
09/17/2024 Abbott Laboratories Consulting Fee Cash or cash equivalent $1,125.00 General
Category: Structural Heart
09/17/2024 Abbott Laboratories Consulting Fee Cash or cash equivalent $625.00 General
Category: Structural Heart
09/17/2024 Medtronic, Inc. COREVALVE EVOLUT R (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $4.15 General
Category: Transcatheter Valve Systems
09/16/2024 Medtronic, Inc. AVALUS (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $175.00 General
Category: Heart Valves
09/16/2024 Medtronic, Inc. AVALUS (Device) Travel and Lodging In-kind items and services $68.00 General
Category: Heart Valves
09/11/2024 Edwards Lifesciences Corporation EDWARDS SAPIEN 3 TRANSCATHETER HEART VALVE (THV) (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $26.35 General
Category: Transcatheter Heart Valves

Research Studies & Clinical Trials

Study Name Company Amount Records
Early Feasibility Study of the Tendyne Mitral Valve System Abbott Laboratories $1,400 2

Medicare Billing by Year

Year Procedures Beneficiaries Services Submitted Medicare Paid
2023 5 97 108 $86,430 $17,308
2022 4 102 120 $95,906 $19,324
2021 7 130 143 $159,751 $37,575
2020 4 58 61 $61,042 $15,331
Total Patients
387
Total Services
432
Medicare Billing
$89,538
Procedure Codes
21

All Medicare Procedures & Services

21 procedure records from CMS Medicare Utilization

HCPCS Description Setting Year Patients Services Charges Medicare Paid Ratio
33361 Replacement of aortic valve through the skin and femoral artery Facility 2023 14 14 $50,260 $7,976 15.9%
99205 New patient office or other outpatient visit, 60-74 minutes Office 2023 20 20 $12,140 $3,176 26.2%
99213 Established patient office or other outpatient visit, 20-29 minutes Office 2023 33 43 $9,073 $2,884 31.8%
99223 Initial hospital care with moderate level of medical decision making, if using time, at least 75 minutes Facility 2023 18 18 $10,836 $2,131 19.7%
99239 Hospital discharge day management, more than 30 minutes Facility 2023 12 13 $4,121 $1,141 27.7%
33361 Replacement of aortic valve through the skin and femoral artery Facility 2022 16 16 $57,440 $9,037 15.7%
99223 Initial hospital inpatient care per day, typically 70 minutes Facility 2022 22 22 $13,244 $3,390 25.6%
99205 New patient office or other outpatient visit, 60-74 minutes Office 2022 20 20 $12,140 $3,196 26.3%
99213 Established patient office or other outpatient visit, 20-29 minutes Office 2022 33 49 $10,339 $3,078 29.8%
99213 Established patient office or other outpatient visit, 20-29 minutes Facility 2022 11 13 $2,743 $623.40 22.7%
33533 Heart artery bypass, single graft Facility 2021 11 11 $61,388 $14,800 24.1%
33361 Replacement of aortic valve with prosthetic valve, accessed through the skin Facility 2021 17 17 $54,408 $9,873 18.1%
99205 New patient outpatient visit, total time 60-74 minutes Office 2021 26 26 $15,782 $4,526 28.7%
99223 Initial hospital inpatient care, typically 70 minutes per day Facility 2021 19 21 $12,642 $3,289 26.0%
99214 Established patient outpatient visit, total time 30-39 minutes Office 2021 23 29 $9,106 $2,947 32.4%
99213 Established patient outpatient visit, total time 20-29 minutes Office 2021 23 28 $5,908 $2,003 33.9%
33508 Harvest of veins for coronary artery bypass procedure using an endoscope Facility 2021 11 11 $517.00 $137.50 26.6%
33361 Replacement of aortic valve with prosthetic valve, accessed through the skin Facility 2020 13 13 $34,372 $8,204 23.9%
99223 Initial hospital inpatient care, typically 70 minutes per day Facility 2020 17 20 $12,040 $3,266 27.1%
99205 New patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 60 minutes Office 2020 15 15 $9,105 $2,350 25.8%
99215 Established patient office or other outpatient, visit typically 40 minutes Office 2020 13 13 $5,525 $1,511 27.4%

About Dr. Andy Kiser, M.D

Dr. Andy Kiser, M.D is a Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) healthcare provider based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. This provider has been registered with the National Plan and Provider Enumeration System (NPPES) since 07/27/2006. The National Provider Identifier (NPI) number assigned to this provider is 1396759460.

According to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Open Payments database, Dr. Andy Kiser, M.D has received a total of $975,362 in payments from pharmaceutical and medical device companies, with $29,730 received in 2024. These payments were reported across 490 transactions from 33 companies. The most common payment nature is "Consulting Fee" ($541,863).

As a Medicare-enrolled provider, Kiser has provided services to 387 Medicare beneficiaries, totaling 432 services with total Medicare billing of $89,538. Data is available for 4 years (2020–2023), covering 21 distinct procedure/service records.

Practice Information

Products in Payments

  • SYNERGY ABLATION SYSTEM (Device) $396,352
  • CGC135, CGC140, CGC145, CGC150 (Device) $29,125
  • AVALUS (Device) $23,849
  • AngioVac (Device) $16,725
  • VANTAGEVIEW (Device) $14,963
  • OLL2, OSL2, ASU2, ASB3 (Device) $14,099
  • EPI-SENSE GUIDED COAGULATION SYSTEM WITH VISITRAX (Device) $9,456
  • ATRICURE SYNERGY ABLATION SYSTEM (Device) $8,888
  • AtriCure Synergy Ablation System (Device) $7,142
  • EDWARDS SAPIEN 3 TRANSCATHETER HEART VALVE (THV) (Device) $4,859
  • EPI-SENSE GUIDED COAGULATION SYS (Device) $4,113
  • (9520) IGT Devices Undivided (Device) $3,850
  • ATRICURE ATRICLIP LAA EXCLUSION (Device) $2,600
  • Edwards SAPIEN 3 Ultra Transcatheter Heart Valve (Device) $2,440
  • JETI ALL IN ONE NON-STERILE KIT (Device) $1,975
  • SAPIEN 3 Ultra RESILIA (Device) $1,740
  • Portico Transcatheter Aortic Heart Valve (Device) $1,500
  • Tendyne Mitral Valve System (Device) $1,500
  • COREVALVE EVOLUT R (Device) $1,095
  • NAVITOR (Device) $1,002

Data Sources

Provider data from NPPES. Payment data from CMS Open Payments. Medicare data from CMS Medicare Provider Utilization. All data is public and updated periodically.

Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) Doctors in Pittsburgh