Dr. Francis Sutter, MD

NPI: 1396725966
Total Payments
$121,248
2024 Payments
$21,376
Companies
17
Transactions
235
Medicare Patients
1,046
Medicare Billing
$629,549

Payment Breakdown by Category

Education$92,700 (76.5%)
Travel$10,455 (8.6%)
Other$9,000 (7.4%)
Food & Beverage$8,918 (7.4%)
Consulting$175.00 (0.1%)

Payments by Nature

Nature of Payment Amount Transactions Share
Education $92,700 49 76.5%
Travel and Lodging $10,455 59 8.6%
Compensation for services other than consulting, including serving as faculty or as a speaker at a venue other than a continuing education program $9,000 14 7.4%
Food and Beverage $8,918 112 7.4%
Consulting Fee $175.00 1 0.1%

Top Paying Companies

Company Total Records Latest Year
INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC. $116,663 159 $0 (2024)
Maquet Cardiovascular U.S. Sales, L.L.C. $934.49 16 $0 (2020)
ATRICURE, INC. $806.36 11 $0 (2023)
Medtronic Vascular, Inc. $786.30 9 $0 (2019)
Medtronic, Inc. $698.34 7 $0 (2023)
Getinge USA Sales, LLC $321.33 13 $0 (2024)
Abbott Laboratories $317.08 4 $0 (2020)
Edwards Lifesciences Corporation $191.90 3 $0 (2023)
ABIOMED $190.03 2 $0 (2022)
BAXTER HEALTHCARE $116.37 1 $0 (2017)

Payment History by Year

Year Amount Transactions Top Company
2024 $21,376 25 INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC. ($21,347)
2023 $16,638 32 Intuitive Surgical, Inc. ($16,091)
2022 $31,380 48 Intuitive Surgical, Inc. ($30,522)
2021 $6,494 15 Intuitive Surgical, Inc. ($6,416)
2020 $9,062 10 Intuitive Surgical, Inc. ($9,023)
2019 $19,341 46 Intuitive Surgical, Inc. ($18,555)
2018 $6,560 24 Intuitive Surgical, Inc. ($5,730)
2017 $10,398 35 Intuitive Surgical, Inc. ($8,979)

All Payment Transactions

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

Date Company Product Nature Form Amount Type
10/04/2024 Getinge USA Sales, LLC Cardiohelp (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $28.76 General
Category: Cardiology/Vascular Diseases
08/09/2024 INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC. Da Vinci Surgical System (Device) Education Cash or cash equivalent $4,000.00 General
Category: SURGERY
08/09/2024 INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC. Da Vinci Surgical System (Device) Education Cash or cash equivalent $300.00 General
Category: SURGERY
08/09/2024 INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC. Da Vinci Surgical System (Device) Travel and Lodging In-kind items and services $143.00 General
Category: SURGERY
08/08/2024 INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC. Da Vinci Surgical System (Device) Travel and Lodging In-kind items and services $30.00 General
Category: SURGERY
08/08/2024 INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC. Da Vinci Surgical System (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $28.98 General
Category: SURGERY
08/07/2024 INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC. Da Vinci Surgical System (Device) Travel and Lodging In-kind items and services $448.04 General
Category: SURGERY
08/07/2024 INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC. Da Vinci Surgical System (Device) Travel and Lodging In-kind items and services $30.00 General
Category: SURGERY
07/29/2024 INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC. Da Vinci Surgical System (Device) Travel and Lodging In-kind items and services $143.00 General
Category: SURGERY
07/18/2024 INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC. Da Vinci Surgical System (Device) Travel and Lodging In-kind items and services $287.72 General
Category: SURGERY
07/18/2024 INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC. Da Vinci Surgical System (Device) Travel and Lodging In-kind items and services $25.00 General
Category: SURGERY
06/19/2024 INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC. Da Vinci Surgical System (Device) Education Cash or cash equivalent $4,000.00 General
Category: SURGERY
06/19/2024 INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC. Da Vinci Surgical System (Device) Education Cash or cash equivalent $300.00 General
Category: SURGERY
06/18/2024 INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC. Da Vinci Surgical System (Device) Travel and Lodging In-kind items and services $197.96 General
Category: SURGERY
06/18/2024 INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC. Da Vinci Surgical System (Device) Travel and Lodging In-kind items and services $168.00 General
Category: SURGERY
06/18/2024 INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC. Da Vinci Surgical System (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $28.98 General
Category: SURGERY
06/18/2024 INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC. Da Vinci Surgical System (Device) Travel and Lodging In-kind items and services $19.00 General
Category: SURGERY
06/12/2024 INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC. Da Vinci Surgical System (Device) Travel and Lodging In-kind items and services $878.28 General
Category: SURGERY
06/12/2024 INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC. Da Vinci Surgical System (Device) Travel and Lodging In-kind items and services $19.00 General
Category: SURGERY
03/22/2024 INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC. Da Vinci Surgical System (Device) Education Cash or cash equivalent $1,000.00 General
Category: SURGERY
02/16/2024 INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC. Da Vinci Surgical System (Device) Education Cash or cash equivalent $4,000.00 General
Category: SURGERY
02/16/2024 INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC. Da Vinci Surgical System (Device) Education Cash or cash equivalent $150.00 General
Category: SURGERY
02/14/2024 INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC. Da Vinci Surgical System (Device) Education Cash or cash equivalent $4,000.00 General
Category: SURGERY
02/14/2024 INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC. Da Vinci Surgical System (Device) Education Cash or cash equivalent $150.00 General
Category: SURGERY
01/03/2024 INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC. Da Vinci Surgical System (Device) Education Cash or cash equivalent $1,000.00 General
Category: SURGERY

Medicare Billing by Year

Year Procedures Beneficiaries Services Submitted Medicare Paid
2023 7 286 294 $446,920 $129,453
2022 8 271 272 $470,303 $147,264
2021 8 264 269 $541,418 $187,696
2020 7 225 231 $468,020 $165,136
Total Patients
1,046
Total Services
1,066
Medicare Billing
$629,549
Procedure Codes
34

All Medicare Procedures & Services

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

HCPCS Description Setting Year Patients Services Charges Medicare Paid Ratio
33533 Coronary artery bypass using artery graft, 1 graft Facility 2023 75 75 $371,800 $104,126 28.0%
99205 New patient office or other outpatient visit, 60-74 minutes Office 2023 54 54 $24,965 $9,574 38.4%
33518 Coronary artery bypass using vein or artery graft, 2 grafts Facility 2023 24 24 $22,550 $6,960 30.9%
99223 Initial hospital care with moderate level of medical decision making, if using time, at least 75 minutes Facility 2023 31 32 $12,975 $4,446 34.3%
99205 New patient office or other outpatient visit, 60-74 minutes Facility 2023 16 16 $7,450 $2,229 29.9%
99214 Established patient office or other outpatient visit, 30-39 minutes Office 2023 11 11 $2,585 $1,142 44.2%
93000 Routine electrocardiogram (ecg) using at least 12 leads with interpretation and report Office 2023 44 51 $3,315 $601.52 18.1%
33508 Harvest of vein using an endoscope Facility 2023 31 31 $1,280 $373.54 29.2%
33533 Coronary artery bypass using artery graft, 1 graft Facility 2022 77 77 $393,188 $118,794 30.2%
99205 New patient office or other outpatient visit, 60-74 minutes Office 2022 50 50 $21,250 $8,815 41.5%
33518 Coronary artery bypass using vein or artery graft, 2 grafts Facility 2022 17 17 $17,425 $5,592 32.1%
33519 Coronary artery bypass using vein or artery graft, 3 grafts Facility 2022 11 11 $14,905 $5,099 34.2%
99223 Initial hospital inpatient care per day, typically 70 minutes Facility 2022 26 26 $10,140 $4,280 42.2%
99205 New patient office or other outpatient visit, 60-74 minutes Facility 2022 17 17 $7,225 $2,489 34.4%
99214 Established patient office or other outpatient visit, 30-39 minutes Office 2022 13 13 $3,055 $1,405 46.0%
33508 Harvest of vein using an endoscope Facility 2022 34 34 $1,360 $460.97 33.9%
93000 Routine electrocardiogram (ecg) using at least 12 leads with interpretation and report Office 2022 26 27 $1,755 $329.66 18.8%
33533 Heart artery bypass, single graft Facility 2021 93 93 $436,750 $148,184 33.9%
33534 Heart artery bypass, 2 grafts Facility 2021 11 11 $57,068 $18,505 32.4%
99205 New patient outpatient visit, total time 60-74 minutes Office 2021 50 50 $20,090 $9,505 47.3%
99223 Initial hospital inpatient care, typically 70 minutes per day Facility 2021 31 31 $12,090 $5,289 43.7%
99205 New patient outpatient visit, total time 60-74 minutes Facility 2021 15 15 $5,975 $2,231 37.3%
99214 Established patient outpatient visit, total time 30-39 minutes Office 2021 13 14 $3,190 $1,352 42.4%
99222 Initial hospital inpatient care, typically 50 minutes per day Facility 2021 11 11 $2,915 $1,276 43.8%
99232 Subsequent hospital inpatient care, typically 25 minutes per day Facility 2021 12 16 $2,240 $979.52 43.7%

About Dr. Francis Sutter, MD

Dr. Francis Sutter, MD 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 1396725966.

According to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Open Payments database, Dr. Francis Sutter, MD has received a total of $121,248 in payments from pharmaceutical and medical device companies, with $21,376 received in 2024. These payments were reported across 235 transactions from 17 companies. The most common payment nature is "Education" ($92,700).

As a Medicare-enrolled provider, Sutter has provided services to 1,046 Medicare beneficiaries, totaling 1,066 services with total Medicare billing of $629,549. Data is available for 4 years (2020–2023), covering 34 distinct procedure/service records.

Practice Information

Products in Payments

  • Da Vinci Surgical System (Device) $116,163
  • DA VINCI SP (Device) $500.00
  • Acrobat (Device) $411.21
  • Mosaic (Device) $309.62
  • 3F (Device) $283.46
  • COREVALVE EVOLUT R (Device) $278.74
  • AVALUS (Device) $277.54
  • Cardiohelp (Device) $256.34
  • ATRICLIP LAA EXCLUSION SYSTEM (Device) $204.58
  • Impella (Device) $190.03
  • ATRICURE CRYOSURGICAL SYSTEM (Device) $189.54
  • Trifecta GT Tissue Heart Valve (Device) $170.33
  • Hancock (Device) $168.22
  • Aortic and Mitral Tissue Stented (Device) $146.75
  • AtriCure Cryosurgical System (Device) $140.51
  • VASOVIEW (Device) $137.59
  • PleuraFlow (Device) $120.06
  • Surgical Care - Tisseel (Biological) $116.37
  • OCTOPUS (Device) $110.79
  • ATRICURE ATRICLIP LAA EXCLUSION SYSTEM (Device) $109.91

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.

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