Total Payments
$912.23
2024 Payments
$72.75
Companies
7
Transactions
21
Medicare Patients
1,692
Medicare Billing
$575,014

Payment Breakdown by Category

Food & Beverage$912.23 (100.0%)

Payments by Nature

Nature of Payment Amount Transactions Share
Food and Beverage $912.23 21 100.0%

Top Paying Companies

Company Total Records Latest Year
Getinge USA Sales, LLC $325.25 5 $0 (2023)
CryoLife, Inc. $166.30 4 $0 (2019)
ABIOMED $165.94 5 $0 (2023)
Maquet Cardiovascular U.S. Sales, L.L.C. $101.48 3 $0 (2020)
Medtronic, Inc. $94.82 2 $0 (2024)
RTI Surgical, Inc. $35.99 1 $0 (2017)
Medtronic Vascular, Inc. $22.45 1 $0 (2020)

Payment History by Year

Year Amount Transactions Top Company
2024 $72.75 1 Medtronic, Inc. ($72.75)
2023 $101.05 3 Getinge USA Sales, LLC ($74.50)
2022 $237.71 5 Getinge USA Sales, LLC ($154.62)
2021 $174.50 3 Getinge USA Sales, LLC ($96.13)
2020 $90.75 3 Maquet Cardiovascular U.S. Sales, L.L.C. ($68.30)
2019 $145.33 4 CryoLife, Inc. ($112.15)
2018 $54.15 1 CryoLife, Inc. ($54.15)
2017 $35.99 1 RTI Surgical, Inc. ($35.99)

All Payment Transactions

21 individual payment records from CMS Open Payments

Date Company Product Nature Form Amount Type
03/15/2024 Medtronic, Inc. COREVALVE EVOLUT R (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $72.75 General
Category: Transcatheter Valve Systems
12/07/2023 Getinge USA Sales, LLC HeartString III Proximal Seal (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $43.35 General
Category: Cardiology/Vascular Diseases
11/16/2023 Getinge USA Sales, LLC HeartString III Proximal Seal (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $31.15 General
Category: Cardiology/Vascular Diseases
02/14/2023 ABIOMED Impella (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $26.55 General
Category: Cardiology/Vascular Diseases
12/14/2022 Getinge USA Sales, LLC Acrobat-I Stabilizer (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $121.76 General
Category: Cardiology/Vascular Diseases
08/18/2022 Medtronic, Inc. CARDIOBLATE (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $22.07 General
Category: Ablation
04/14/2022 Getinge USA Sales, LLC HeartString III Proximal Seal (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $32.86 General
Category: Cardiology/Vascular Diseases
03/08/2022 ABIOMED Impella (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $30.17 General
Category: Cardiology/Vascular Diseases
02/05/2022 ABIOMED Impella (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $30.85 General
Category: Cardiology/Vascular Diseases
12/23/2021 Getinge USA Sales, LLC HeartString III Proximal Seal (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $96.13 General
Category: Cardiology/Vascular Diseases
12/22/2021 ABIOMED Impella (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $38.51 General
Category: Cardiology/Vascular Diseases
10/19/2021 ABIOMED Impella (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $39.86 General
Category: Cardiology/Vascular Diseases
07/31/2020 Maquet Cardiovascular U.S. Sales, L.L.C. Oasis Drains (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $29.53 General
Category: Cardiology/Vascular Diseases
05/05/2020 Medtronic Vascular, Inc. 3F (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $22.45 General
Category: Heart Valves
04/17/2020 Maquet Cardiovascular U.S. Sales, L.L.C. Oasis Drains (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $38.77 General
Category: Cardiology/Vascular Diseases
12/12/2019 CryoLife, Inc. On-X (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $55.56 General
Category: Cardiology and Vascular Diseases
12/10/2019 Maquet Cardiovascular U.S. Sales, L.L.C. Oasis Drains (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $33.18 General
Category: Cardiology/Vascular Diseases
05/17/2019 CryoLife, Inc. On-X (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $27.78 General
Category: Cardiology and Vascular Diseases
02/21/2019 CryoLife, Inc. On-X (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $28.81 General
Category: Cardiology and Vascular Diseases
12/20/2018 CryoLife, Inc. On-X (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $54.15 General
Category: Cardiology and Vascular Diseases
05/31/2017 RTI Surgical, Inc. TUTOPATCH ECM EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX (Device) Food and Beverage Cash or cash equivalent $35.99 General
Category: General and Plastic Surgery

Medicare Billing by Year

Year Procedures Beneficiaries Services Submitted Medicare Paid
2023 8 416 421 $316,565 $136,267
2022 12 428 434 $272,027 $138,231
2021 11 355 368 $233,630 $133,876
2020 10 493 503 $284,880 $166,641
Total Patients
1,692
Total Services
1,726
Medicare Billing
$575,014
Procedure Codes
41

All Medicare Procedures & Services

41 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 47 47 $133,800 $61,569 46.0%
35301 Removal of blood clot and portion of chest, neck, or brain artery Facility 2023 32 33 $64,900 $26,737 41.2%
99205 New patient office or other outpatient visit, 60-74 minutes Office 2023 114 114 $31,150 $17,739 56.9%
15769 Self soft tissue graft Facility 2023 83 84 $50,000 $15,724 31.4%
33518 Coronary artery bypass using vein or artery graft, 2 grafts Facility 2023 20 20 $14,000 $6,084 43.5%
99221 Initial hospital care with straightforward or low level of medical decision making, per day, if using time, at least 40 minutes Facility 2023 93 96 $11,990 $5,364 44.7%
33517 Coronary artery bypass using vein or artery graft, 1 graft Facility 2023 16 16 $8,800 $2,210 25.1%
99214 Established patient office or other outpatient visit, 30-39 minutes Office 2023 11 11 $1,925 $837.58 43.5%
33533 Coronary artery bypass using artery graft, 1 graft Facility 2022 39 39 $92,700 $50,675 54.7%
35301 Removal of blood clot and portion of chest, neck, or brain artery Facility 2022 28 30 $49,700 $24,961 50.2%
99205 New patient office or other outpatient visit, 60-74 minutes Office 2022 107 107 $24,625 $16,592 67.4%
15769 Self soft tissue graft Facility 2022 79 80 $48,000 $14,946 31.1%
35556 Bypass of diseased or blocked upper to lower leg artery with vein Facility 2022 12 13 $23,400 $13,016 55.6%
33518 Coronary artery bypass using vein or artery graft, 2 grafts Facility 2022 19 19 $13,300 $5,855 44.0%
99222 Initial hospital inpatient care per day, typically 50 minutes Facility 2022 48 49 $7,350 $4,972 67.6%
99223 Initial hospital inpatient care per day, typically 70 minutes Facility 2022 20 20 $4,352 $3,011 69.2%
99221 Initial hospital inpatient care per day, typically 30 minutes Facility 2022 22 22 $3,115 $1,517 48.7%
99215 Established patient office or other outpatient visit, 40-54 minutes Office 2022 13 13 $2,325 $1,499 64.5%
99231 Follow-up hospital inpatient care per day, typically 15 minutes Facility 2022 25 26 $1,560 $715.02 45.8%
G0180 Physician or allowed practitioner certification for medicare-covered home health services under a home health plan of care (patient not present), including contacts with home health agency and review of reports of patient status required by physicians and Facility 2022 16 16 $1,600 $471.40 29.5%
33533 Heart artery bypass, single graft Facility 2021 36 37 $77,700 $48,289 62.1%
35301 Removal of blood clot and portion of artery, by neck incision Facility 2021 29 34 $47,600 $29,308 61.6%
35556 Bypass of diseased or blocked artery (upper to lower leg artery), with vein Facility 2021 16 17 $25,500 $17,163 67.3%
15769 Grafting of patient soft tissue, harvested by direct excision Facility 2021 67 69 $41,400 $13,075 31.6%
99204 New patient outpatient visit, total time 45-59 minutes Office 2021 88 88 $11,440 $9,042 79.0%

About Dr. Sergio Tavares, M.D

Dr. Sergio Tavares, M.D is a Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) healthcare provider based in Corpus Christi, Texas. This provider has been registered with the National Plan and Provider Enumeration System (NPPES) since 07/18/2005. The National Provider Identifier (NPI) number assigned to this provider is 1801895222.

According to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Open Payments database, Dr. Sergio Tavares, M.D has received a total of $912.23 in payments from pharmaceutical and medical device companies, with $72.75 received in 2024. These payments were reported across 21 transactions from 7 companies. The most common payment nature is "Food and Beverage" ($912.23).

As a Medicare-enrolled provider, Tavares has provided services to 1,692 Medicare beneficiaries, totaling 1,726 services with total Medicare billing of $575,014. Data is available for 4 years (2020–2023), covering 41 distinct procedure/service records.

Practice Information

Products in Payments

  • HeartString III Proximal Seal (Device) $203.49
  • On-X (Device) $166.30
  • Impella (Device) $165.94
  • Acrobat-I Stabilizer (Device) $121.76
  • Oasis Drains (Device) $101.48
  • COREVALVE EVOLUT R (Device) $72.75
  • TUTOPATCH ECM EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX (Device) $35.99
  • 3F (Device) $22.45
  • CARDIOBLATE (Device) $22.07

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 Corpus Christi