Dr. Gregory Thomas, M.D
Payment Breakdown by Category
Payments by Nature
| Nature of Payment | Amount | Transactions | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Travel and Lodging | $6,249 | 23 | 30.9% |
| Education | $6,105 | 5 | 30.2% |
| Food and Beverage | $5,796 | 143 | 28.7% |
| Consulting Fee | $2,028 | 1 | 10.0% |
| Gift | $25.00 | 1 | 0.1% |
Top Paying Companies
| Company | Total | Records | Latest Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| Baxter Healthcare | $8,770 | 18 | $0 (2024) |
| W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc. | $3,526 | 19 | $0 (2023) |
| INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC. | $2,376 | 29 | $0 (2024) |
| Edwards Lifesciences Corporation | $1,677 | 12 | $0 (2018) |
| ABIOMED | $1,031 | 7 | $0 (2024) |
| ATRICURE, INC. | $559.94 | 8 | $0 (2024) |
| Medtronic Vascular, Inc. | $269.90 | 7 | $0 (2020) |
| Cook Medical LLC | $243.69 | 12 | $0 (2024) |
| CryoLife, Inc. | $234.91 | 6 | $0 (2019) |
| Medtronic, Inc. | $233.52 | 3 | $0 (2023) |
Payment History by Year
| Year | Amount | Transactions | Top Company |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $3,236 | 15 | Baxter Healthcare ($2,079) |
| 2023 | $8,381 | 35 | Baxter Healthcare ($4,384) |
| 2022 | $2,693 | 15 | Baxter Healthcare ($2,292) |
| 2021 | $91.84 | 4 | Nuwellis, Inc. ($35.11) |
| 2020 | $321.83 | 9 | ATRICURE, INC. ($103.81) |
| 2019 | $811.03 | 22 | Intuitive Surgical, Inc. ($245.13) |
| 2018 | $3,808 | 52 | Edwards Lifesciences Corporation ($1,653) |
| 2017 | $860.54 | 21 | Intuitive Surgical, Inc. ($427.87) |
All Payment Transactions
173 individual payment records from CMS Open Payments — Page 1 of 7
| Date | Company | Product | Nature | Form | Amount | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12/19/2024 | ABIOMED | Impella (Device) | Food and Beverage | Cash or cash equivalent | $24.82 | General |
| Category: Cardiology/Vascular Diseases | ||||||
| 12/15/2024 | Baxter Healthcare | PREVELEAK (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $19.80 | General |
| Category: Surgical Care | ||||||
| 12/14/2024 | Baxter Healthcare | PREVELEAK (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $40.60 | General |
| Category: Surgical Care | ||||||
| 08/27/2024 | Cook Medical LLC | COOK (Device) | Food and Beverage | Cash or cash equivalent | $21.46 | General |
| Category: Aortic Intervention | ||||||
| 08/06/2024 | ABIOMED | Impella (Device) | Food and Beverage | Cash or cash equivalent | $10.67 | General |
| Category: Cardiology/Vascular Diseases | ||||||
| 07/31/2024 | ABIOMED | Impella (Device) | Food and Beverage | Cash or cash equivalent | $24.60 | General |
| Category: Cardiology/Vascular Diseases | ||||||
| 07/30/2024 | Artivion, Inc. | ON-X AORTIC HEART VALVE WITH CONFORM-X SEWING RING AND EXTENDED HOLDER (Device), BIOGLUE SURGICAL ADHESIVE, PHOTOFIX DECELLULARIZED BOVINE PERICARDIUM | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $65.71 | General |
| Category: Cardiovascular surgery | ||||||
| 06/04/2024 | INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC. | Da Vinci Surgical System (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $24.45 | General |
| Category: SURGERY | ||||||
| 06/03/2024 | ABIOMED | Impella (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $112.01 | General |
| Category: Cardiology/Vascular Diseases | ||||||
| 05/22/2024 | ConvaTec Inc. | AQUACEL AG+ EXTRA (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $28.93 | General |
| Category: ADVANCED WOUND CARE | ||||||
| 04/18/2024 | Baxter Healthcare | PERCLOT (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $24.01 | General |
| Category: Surgical Care | ||||||
| 02/02/2024 | ABIOMED | Impella (Device) | Travel and Lodging | Cash or cash equivalent | $712.47 | General |
| Category: Cardiology/Vascular Diseases | ||||||
| 01/31/2024 | ATRICURE, INC. | ATRICURE CRYOICE CRYOSPHERE CRYOABLATION SYSTEM (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $116.09 | General |
| Category: CARDIOVASCULAR | ||||||
| 01/10/2024 | Baxter Healthcare | TISSEEL (Biological) | Education | Cash or cash equivalent | $1,995.00 | General |
| Category: Surgical Care | ||||||
| 01/09/2024 | Ethicon US, LLC | EVARREST (Biological), SURGICEL NU-KNIT | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $15.32 | General |
| Category: Biosurgical | ||||||
| 12/21/2023 | Baxter Healthcare | PERCLOT (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $21.60 | General |
| Category: Surgical Care | ||||||
| 12/19/2023 | KLS-Martin L.P. | — | Food and Beverage | Cash or cash equivalent | $14.17 | General |
| 12/12/2023 | Bolton Medical Inc | RELAY THORACIC STENT-GRAFT WITH PLUS DELIVERY SYSTEM (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $33.01 | General |
| Category: ENDOVASCULAR AORTIC REPAIR | ||||||
| 11/15/2023 | ATRICURE, INC. | ATRICURE CRYOICE CRYOSPHERE CRYOABLATION SYSTEM (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $142.40 | General |
| Category: CARDIOVASCULAR | ||||||
| 11/08/2023 | Baxter Healthcare | — | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $123.56 | General |
| Category: Surgical Care | ||||||
| 10/25/2023 | LeMaitre Vascular, Inc. | TYKE, PATCH, PLEDGET AND INTRACARDIAC (Device) | Food and Beverage | Cash or cash equivalent | $15.08 | General |
| Category: AZIYO | ||||||
| 10/20/2023 | Baxter Healthcare | TISSEEL (Device) | Education | Cash or cash equivalent | $1,995.00 | General |
| Category: Surgical Care | ||||||
| 10/17/2023 | Cook Medical LLC | COOK (Device) | Food and Beverage | Cash or cash equivalent | $18.60 | General |
| Category: Aortic Intervention | ||||||
| 10/12/2023 | Baxter Healthcare | PREVELEAK (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $13.89 | General |
| Category: Surgical Care | ||||||
| 09/27/2023 | Baxter Healthcare | TISSEEL (Device) | Education | Cash or cash equivalent | $1,995.00 | General |
| Category: Surgical Care | ||||||
Medicare Billing by Year
| Year | Procedures | Beneficiaries | Services | Submitted | Medicare Paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 9 | 202 | 219 | $159,860 | $42,659 |
| 2022 | 11 | 325 | 385 | $238,286 | $72,021 |
| 2021 | 11 | 352 | 399 | $241,910 | $78,412 |
| 2020 | 11 | 350 | 438 | $241,597 | $79,264 |
All Medicare Procedures & Services
42 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 | 21 | 21 | $120,120 | $27,255 | 22.7% |
| 99223 | Initial hospital care with moderate level of medical decision making, if using time, at least 75 minutes | Facility | 2023 | 31 | 31 | $11,470 | $3,944 | 34.4% |
| 99214 | Established patient office or other outpatient visit, 30-39 minutes | Office | 2023 | 37 | 40 | $5,800 | $3,442 | 59.3% |
| 99205 | New patient office or other outpatient visit, 60-74 minutes | Office | 2023 | 21 | 21 | $7,875 | $3,317 | 42.1% |
| 99222 | Initial hospital care with straightforward or low-level medical decision making, if using time, at least 55 minutes | Facility | 2023 | 13 | 13 | $3,250 | $1,267 | 39.0% |
| 99231 | Subsequent hospital care with straightforward or low level of medical decision making, per day, if using time, at least 25 minutes | Facility | 2023 | 20 | 33 | $2,475 | $1,227 | 49.6% |
| 76998 | Ultrasonic guidance during surgery | Facility | 2023 | 22 | 22 | $5,830 | $999.02 | 17.1% |
| 99232 | Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making, if using time, at least 35 minutes | Facility | 2023 | 15 | 16 | $2,160 | $949.28 | 43.9% |
| 33508 | Harvest of vein using an endoscope | Facility | 2023 | 22 | 22 | $880.00 | $258.06 | 29.3% |
| 33533 | Coronary artery bypass using artery graft, 1 graft | Facility | 2022 | 29 | 29 | $165,880 | $41,316 | 24.9% |
| 99205 | New patient office or other outpatient visit, 60-74 minutes | Office | 2022 | 48 | 48 | $17,916 | $7,409 | 41.4% |
| 99223 | Initial hospital inpatient care per day, typically 70 minutes | Facility | 2022 | 35 | 35 | $12,950 | $5,313 | 41.0% |
| 33518 | Coronary artery bypass using vein or artery graft, 2 grafts | Facility | 2022 | 15 | 15 | $10,050 | $4,788 | 47.6% |
| 99213 | Established patient office or other outpatient visit, 20-29 minutes | Office | 2022 | 44 | 59 | $7,965 | $3,505 | 44.0% |
| 99214 | Established patient office or other outpatient visit, 30-39 minutes | Office | 2022 | 32 | 36 | $5,220 | $3,223 | 61.7% |
| 99231 | Follow-up hospital inpatient care per day, typically 15 minutes | Facility | 2022 | 27 | 67 | $5,025 | $1,984 | 39.5% |
| 99215 | Established patient office or other outpatient visit, 40-54 minutes | Office | 2022 | 18 | 18 | $4,770 | $1,798 | 37.7% |
| 76998 | Ultrasonic guidance during surgery | Facility | 2022 | 34 | 34 | $5,610 | $1,628 | 29.0% |
| 99232 | Follow-up hospital inpatient care per day, typically 25 minutes | Facility | 2022 | 11 | 12 | $1,620 | $651.25 | 40.2% |
| 33508 | Harvest of vein using an endoscope | Facility | 2022 | 32 | 32 | $1,280 | $406.40 | 31.8% |
| 33533 | Heart artery bypass, single graft | Facility | 2021 | 29 | 29 | $165,880 | $42,595 | 25.7% |
| 99223 | Initial hospital inpatient care, typically 70 minutes per day | Facility | 2021 | 53 | 53 | $19,610 | $8,341 | 42.5% |
| 99205 | New patient outpatient visit, total time 60-74 minutes | Office | 2021 | 45 | 45 | $16,875 | $7,815 | 46.3% |
| 33518 | Combined vein and artery heart artery bypass, 2 grafts | Facility | 2021 | 13 | 13 | $8,710 | $4,290 | 49.2% |
| 99214 | Established patient outpatient visit, total time 30-39 minutes | Office | 2021 | 35 | 40 | $5,800 | $4,009 | 69.1% |
About Dr. Gregory Thomas, M.D
Dr. Gregory Thomas, M.D is a Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) healthcare provider based in Huntsville, Alabama. This provider has been registered with the National Plan and Provider Enumeration System (NPPES) since 08/09/2006. The National Provider Identifier (NPI) number assigned to this provider is 1083624357.
According to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Open Payments database, Dr. Gregory Thomas, M.D has received a total of $20,203 in payments from pharmaceutical and medical device companies, with $3,236 received in 2024. These payments were reported across 173 transactions from 40 companies. The most common payment nature is "Travel and Lodging" ($6,249).
As a Medicare-enrolled provider, Thomas has provided services to 1,229 Medicare beneficiaries, totaling 1,441 services with total Medicare billing of $272,356. Data is available for 4 years (2020–2023), covering 42 distinct procedure/service records.
Practice Information
- Specialty Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery)
- Location Huntsville, AL
- Active Since 08/09/2006
- Last Updated 03/16/2022
- Taxonomy Code 208G00000X
- Entity Type Individual
- NPI Number 1083624357
Products in Payments
- TISSEEL (Device) $3,990
- GORE TAG Thoracic Endoprosthesis (Device) $2,898
- Da Vinci Surgical System (Device) $2,376
- FLOSEAL (Device) $2,136
- TISSEEL (Biological) $1,995
- Edwards SAPIEN 3 Transcatheter Heart Valve (Device) $1,653
- Impella (Device) $1,031
- GORE TAG Thoracic Branch Endoprosthesis (Device) $529.24
- ATRICURE CRYOICE CRYOSPHERE CRYOABLATION SYSTEM (Device) $414.13
- Valiant Captivia (Device) $251.85
- BioGlue (Device) $234.91
- PREVELEAK (Device) $234.02
- Cook Medical Thoracic (Device) $182.96
- superDimension (Device) $161.20
- COSEAL (Device) $155.41
- Fore-Sight (Device) $145.05
- SIGNIA (Device) $125.94
- ILLUMISITE (Device) $81.75
- SternaLock Blu (Device) $79.19
- TAG Thoracic Endoprosthesis (Device) $78.76
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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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