Payment Breakdown by Category
Payments by Nature
| Nature of Payment | Amount | Transactions | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Food and Beverage | $725.83 | 27 | 71.7% |
| Travel and Lodging | $287.09 | 1 | 28.3% |
Top Paying Companies
| Company | Total | Records | Latest Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| Edwards Lifesciences Corporation | $728.79 | 17 | $0 (2024) |
| Zimmer Biomet Holdings, Inc. | $69.59 | 2 | $0 (2022) |
| ABIOMED | $58.32 | 2 | $0 (2023) |
| Medtronic, Inc. | $55.50 | 2 | $0 (2024) |
| AtriCure, Inc. | $35.29 | 1 | $0 (2022) |
| Covidien LP | $23.36 | 1 | $0 (2019) |
| LivaNova USA, Inc. | $16.72 | 1 | $0 (2022) |
| Stryker Corporation | $14.37 | 1 | $0 (2022) |
| Mallinckrodt Hospital Products Inc. | $10.98 | 1 | $0 (2020) |
Payment History by Year
| Year | Amount | Transactions | Top Company |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $166.17 | 4 | Edwards Lifesciences Corporation ($136.53) |
| 2023 | $90.93 | 3 | Edwards Lifesciences Corporation ($52.53) |
| 2022 | $189.69 | 7 | Zimmer Biomet Holdings, Inc. ($58.00) |
| 2021 | $39.97 | 2 | Edwards Lifesciences Corporation ($39.97) |
| 2020 | $10.98 | 1 | Mallinckrodt Hospital Products Inc. ($10.98) |
| 2019 | $398.56 | 6 | Edwards Lifesciences Corporation ($375.20) |
| 2018 | $61.74 | 3 | Edwards Lifesciences Corporation ($50.15) |
| 2017 | $54.88 | 2 | Edwards Lifesciences Corporation ($54.88) |
All Payment Transactions
28 individual payment records from CMS Open Payments — Page 1 of 2
| Date | Company | Product | Nature | Form | Amount | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11/01/2024 | Medtronic, Inc. | COREVALVE EVOLUT R (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $29.64 | General |
| Category: Transcatheter Valve Systems | ||||||
| 10/17/2024 | Edwards Lifesciences Corporation | Edwards SAPIEN 3 Ultra Transcatheter Heart Valve (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $46.47 | General |
| Category: Transcatheter Heart Valves | ||||||
| 08/29/2024 | Edwards Lifesciences Corporation | SAPIEN 3 Ultra RESILIA (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $19.71 | General |
| Category: Transcatheter Heart Valves | ||||||
| 04/18/2024 | Edwards Lifesciences Corporation | Edwards SAPIEN 3 Ultra Transcatheter Heart Valve (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $70.35 | General |
| Category: Transcatheter Heart Valves | ||||||
| 08/03/2023 | Edwards Lifesciences Corporation | SAPIEN 3 Ultra RESILIA (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $18.95 | General |
| Category: Transcatheter Heart Valves | ||||||
| 07/07/2023 | Edwards Lifesciences Corporation | Edwards SAPIEN 3 Ultra Transcatheter Heart Valve (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $33.58 | General |
| Category: Transcatheter Heart Valves | ||||||
| 05/24/2023 | ABIOMED | Impella (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $38.40 | General |
| Category: Cardiology/Vascular Diseases | ||||||
| 12/27/2022 | AtriCure, Inc. | SYNERGY ABLATION SYSTEM (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $35.29 | General |
| Category: CARDIOVASCULAR | ||||||
| 10/11/2022 | ABIOMED | Impella (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $19.92 | General |
| Category: Cardiology/Vascular Diseases | ||||||
| 08/24/2022 | Stryker Corporation | NA (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $14.37 | General |
| Category: INSTRUMENTS | ||||||
| 06/24/2022 | Zimmer Biomet Holdings, Inc. | STERNALOCK BLU SYSTEM (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $58.00 | General |
| Category: CMF & Thoracic | ||||||
| 05/18/2022 | Medtronic, Inc. | COREVALVE EVOLUT R (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $25.86 | General |
| Category: Transcatheter Valve Systems | ||||||
| 04/12/2022 | Edwards Lifesciences Corporation | Edwards SAPIEN 3 Ultra Transcatheter Heart Valve (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $19.53 | General |
| Category: Transcatheter Heart Valves | ||||||
| 03/03/2022 | LivaNova USA, Inc. | ProtekDuo (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $16.72 | General |
| Category: Cardiology/Vascular Diseases | ||||||
| 03/04/2021 | Edwards Lifesciences Corporation | Edwards SAPIEN 3 Ultra Transcatheter Heart Valve (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $19.53 | General |
| Category: Transcatheter Heart Valves | ||||||
| 02/18/2021 | Edwards Lifesciences Corporation | HemoSphere (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $20.44 | General |
| Category: Hemodynamic Monitoring | ||||||
| 02/13/2020 | Mallinckrodt Hospital Products Inc. | OFIRMEV (Drug) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $10.98 | General |
| Category: ACUTE CARE | ||||||
| 09/17/2019 | Edwards Lifesciences Corporation | FloTrac Sensor (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $18.45 | General |
| Category: Minimally Invasive Hemodynamic Monitoring | ||||||
| 09/09/2019 | Edwards Lifesciences Corporation | FloTrac Sensor (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $28.92 | General |
| Category: Minimally Invasive Hemodynamic Monitoring | ||||||
| 08/22/2019 | Edwards Lifesciences Corporation | Edwards SAPIEN 3 Transcatheter Heart Valve (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $24.54 | General |
| Category: Transcatheter Heart Valves | ||||||
| 05/19/2019 | Covidien LP | Polysorb (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $23.36 | General |
| Category: Wound Closure | ||||||
| 01/18/2019 | Edwards Lifesciences Corporation | Edwards SAPIEN 3 Transcatheter Heart Valve (Device) | Travel and Lodging | In-kind items and services | $287.09 | General |
| Category: Transcatheter Heart Valves | ||||||
| 01/10/2019 | Edwards Lifesciences Corporation | CCO Pulmonary Artery Catheters (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $16.20 | General |
| Category: Minimally Invasive Hemodynamic Monitoring | ||||||
| 11/01/2018 | Edwards Lifesciences Corporation | Edwards SAPIEN 3 Transcatheter Heart Valve (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $32.09 | General |
| Category: Transcatheter Heart Valves | ||||||
| 09/26/2018 | Zimmer Biomet Holdings, Inc. | SternaLock Blu (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $11.59 | General |
| Category: CMF & Thoracic | ||||||
Medicare Billing by Year
| Year | Procedures | Beneficiaries | Services | Submitted | Medicare Paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 5 | 133 | 134 | $380,286 | $82,516 |
| 2022 | 7 | 165 | 165 | $493,662 | $126,189 |
| 2021 | 7 | 144 | 144 | $517,197 | $128,783 |
| 2020 | 9 | 165 | 165 | $629,278 | $180,411 |
All Medicare Procedures & Services
28 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 | 69 | 70 | $218,750 | $41,168 | 18.8% |
| 33405 | Replacement of aortic valve on heart-lung machine | Facility | 2023 | 22 | 22 | $114,334 | $32,087 | 28.1% |
| 33641 | Repair of congenital defect between upper heart chambers on heart-lung machine | Facility | 2023 | 11 | 11 | $41,492 | $7,080 | 17.1% |
| 33268 | Exclusion of appendage of left upper chamber of heart performed during other procedure on chest | Facility | 2023 | 20 | 20 | $5,303 | $2,043 | 38.5% |
| 33508 | Harvest of vein using an endoscope | Facility | 2023 | 11 | 11 | $407.00 | $138.05 | 33.9% |
| 33361 | Replacement of aortic valve through the skin and femoral artery | Facility | 2022 | 58 | 58 | $181,250 | $34,729 | 19.2% |
| 33430 | Replacement of mitral valve on heart-lung machine | Facility | 2022 | 16 | 16 | $102,512 | $32,210 | 31.4% |
| 33533 | Coronary artery bypass using artery graft, 1 graft | Facility | 2022 | 25 | 25 | $107,050 | $28,960 | 27.1% |
| 33405 | Replacement of aortic valve on heart-lung machine | Facility | 2022 | 17 | 17 | $88,349 | $25,212 | 28.5% |
| 33518 | Coronary artery bypass using vein or artery graft, 2 grafts | Facility | 2022 | 11 | 11 | $10,395 | $3,513 | 33.8% |
| 33268 | Exclusion of appendage of left upper chamber of heart performed during other procedure on chest | Facility | 2022 | 12 | 12 | $3,144 | $1,238 | 39.4% |
| 33508 | Harvest of vein using an endoscope | Facility | 2022 | 26 | 26 | $962.00 | $326.92 | 34.0% |
| 33430 | Replacement of valve between left upper and lower chambers on heart-lung machine | Facility | 2021 | 17 | 17 | $108,919 | $32,341 | 29.7% |
| 33405 | Replacement of aortic valve using artificial valve on heart-lung machine, open procedure | Facility | 2021 | 21 | 21 | $109,137 | $32,020 | 29.3% |
| 33361 | Replacement of aortic valve with prosthetic valve, accessed through the skin | Facility | 2021 | 46 | 46 | $143,750 | $28,006 | 19.5% |
| 33533 | Heart artery bypass, single graft | Facility | 2021 | 14 | 14 | $59,948 | $16,887 | 28.2% |
| 33641 | Repair of hole between upper heart chambers on heart-lung machine | Facility | 2021 | 19 | 19 | $71,668 | $12,138 | 16.9% |
| 33259 | Destruction of tissue and reconstruction of right upper heart on heart-lung machine | Facility | 2021 | 12 | 12 | $23,220 | $7,219 | 31.1% |
| 33508 | Harvest of veins for coronary artery bypass procedure using an endoscope | Facility | 2021 | 15 | 15 | $555.00 | $172.07 | 31.0% |
| 33863 | Placement of graft to aorta on heart-lung machine | Facility | 2020 | 12 | 12 | $86,652 | $31,133 | 35.9% |
| 33411 | Replacement and enlargement of left lower heart valve | Facility | 2020 | 12 | 12 | $92,136 | $30,885 | 33.5% |
| 33533 | Heart artery bypass to repair one artery | Facility | 2020 | 25 | 25 | $107,050 | $30,103 | 28.1% |
| 33430 | Replacement of valve between left upper and lower chambers on heart-lung machine | Facility | 2020 | 15 | 15 | $96,105 | $30,090 | 31.3% |
| 33405 | Replacement of aortic valve using artificial valve on heart-lung machine, open procedure | Facility | 2020 | 12 | 12 | $62,364 | $19,703 | 31.6% |
| 33361 | Replacement of aortic valve with prosthetic valve, accessed through the skin | Facility | 2020 | 31 | 31 | $96,875 | $19,392 | 20.0% |
About Dr. Peter Walinsky, MD
Dr. Peter Walinsky, MD is a Cardiovascular Disease healthcare provider based in Colorado Springs, Colorado. This provider has been registered with the National Plan and Provider Enumeration System (NPPES) since 10/03/2006. The National Provider Identifier (NPI) number assigned to this provider is 1053405449.
According to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Open Payments database, Dr. Peter Walinsky, MD has received a total of $1,013 in payments from pharmaceutical and medical device companies, with $166.17 received in 2024. These payments were reported across 28 transactions from 9 companies. The most common payment nature is "Food and Beverage" ($725.83).
As a Medicare-enrolled provider, Walinsky has provided services to 607 Medicare beneficiaries, totaling 608 services with total Medicare billing of $517,899. Data is available for 4 years (2020–2023), covering 28 distinct procedure/service records.
Practice Information
- Specialty Cardiovascular Disease
- Other Specialties Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery)
- Location Colorado Springs, CO
- Active Since 10/03/2006
- Last Updated 06/21/2016
- Taxonomy Code 207RC0000X
- Entity Type Individual
- NPI Number 1053405449
Products in Payments
- Edwards SAPIEN 3 Transcatheter Heart Valve (Device) $379.25
- Edwards SAPIEN 3 Ultra Transcatheter Heart Valve (Device) $189.46
- Impella (Device) $58.32
- STERNALOCK BLU SYSTEM (Device) $58.00
- COREVALVE EVOLUT R (Device) $55.50
- FloTrac Sensor (Device) $47.37
- SAPIEN 3 Ultra RESILIA (Device) $38.66
- SYNERGY ABLATION SYSTEM (Device) $35.29
- Polysorb (Device) $23.36
- HemoSphere (Device) $20.44
- HemoSphere advanced monitoring platform (Device) $19.35
- ProtekDuo (Device) $16.72
- CCO Pulmonary Artery Catheters (Device) $16.20
- NA (Device) $14.37
- SternaLock Blu (Device) $11.59
- OFIRMEV (Drug) $10.98
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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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