Total Payments
$24,224
2024 Payments
$137.47
Companies
12
Transactions
62
Medicare Patients
593
Medicare Billing
$93,617

Payment Breakdown by Category

Education$18,000 (74.3%)
Travel$4,677 (19.3%)
Food & Beverage$1,547 (6.4%)

Payments by Nature

Nature of Payment Amount Transactions Share
Education $18,000 6 74.3%
Travel and Lodging $4,677 17 19.3%
Food and Beverage $1,547 39 6.4%

Top Paying Companies

Company Total Records Latest Year
INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC. $21,172 30 $0 (2024)
Veran Medical Technologies, Inc. $1,213 5 $0 (2019)
Covidien LP $585.00 2 $0 (2018)
Medtronic Vascular, Inc. $456.20 9 $0 (2019)
AtriCure, Inc. $312.15 9 $0 (2017)
Ethicon Inc. $150.00 1 $0 (2023)
Pinnacle Biologics, Inc $99.83 1 $0 (2018)
KARL STORZ Endoscopy-America $70.31 1 $0 (2018)
Ethicon US, LLC $57.74 1 $0 (2017)
Davol Inc. $50.10 1 $0 (2023)

Payment History by Year

Year Amount Transactions Top Company
2024 $137.47 4 INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC. ($137.47)
2023 $216.10 3 Ethicon Inc. ($150.00)
2022 $41.34 1 Edwards Lifesciences Corporation ($41.34)
2021 $318.00 1 Intuitive Surgical, Inc. ($318.00)
2020 $2,013 7 Intuitive Surgical, Inc. ($2,013)
2019 $18,275 17 Intuitive Surgical, Inc. ($18,191)
2018 $2,063 12 Veran Medical Technologies, Inc. ($735.11)
2017 $1,160 17 Veran Medical Technologies, Inc. ($455.60)

All Payment Transactions

62 individual payment records from CMS Open Payments — Page 1 of 3

Date Company Product Nature Form Amount Type
11/26/2024 INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC. Da Vinci Surgical System (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $16.64 General
Category: SURGERY
07/16/2024 INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC. Da Vinci Surgical System (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $21.24 General
Category: SURGERY
05/14/2024 INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC. Da Vinci Surgical System (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $52.77 General
Category: SURGERY
05/14/2024 INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC. Da Vinci Surgical System (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $46.82 General
Category: SURGERY
10/18/2023 Intuitive Surgical, Inc. Da Vinci Surgical System (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $16.00 General
Category: SURGERY
08/15/2023 Ethicon Inc. Monarch Platform (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $150.00 General
Category: Endo-Mechanical
04/12/2023 Davol Inc. Phasix Mesh (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $50.10 General
Category: Surgery
09/30/2022 Edwards Lifesciences Corporation MITRIS RESILIA Mitral Valve (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $41.34 General
Category: Pericardial Heart Valves
08/06/2021 Intuitive Surgical, Inc. Da Vinci Surgical System (Device) Travel and Lodging In-kind items and services $318.00 General
Category: SURGERY
03/24/2020 Intuitive Surgical, Inc. Da Vinci Surgical System (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $91.75 General
Category: SURGERY
02/14/2020 Intuitive Surgical, Inc. Da Vinci Surgical System (Device) Travel and Lodging In-kind items and services $197.66 General
Category: SURGERY
02/13/2020 Intuitive Surgical, Inc. Da Vinci Surgical System (Device) Education In-kind items and services $1,500.00 General
Category: SURGERY
02/13/2020 Intuitive Surgical, Inc. Da Vinci Surgical System (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $20.50 General
Category: SURGERY
01/28/2020 Intuitive Surgical, Inc. Da Vinci Surgical System (Device) Travel and Lodging In-kind items and services $8.00 General
Category: SURGERY
01/15/2020 Intuitive Surgical, Inc. Da Vinci Surgical System (Device) Travel and Lodging Cash or cash equivalent $90.00 General
Category: SURGERY
01/07/2020 Intuitive Surgical, Inc. Da Vinci Surgical System (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $104.59 General
Category: SURGERY
12/16/2019 Intuitive Surgical, Inc. Da Vinci Surgical System (Device) Education In-kind items and services $3,000.00 General
Category: SURGERY
12/09/2019 Intuitive Surgical, Inc. Da Vinci Surgical System (Device) Education In-kind items and services $3,000.00 General
Category: SURGERY
11/25/2019 Intuitive Surgical, Inc. Da Vinci Surgical System (Device) Education In-kind items and services $3,000.00 General
Category: SURGERY
11/18/2019 Intuitive Surgical, Inc. Da Vinci Surgical System (Device) Education In-kind items and services $3,000.00 General
Category: SURGERY
11/15/2019 Intuitive Surgical, Inc. Da Vinci Surgical System (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $52.12 General
Category: SURGERY
11/14/2019 Intuitive Surgical, Inc. Da Vinci Surgical System (Device) Education In-kind items and services $4,500.00 General
Category: SURGERY
11/14/2019 Intuitive Surgical, Inc. Da Vinci Surgical System (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $12.54 General
Category: SURGERY
10/06/2019 Intuitive Surgical, Inc. Da Vinci Surgical System (Device) Travel and Lodging In-kind items and services $759.34 General
Category: SURGERY
09/05/2019 Medtronic Vascular, Inc. Mosaic (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $44.10 General
Category: Heart Valves

Medicare Billing by Year

Year Procedures Beneficiaries Services Submitted Medicare Paid
2023 8 125 139 $66,569 $15,333
2022 7 150 153 $80,564 $16,338
2021 9 147 149 $74,608 $17,646
2020 10 171 172 $156,770 $44,299
Total Patients
593
Total Services
613
Medicare Billing
$93,617
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
36561 Insertion of central venous tube with port (5 years or older) Facility 2023 15 16 $35,696 $4,122 11.5%
99204 New patient office or other outpatient visit, 45-59 minutes Facility 2023 37 37 $6,253 $3,859 61.7%
31652 Exam of lung airways and sampling of lymph nodes using an endoscope and ultrasound guidance, 1-2 lymph nodes Facility 2023 11 11 $5,049 $1,867 37.0%
32674 Removal of lymph nodes of chest cavity using an endoscope Facility 2023 11 11 $4,973 $1,780 35.8%
99232 Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making, if using time, at least 35 minutes Facility 2023 11 23 $3,809 $1,513 39.7%
31625 Biopsy of lung airway using an endoscope Facility 2023 11 11 $7,513 $1,029 13.7%
31627 Computer-assisted image-guided navigation of lung airways using an endoscope Facility 2023 13 13 $2,613 $925.92 35.4%
77001 Fluoroscopic guidance for insertion or removal of central vein access device Facility 2023 16 17 $663.00 $237.15 35.8%
36561 Insertion of central venous tube with port (5 years or older) Facility 2022 18 18 $40,158 $4,482 11.2%
31652 Exam of lung airways and sampling of lymph nodes using an endoscope and ultrasound guidance, 1-2 lymph nodes Facility 2022 20 23 $10,557 $3,997 37.9%
99204 New patient office or other outpatient visit, 45-59 minutes Facility 2022 35 35 $6,266 $3,415 54.5%
31625 Biopsy of lung airway using an endoscope Facility 2022 22 22 $15,026 $2,160 14.4%
31627 Computer-assisted image-guided navigation of lung airways using an endoscope Facility 2022 18 18 $3,618 $1,368 37.8%
99202 New patient office or other outpatient visit, 15-29 minutes Office 2022 19 19 $4,237 $664.03 15.7%
77001 Fluoroscopic guidance for insertion or removal of central vein access device Facility 2022 18 18 $702.00 $252.19 35.9%
36561 Insertion of central venous catheter and implanted device for infusion beneath the skin, patient 5 years or older Facility 2021 16 16 $35,696 $4,276 12.0%
31652 Examination of lung airways using an endoscope with imaging guidance and ultrasound, 1 or 2 lymph nodes involved Facility 2021 17 17 $7,803 $2,924 37.5%
99204 New patient outpatient visit, total time 45-59 minutes Facility 2021 27 27 $4,624 $2,837 61.4%
32674 Removal of lymph nodes of mid-chest cavity using an endoscope Facility 2021 12 12 $5,328 $2,031 38.1%
99223 Initial hospital inpatient care, typically 70 minutes per day Facility 2021 12 12 $4,570 $1,906 41.7%
31627 Computer-assisted image-guided navigation of lung airways using an endoscope Facility 2021 21 22 $4,422 $1,551 35.1%
31625 Biopsy of lung airways using an endoscope Facility 2021 11 12 $8,196 $1,253 15.3%
99202 New patient outpatient visit, total time 15-29 minutes Office 2021 15 15 $3,345 $630.53 18.8%
77001 Fluoroscopic guidance for insertion, replacement or removal of central venous access device Facility 2021 16 16 $624.00 $237.28 38.0%
33533 Heart artery bypass to repair one artery Facility 2020 11 11 $53,625 $17,049 31.8%

About Richard Leone, MD, PHD

Richard Leone, MD, PHD is a Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) healthcare provider based in Mount Vernon, Washington. This provider has been registered with the National Plan and Provider Enumeration System (NPPES) since 03/24/2006. The National Provider Identifier (NPI) number assigned to this provider is 1821058850.

According to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Open Payments database, Richard Leone, MD, PHD has received a total of $24,224 in payments from pharmaceutical and medical device companies, with $137.47 received in 2024. These payments were reported across 62 transactions from 12 companies. The most common payment nature is "Education" ($18,000).

As a Medicare-enrolled provider, Leone has provided services to 593 Medicare beneficiaries, totaling 613 services with total Medicare billing of $93,617. Data is available for 4 years (2020–2023), covering 34 distinct procedure/service records.

Practice Information

Products in Payments

  • Da Vinci Surgical System (Device) $21,172
  • Spin (Device) $1,213
  • LigaSure (Device) $557.00
  • EPI-SENSE GUIDED COAGULATION DEV (Device) $272.08
  • HeartWare HVAD (Device) $264.64
  • Monarch Platform (Device) $150.00
  • Mosaic (Device) $124.55
  • Photofrin (Drug) $99.83
  • TELESCOPE HOPKINS DCI FOWARD (Device) $70.31
  • HARMONIC Product Family (Device) $57.74
  • Phasix Mesh (Device) $50.10
  • MITRIS RESILIA Mitral Valve (Device) $41.34
  • CoreValve Evolut (Device) $38.32
  • EPI-SENSE GUIDED COAGULATION SYSTEM WITH VISITRAX, MODELS (Device) $30.53
  • Hancock (Device) $28.69
  • Sonicision (Device) $28.00
  • ELIQUIS (Drug) $15.88
  • ATRICURE ATRICLIP LAA EXCLUSION SYSTEM (Device) $9.54

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 Mount Vernon