Total Payments
$138,368
2024 Payments
$277.33
Companies
12
Transactions
164
Medicare Patients
3,011
Medicare Billing
$1.2M

Payment Breakdown by Category

Consulting$113,649 (82.1%)
Other$10,600 (7.7%)
Travel$8,215 (5.9%)
Food & Beverage$5,904 (4.3%)

Payments by Nature

Nature of Payment Amount Transactions Share
Consulting Fee $113,649 24 82.1%
Grant $10,600 1 7.7%
Travel and Lodging $8,215 27 5.9%
Food and Beverage $5,904 112 4.3%

Top Paying Companies

Company Total Records Latest Year
ATRICURE, INC. $125,128 69 $0 (2024)
Abbott Laboratories $12,212 71 $0 (2024)
Medtronic, Inc. $490.95 7 $0 (2024)
Medtronic Vascular, Inc. $296.46 6 $0 (2019)
Edwards Lifesciences Corporation $65.44 3 $0 (2018)
ABIOMED $37.96 1 $0 (2022)
Artivion, Inc. $30.90 2 $0 (2023)
Zimmer Biomet Holdings, Inc. $27.06 1 $0 (2020)
Cook Medical LLC $24.59 1 $0 (2022)
Medistim USA, Inc. $20.91 1 $0 (2022)

Payment History by Year

Year Amount Transactions Top Company
2024 $277.33 6 Medtronic, Inc. ($160.05)
2023 $273.53 8 Abbott Laboratories ($170.85)
2022 $434.96 9 Medtronic, Inc. ($249.14)
2021 $1,892 13 Abbott Laboratories ($1,808)
2020 $106.72 5 Abbott Laboratories ($40.76)
2019 $7,735 25 Abbott Laboratories ($7,542)
2018 $68,258 54 AtriCure, Inc. ($65,897)
2017 $59,390 44 AtriCure, Inc. ($58,956)

All Payment Transactions

164 individual payment records from CMS Open Payments — Page 1 of 7

Date Company Product Nature Form Amount Type
10/11/2024 ATRICURE, INC. SYNERGY ABLATION SYSTEM (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $15.30 General
Category: CARDIOVASCULAR
08/27/2024 Abbott Laboratories NAVITOR (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $28.65 General
Category: Vascular
08/10/2024 Medtronic, Inc. COREVALVE EVOLUT R (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $131.78 General
Category: Transcatheter Valve Systems
06/12/2024 Abbott Laboratories NAVITOR (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $26.80 General
Category: Vascular
06/05/2024 Medtronic, Inc. COREVALVE EVOLUT R (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $28.27 General
Category: Transcatheter Valve Systems
02/21/2024 ATRICURE, INC. ATRICURE CRYOICE CRYOSPHERE CRYOABLATION SYSTEM (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $46.53 General
Category: CARDIOVASCULAR
12/22/2023 Abbott Laboratories PORTICO (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $117.16 General
Category: Structural Heart
11/28/2023 Abbott Laboratories PORTICO (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $24.54 General
Category: Structural Heart
11/14/2023 ATRICURE, INC. ATRICLIP LAA EXCLUSION SYSTEM (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $37.35 General
Category: CARDIOVASCULAR
08/16/2023 Artivion, Inc. BIOGLUE SURGICAL ADHESIVE (Device), Cardiac non-SynerGraft, ON-X AORTIC HEART VALVE WITH CONFORM-X SEWING RING AND EXTENDED HOLDER Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $16.41 General
Category: Surgical Adhesive
05/16/2023 Abbott Laboratories EPIC (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $29.15 General
Category: Structural Heart
05/09/2023 Medtronic, Inc. AVALUS (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $13.75 General
Category: Heart Valves
03/01/2023 Artivion, Inc. CARDIOGENESIS (Device), BIOGLUE SURGICAL ADHESIVE, ON-X AORTIC HEART VALVE WITH CONFORM-X SEWING RING AND EXTENDED HOLDER Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $14.49 General
Category: Cardiovascular surgery
02/16/2023 ATRICURE, INC. ATRICURE CRYOICE CRYOSPHERE CRYOABLATION SYSTEM (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $20.68 General
Category: CARDIOVASCULAR
12/21/2022 Cook Medical LLC ZENITH ALPHA (Device) Food and Beverage Cash or cash equivalent $24.59 General
Category: Aortic Intervention
12/20/2022 Medistim USA, Inc. MiraQ (Medical Supply) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $20.91 General
Category: Device
11/28/2022 Abbott Laboratories EPIC (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $21.92 General
Category: Structural Heart
11/19/2022 ABIOMED Impella (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $37.96 General
Category: Cardiology/Vascular Diseases
10/03/2022 Medtronic, Inc. COREVALVE EVOLUT R (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $232.20 General
Category: Transcatheter Valve Systems
09/06/2022 Medtronic, Inc. OCTOPUS (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $16.94 General
Category: Revascularization (Surgical)
08/26/2022 Abbott Laboratories EPIC (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $30.21 General
Category: Structural Heart
06/27/2022 Abbott Laboratories EPIC (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $26.46 General
Category: Structural Heart
04/05/2022 Abbott Laboratories EPIC (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $23.77 General
Category: Structural Heart
08/29/2021 Abbott Laboratories Epic Stented Tissue Valve (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $19.37 General
Category: Structural Heart
07/22/2021 Abbott Laboratories Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $61.11 General
Category: Structural Heart

Medicare Billing by Year

Year Procedures Beneficiaries Services Submitted Medicare Paid
2023 19 701 723 $1.3M $271,075
2022 18 723 743 $1.2M $271,777
2021 22 829 864 $1.6M $362,711
2020 20 758 781 $1.5M $335,117
Total Patients
3,011
Total Services
3,111
Medicare Billing
$1.2M
Procedure Codes
85

All Medicare Procedures & Services

85 procedure records from CMS Medicare Utilization — Page 1 of 4

HCPCS Description Setting Year Patients Services Charges Medicare Paid Ratio
33533 Coronary artery bypass using artery graft, 1 graft Facility 2023 62 62 $347,200 $70,125 20.2%
33361 Replacement of aortic valve through the skin and femoral artery Facility 2023 63 63 $228,340 $34,693 15.2%
33411 Replacement of aortic valve with aorta enlargement Facility 2023 14 14 $140,000 $33,294 23.8%
33405 Replacement of aortic valve on heart-lung machine Facility 2023 20 20 $135,200 $30,920 22.9%
33430 Replacement of mitral valve on heart-lung machine Facility 2023 14 14 $116,186 $26,807 23.1%
33427 Radical reconstruction of mitral valve on heart-lung machine Facility 2023 12 12 $87,036 $20,440 23.5%
99205 New patient office or other outpatient visit, 60-74 minutes Office 2023 72 72 $46,360 $10,321 22.3%
33519 Coronary artery bypass using vein or artery graft, 3 grafts Facility 2023 25 25 $40,650 $9,580 23.6%
99223 Initial hospital care with moderate level of medical decision making, if using time, at least 75 minutes Facility 2023 47 47 $27,965 $6,068 21.7%
33518 Coronary artery bypass using vein or artery graft, 2 grafts Facility 2023 17 17 $20,910 $5,134 24.6%
33530 Coronary artery bypass or valve procedure reoperation more than 1 month after original operation Facility 2023 13 13 $20,410 $5,010 24.5%
99205 New patient office or other outpatient visit, 60-74 minutes Facility 2023 35 35 $22,610 $4,659 20.6%
99213 Established patient office or other outpatient visit, 20-29 minutes Office 2023 62 64 $16,960 $3,638 21.4%
33572 Removal of plaque from heart artery at time of coronary artery bypass Facility 2023 12 15 $10,290 $2,371 23.0%
71046 X-ray of chest, 2 views Office 2023 117 132 $11,896 $2,166 18.2%
99204 New patient office or other outpatient visit, 45-59 minutes Office 2023 16 16 $7,840 $1,758 22.4%
99215 Established patient office or other outpatient visit, 40-54 minutes Office 2023 14 14 $7,392 $1,758 23.8%
99214 Established patient office or other outpatient visit, 30-39 minutes Office 2023 12 12 $4,500 $1,060 23.6%
33508 Harvest of vein using an endoscope Facility 2023 61 61 $2,867 $709.80 24.8%
99231 Subsequent hospital care with straightforward or low level of medical decision making, per day, if using time, at least 25 minutes Facility 2023 13 15 $1,740 $564.75 32.5%
33533 Coronary artery bypass using artery graft, 1 graft Facility 2022 71 71 $393,482 $86,864 22.1%
33405 Replacement of aortic valve on heart-lung machine Facility 2022 25 25 $168,300 $33,169 19.7%
33411 Replacement of aortic valve with aorta enlargement Facility 2022 11 11 $109,571 $28,091 25.6%
33361 Replacement of aortic valve through the skin and femoral artery Facility 2022 44 44 $159,148 $25,503 16.0%
33430 Replacement of mitral valve on heart-lung machine Facility 2022 12 12 $99,629 $23,511 23.6%

About Dr. Mark Groh, M.D

Dr. Mark Groh, M.D is a Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) healthcare provider based in Asheville, North Carolina. This provider has been registered with the National Plan and Provider Enumeration System (NPPES) since 01/04/2007. The National Provider Identifier (NPI) number assigned to this provider is 1376690362.

According to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Open Payments database, Dr. Mark Groh, M.D has received a total of $138,368 in payments from pharmaceutical and medical device companies, with $277.33 received in 2024. These payments were reported across 164 transactions from 12 companies. The most common payment nature is "Consulting Fee" ($113,649).

As a Medicare-enrolled provider, Groh has provided services to 3,011 Medicare beneficiaries, totaling 3,111 services with total Medicare billing of $1.2M. Data is available for 4 years (2020–2023), covering 85 distinct procedure/service records.

Practice Information

Products in Payments

  • AtriCure Synergy Ablation System (Device) $50,971
  • ATRICURE SYNERGY ABLATION SYSTEM (Device) $31,025
  • OLL2, OSL2, ASU2, ASB3 (Device) $12,360
  • Mitra Clip system (Device) $8,608
  • CGC135, CGC140, CGC145, CGC150 (Device) $6,180
  • FUSION (Device) $6,180
  • Cobra Fusion Ablation System (Device) $4,262
  • COBRA FUSION 150 (Device) $2,615
  • AMPLATZER Occluders (Device) $1,390
  • Portico Transcatheter Aortic Heart Valve (Device) $1,220
  • COBRA FUSION ABLATION SYSTEM (Device) $472.54
  • COREVALVE EVOLUT R (Device) $392.25
  • Bioprosthetic Mitral Valve (Device) $210.73
  • CoreValve Evolut (Device) $173.30
  • PORTICO (Device) $141.70
  • Trifecta GT Tissue Heart Valve (Device) $139.74
  • EPIC (Device) $131.51
  • EPI-SENSE GUIDED COAGULATION DEV (Device) $117.56
  • ATRICURE CRYOSURGICAL SYSTEM (Device) $115.83
  • Simulus (Device) $92.37

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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