Total Payments
$19,494
2024 Payments
$3,747
Companies
25
Transactions
232
Medicare Patients
845
Medicare Billing
$245,280

Payment Breakdown by Category

Food & Beverage$13,406 (68.8%)
Travel$6,058 (31.1%)
Education$30.00 (0.2%)

Payments by Nature

Nature of Payment Amount Transactions Share
Food and Beverage $13,406 217 68.8%
Travel and Lodging $6,058 14 31.1%
Education $30.00 1 0.2%

Top Paying Companies

Company Total Records Latest Year
Edwards Lifesciences Corporation $5,975 55 $0 (2024)
Medtronic, Inc. $4,661 51 $0 (2024)
ABIOMED $2,569 46 $0 (2024)
Medtronic Vascular, Inc. $2,161 21 $0 (2020)
ATRICURE, INC. $740.21 8 $0 (2023)
Abbott Laboratories $699.67 6 $0 (2024)
W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc. $414.68 4 $0 (2024)
LSI SOLUTIONS INC $398.31 2 $0 (2017)
Maquet Cardiovascular U.S. Sales, L.L.C. $378.28 7 $0 (2020)
Ethicon US, LLC $371.21 7 $0 (2024)

Payment History by Year

Year Amount Transactions Top Company
2024 $3,747 61 Edwards Lifesciences Corporation ($1,343)
2023 $4,838 30 Medtronic, Inc. ($2,764)
2022 $3,375 40 Edwards Lifesciences Corporation ($1,621)
2021 $2,851 42 Edwards Lifesciences Corporation ($1,349)
2020 $523.06 6 Edwards Lifesciences Corporation ($133.74)
2019 $2,539 26 Medtronic Vascular, Inc. ($1,909)
2018 $1,064 17 Edwards Lifesciences Corporation ($268.31)
2017 $558.21 10 LSI SOLUTIONS INC ($398.31)

All Payment Transactions

232 individual payment records from CMS Open Payments — Page 1 of 10

Date Company Product Nature Form Amount Type
12/23/2024 Edwards Lifesciences Corporation SAPIEN 3 Ultra RESILIA (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $59.02 General
Category: Transcatheter Heart Valves
12/12/2024 Edwards Lifesciences Corporation SAPIEN 3 Ultra RESILIA (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $147.54 General
Category: Transcatheter Heart Valves
12/12/2024 Edwards Lifesciences Corporation SAPIEN 3 Ultra RESILIA (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $21.13 General
Category: Transcatheter Heart Valves
11/26/2024 Ethicon US, LLC EVARREST (Biological), PROLENE, ETHICON Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $3.79 General
Category: Biosurgical
11/20/2024 Edwards Lifesciences Corporation SAPIEN 3 Ultra RESILIA (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $92.13 General
Category: Transcatheter Heart Valves
11/12/2024 PFIZER INC. VYNDAQEL (Drug) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $19.37 General
Category: CARDIOVASCULAR
11/01/2024 Medtronic, Inc. SIGNIA (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $39.14 General
Category: Surgical Stapling
10/31/2024 ABIOMED Impella (Device) Food and Beverage Cash or cash equivalent $109.78 General
Category: Cardiology/Vascular Diseases
10/30/2024 ABIOMED Impella (Device) Food and Beverage Cash or cash equivalent $122.84 General
Category: Cardiology/Vascular Diseases
10/23/2024 Getinge USA Sales, LLC Acrobat-I Stabilizer (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $94.52 General
Category: Cardiology/Vascular Diseases
10/23/2024 Getinge USA Sales, LLC Acrobat-I Stabilizer (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $16.77 General
Category: Cardiology/Vascular Diseases
10/23/2024 Getinge USA Sales, LLC Vasoview Hemopro 2 (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $13.33 General
Category: Cardiology/Vascular Diseases
10/18/2024 Medtronic, Inc. OCTOPUS (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $143.23 General
Category: Revascularization (Surgical)
10/18/2024 Medtronic, Inc. OCTOPUS (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $18.63 General
Category: Revascularization (Surgical)
10/10/2024 Edwards Lifesciences Corporation SAPIEN 3 Ultra RESILIA (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $89.33 General
Category: Transcatheter Heart Valves
10/09/2024 Ethicon US, LLC PROLENE (Device), PROLENE Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $3.32 General
Category: Sutures
10/08/2024 Ethicon US, LLC PROLENE (Device), EVARREST, ETHICON Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $92.09 General
Category: Sutures
09/26/2024 Edwards Lifesciences Corporation SAPIEN 3 Ultra RESILIA (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $41.92 General
Category: Transcatheter Heart Valves
09/24/2024 ABIOMED Impella (Device) Food and Beverage Cash or cash equivalent $6.88 General
Category: Cardiology/Vascular Diseases
09/20/2024 ABIOMED Impella (Device) Food and Beverage Cash or cash equivalent $75.45 General
Category: Cardiology/Vascular Diseases
09/13/2024 Abbott Laboratories NAVITOR (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $174.28 General
Category: Vascular
09/04/2024 ABIOMED Impella (Device) Food and Beverage Cash or cash equivalent $4.09 General
Category: Cardiology/Vascular Diseases
08/27/2024 DePuy Synthes Sales Inc. MATRIXRIB (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $13.39 General
Category: CMF-Trauma
08/24/2024 ABIOMED Impella (Device) Food and Beverage Cash or cash equivalent $2.64 General
Category: Cardiology/Vascular Diseases
08/22/2024 Edwards Lifesciences Corporation SAPIEN 3 Ultra RESILIA (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $32.79 General
Category: Transcatheter Heart Valves

Medicare Billing by Year

Year Procedures Beneficiaries Services Submitted Medicare Paid
2023 7 203 204 $245,526 $64,784
2022 5 163 165 $224,664 $58,052
2021 10 246 248 $245,220 $66,541
2020 9 233 244 $201,355 $55,904
Total Patients
845
Total Services
861
Medicare Billing
$245,280
Procedure Codes
31

All Medicare Procedures & Services

31 procedure records from CMS Medicare Utilization — Page 1 of 2

HCPCS Description Setting Year Patients Services Charges Medicare Paid Ratio
33361 Replacement of aortic valve through the skin and femoral artery Facility 2023 55 55 $92,785 $31,681 34.1%
33533 Coronary artery bypass using artery graft, 1 graft Facility 2023 15 15 $98,055 $18,601 19.0%
99223 Initial hospital care with moderate level of medical decision making, if using time, at least 75 minutes Facility 2023 53 54 $27,000 $7,190 26.6%
99236 Initial hospital care with same-day admission and discharge with high level of medical decision making, per day, if using time, at least 85 minutes Facility 2023 28 28 $15,512 $4,540 29.3%
33517 Coronary artery bypass using vein or artery graft, 1 graft Facility 2023 12 12 $7,769 $1,590 20.5%
76998 Ultrasonic guidance during surgery Facility 2023 20 20 $3,420 $947.60 27.7%
33508 Harvest of vein using an endoscope Facility 2023 20 20 $985.00 $235.47 23.9%
33361 Replacement of aortic valve through the skin and femoral artery Facility 2022 41 41 $69,167 $24,568 35.5%
33533 Coronary artery bypass using artery graft, 1 graft Facility 2022 18 18 $118,973 $22,617 19.0%
99223 Initial hospital inpatient care per day, typically 70 minutes Facility 2022 61 63 $31,500 $9,499 30.2%
76998 Ultrasonic guidance during surgery Facility 2022 24 24 $4,104 $1,144 27.9%
33508 Harvest of vein using an endoscope Facility 2022 19 19 $920.00 $224.15 24.4%
33533 Heart artery bypass, single graft Facility 2021 18 18 $120,935 $25,734 21.3%
33361 Replacement of aortic valve with prosthetic valve, accessed through the skin Facility 2021 39 39 $65,793 $23,288 35.4%
99223 Initial hospital inpatient care, typically 70 minutes per day Facility 2021 60 61 $30,500 $9,247 30.3%
99204 New patient outpatient visit, total time 45-59 minutes Office 2021 16 16 $5,536 $2,131 38.5%
33517 Combined vein and artery heart artery bypass Facility 2021 13 13 $8,632 $1,946 22.5%
76998 Ultrasonic guidance during surgery Facility 2021 30 30 $5,130 $1,492 29.1%
G0180 Physician or allowed practitioner certification for medicare-covered home health services under a home health plan of care (patient not present), including contacts with home health agency and review of reports of patient status required by physicians and Office 2021 26 26 $3,952 $1,082 27.4%
99203 New patient outpatient visit, total time 30-44 minutes Office 2021 11 11 $2,442 $978.12 40.1%
99231 Subsequent hospital inpatient care, typically 15 minutes per day Facility 2021 11 12 $1,200 $364.68 30.4%
33508 Harvest of veins for coronary artery bypass procedure using an endoscope Facility 2021 22 22 $1,100 $278.08 25.3%
33533 Heart artery bypass to repair one artery Facility 2020 15 15 $101,324 $21,954 21.7%
33361 Replacement of aortic valve with prosthetic valve, accessed through the skin Facility 2020 27 27 $45,549 $16,996 37.3%
99223 Initial hospital inpatient care, typically 70 minutes per day Facility 2020 68 69 $34,500 $10,923 31.7%

About Francis Ferdinand

Francis Ferdinand is a Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) healthcare provider based in Wynnewood, Pennsylvania. This provider has been registered with the National Plan and Provider Enumeration System (NPPES) since 01/19/2006. The National Provider Identifier (NPI) number assigned to this provider is 1104806769.

According to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Open Payments database, Francis Ferdinand has received a total of $19,494 in payments from pharmaceutical and medical device companies, with $3,747 received in 2024. These payments were reported across 232 transactions from 25 companies. The most common payment nature is "Food and Beverage" ($13,406).

As a Medicare-enrolled provider, Ferdinand has provided services to 845 Medicare beneficiaries, totaling 861 services with total Medicare billing of $245,280. Data is available for 4 years (2020–2023), covering 31 distinct procedure/service records.

Practice Information

Products in Payments

  • COREVALVE EVOLUT R (Device) $3,586
  • Impella (Device) $2,569
  • EDWARDS SAPIEN 3 TRANSCATHETER HEART VALVE (THV) (Device) $1,859
  • CoreValve Evolut (Device) $1,300
  • Endurant (Device) $1,147
  • Edwards SAPIEN 3 Ultra Transcatheter Heart Valve (Device) $969.43
  • SAPIEN 3 Ultra RESILIA (Device) $833.34
  • Edwards SAPIEN 3 Transcatheter Heart Valve (Device) $355.16
  • PROLENE (Device) $336.49
  • Acrobat (Device) $318.39
  • EPIC (Device) $299.46
  • COR KNOT (Device) $296.40
  • MITRIS RESILIA Mitral Valve (Device) $272.95
  • Valiant Navion (Device) $267.49
  • ATRICLIP LAA EXCLUSION SYSTEM (Device) $191.20
  • NAVITOR (Device) $174.28
  • EPI-SENSE GUIDED COAGULATION SYSTEM WITH VISITRAX (Device) $166.34
  • OCTOPUS (Device) $161.86
  • SYNERGY ABLATION SYSTEM (Device) $149.61
  • TREO ABDOMINAL STENT-GRAFT SYSTEM (Device) $149.53

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 Wynnewood