Payment Breakdown by Category
Payments by Nature
| Nature of Payment | Amount | Transactions | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Consulting Fee | $32,087 | 14 | 36.3% |
| Travel and Lodging | $21,066 | 56 | 23.8% |
| Food and Beverage | $19,397 | 318 | 21.9% |
| Honoraria | $7,120 | 4 | 8.1% |
| Education | $5,353 | 4 | 6.1% |
| Unspecified | $2,100 | 1 | 2.4% |
| Compensation for services other than consulting, including serving as faculty or as a speaker at a venue other than a continuing education program | $1,300 | 2 | 1.5% |
Payments by Type
Top Paying Companies
| Company | Total | Records | Latest Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| Edwards Lifesciences Corporation | $48,571 | 105 | $0 (2024) |
| Ethicon Inc. | $10,373 | 16 | $0 (2024) |
| INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC. | $10,244 | 35 | $0 (2024) |
| Abbott Laboratories | $4,193 | 51 | $0 (2024) |
| Medtronic Vascular, Inc. | $2,722 | 29 | $0 (2020) |
| ATRICURE, INC. | $2,543 | 58 | $0 (2024) |
| Covidien LP | $2,100 | 1 | $0 (2017) |
| CryoLife, Inc. | $2,013 | 5 | $0 (2020) |
| Medtronic, Inc. | $1,649 | 29 | $0 (2024) |
| EnableCV Inc. | $672.14 | 3 | $0 (2024) |
Payment History by Year
| Year | Amount | Transactions | Top Company |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $15,172 | 78 | Edwards Lifesciences Corporation ($10,667) |
| 2023 | $6,527 | 62 | Edwards Lifesciences Corporation ($3,086) |
| 2022 | $11,300 | 52 | Edwards Lifesciences Corporation ($4,862) |
| 2021 | $9,994 | 37 | Edwards Lifesciences Corporation ($8,772) |
| 2020 | $2,590 | 18 | CryoLife, Inc. ($1,542) |
| 2019 | $13,236 | 72 | Intuitive Surgical, Inc. ($6,002) |
| 2018 | $11,028 | 48 | Edwards Lifesciences Corporation ($6,033) |
| 2017 | $18,575 | 32 | Edwards Lifesciences Corporation ($9,482) |
All Payment Transactions
399 individual payment records from CMS Open Payments — Page 1 of 16
| Date | Company | Product | Nature | Form | Amount | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12/27/2024 | ZOLL Services LLC (A/K/A ZOLL LifeCor Corp) | LifeVest (Device) | Food and Beverage | Cash or cash equivalent | $20.35 | General |
| Category: Electromedical and Electrotherapeutic Apparatus | ||||||
| 12/19/2024 | INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC. | Da Vinci Surgical System (Device) | Travel and Lodging | In-kind items and services | $882.41 | General |
| Category: SURGERY | ||||||
| 12/19/2024 | INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC. | Da Vinci Surgical System (Device) | Travel and Lodging | In-kind items and services | $37.00 | General |
| Category: SURGERY | ||||||
| 12/14/2024 | Kestra Medical Technology Services, Inc. | Assure WCD (Device) | Food and Beverage | Cash or cash equivalent | $19.10 | General |
| Category: Cardiology | ||||||
| 12/11/2024 | Abbott Laboratories | — | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $94.01 | General |
| Category: Structural Heart | ||||||
| 12/04/2024 | ZOLL Services LLC (A/K/A ZOLL LifeCor Corp) | LifeVest (Device) | Food and Beverage | Cash or cash equivalent | $5.80 | General |
| Category: Electromedical and Electrotherapeutic Apparatus | ||||||
| 11/22/2024 | ZOLL Services LLC (A/K/A ZOLL LifeCor Corp) | LifeVest (Device) | Food and Beverage | Cash or cash equivalent | $5.64 | General |
| Category: Electromedical and Electrotherapeutic Apparatus | ||||||
| 11/07/2024 | ZOLL Services LLC (A/K/A ZOLL LifeCor Corp) | LifeVest (Device) | Food and Beverage | Cash or cash equivalent | $15.51 | General |
| Category: Electromedical and Electrotherapeutic Apparatus | ||||||
| 11/06/2024 | ATRICURE, INC. | ATRICLIP LAA EXCLUSION SYSTEM (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $60.92 | General |
| Category: CARDIOVASCULAR | ||||||
| 10/30/2024 | ABIOMED | Impella (Device) | Food and Beverage | Cash or cash equivalent | $28.85 | General |
| Category: Cardiology/Vascular Diseases | ||||||
| 10/23/2024 | Edwards Lifesciences Corporation | PASCAL (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $133.82 | General |
| Category: Transcatheter Valve Repair | ||||||
| 10/23/2024 | Edwards Lifesciences Corporation | PASCAL (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $18.76 | General |
| Category: Transcatheter Valve Repair | ||||||
| 10/03/2024 | ZOLL Services LLC (A/K/A ZOLL LifeCor Corp) | LifeVest (Device) | Food and Beverage | Cash or cash equivalent | $13.02 | General |
| Category: Electromedical and Electrotherapeutic Apparatus | ||||||
| 10/02/2024 | Teleflex LLC | MANTA (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $69.53 | General |
| Category: INTERVENTIONAL ACCESS | ||||||
| 09/30/2024 | Edwards Lifesciences Corporation | HemoSphere (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $134.78 | General |
| Category: Hemodynamic Monitoring | ||||||
| 09/23/2024 | ZOLL Services LLC (A/K/A ZOLL LifeCor Corp) | LifeVest (Device) | Food and Beverage | Cash or cash equivalent | $5.70 | General |
| Category: Electromedical and Electrotherapeutic Apparatus | ||||||
| 09/16/2024 | Kestra Medical Technology Services, Inc. | Assure WCD (Device) | Food and Beverage | Cash or cash equivalent | $22.99 | General |
| Category: Cardiology | ||||||
| 09/13/2024 | ATRICURE, INC. | ATRICURE CRYOICE CRYOSPHERE CRYOABLATION SYSTEM (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $92.65 | General |
| Category: CARDIOVASCULAR | ||||||
| 09/11/2024 | CVRx, Inc. | Barostim Neo System (Device) | Food and Beverage | Cash or cash equivalent | $19.85 | General |
| Category: Heart Failure and Hypertension | ||||||
| 09/06/2024 | Ethicon Inc. | PROLENE (Device), DERMABOND, STRATAFIX | Consulting Fee | Cash or cash equivalent | $150.00 | General |
| Category: Sutures | ||||||
| 08/28/2024 | ABIOMED | Impella (Device) | Food and Beverage | Cash or cash equivalent | $35.18 | General |
| Category: Cardiology/Vascular Diseases | ||||||
| 08/09/2024 | Ethicon Inc. | PROLENE (Device), DERMABOND, STRATAFIX | Consulting Fee | Cash or cash equivalent | $550.00 | General |
| Category: Sutures | ||||||
| 08/07/2024 | ZOLL Services LLC (A/K/A ZOLL LifeCor Corp) | LifeVest (Device) | Food and Beverage | Cash or cash equivalent | $13.28 | General |
| Category: Electromedical and Electrotherapeutic Apparatus | ||||||
| 08/01/2024 | ATRICURE, INC. | SYNERGY ABLATION SYSTEM (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $22.07 | General |
| Category: CARDIOVASCULAR | ||||||
| 07/30/2024 | ATRICURE, INC. | ATRICURE CRYOICE CRYOSPHERE CRYOABLATION SYSTEM (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $24.67 | General |
| Category: CARDIOVASCULAR | ||||||
Research Studies & Clinical Trials
| Study Name | Company | Amount | Records |
|---|---|---|---|
| Einstein | Covidien LP | $2,100 | 1 |
Medicare Billing by Year
| Year | Procedures | Beneficiaries | Services | Submitted | Medicare Paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 8 | 139 | 141 | $372,918 | $62,965 |
| 2022 | 4 | 56 | 59 | $108,288 | $32,885 |
| 2021 | 4 | 111 | 118 | $154,385 | $52,413 |
| 2020 | 5 | 105 | 108 | $112,455 | $33,059 |
All Medicare Procedures & Services
21 procedure records from CMS Medicare Utilization
| HCPCS | Description | Setting | Year | Patients | Services | Charges | Medicare Paid | Ratio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 33533 | Coronary artery bypass using artery graft, 1 graft | Facility | 2023 | 19 | 19 | $153,392 | $21,764 | 14.2% |
| 33427 | Radical reconstruction of mitral valve on heart-lung machine | Facility | 2023 | 11 | 11 | $109,875 | $19,908 | 18.1% |
| 33361 | Replacement of aortic valve through the skin and femoral artery | Facility | 2023 | 13 | 13 | $60,931 | $7,596 | 12.5% |
| 99205 | New patient office or other outpatient visit, 60-74 minutes | Office | 2023 | 25 | 25 | $10,394 | $4,073 | 39.2% |
| 33518 | Coronary artery bypass using vein or artery graft, 2 grafts | Facility | 2023 | 13 | 13 | $22,542 | $3,832 | 17.0% |
| 99215 | Established patient office or other outpatient visit, 40-54 minutes | Office | 2023 | 20 | 21 | $6,090 | $2,870 | 47.1% |
| 99223 | Initial hospital care with moderate level of medical decision making, if using time, at least 75 minutes | Facility | 2023 | 19 | 20 | $8,362 | $2,697 | 32.3% |
| 33508 | Harvest of vein using an endoscope | Facility | 2023 | 19 | 19 | $1,332 | $224.82 | 16.9% |
| 33427 | Radical reconstruction of mitral valve on heart-lung machine | Facility | 2022 | 13 | 13 | $92,365 | $25,437 | 27.5% |
| 99205 | New patient office or other outpatient visit, 60-74 minutes | Office | 2022 | 19 | 19 | $7,271 | $3,402 | 46.8% |
| 99223 | Initial hospital inpatient care per day, typically 70 minutes | Facility | 2022 | 12 | 13 | $4,791 | $2,034 | 42.5% |
| 99215 | Established patient office or other outpatient visit, 40-54 minutes | Office | 2022 | 12 | 14 | $3,861 | $2,012 | 52.1% |
| 33427 | Repair of valve flaps between left heart chambers on heart-lung machine | Facility | 2021 | 17 | 17 | $120,785 | $35,366 | 29.3% |
| 99205 | New patient outpatient visit, total time 60-74 minutes | Office | 2021 | 36 | 36 | $13,140 | $6,815 | 51.9% |
| 99223 | Initial hospital inpatient care, typically 70 minutes per day | Facility | 2021 | 33 | 37 | $13,320 | $6,178 | 46.4% |
| 99215 | Established patient outpatient visit, total time 40-54 minutes | Office | 2021 | 25 | 28 | $7,140 | $4,055 | 56.8% |
| 33533 | Heart artery bypass to repair one artery | Facility | 2020 | 15 | 15 | $85,350 | $20,244 | 23.7% |
| 99223 | Initial hospital inpatient care, typically 70 minutes per day | Facility | 2020 | 31 | 32 | $11,520 | $5,619 | 48.8% |
| 99205 | New patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 60 minutes | Office | 2020 | 27 | 27 | $9,855 | $4,697 | 47.7% |
| 99215 | Established patient office or other outpatient, visit typically 40 minutes | Office | 2020 | 18 | 20 | $5,100 | $2,288 | 44.9% |
| 33508 | Harvest of veins for coronary artery bypass procedure using an endoscope | Facility | 2020 | 14 | 14 | $630.00 | $211.92 | 33.6% |
About Dr. Thomas Guy, MD
Dr. Thomas Guy, MD is a Surgery healthcare provider based in Gainesville, Georgia. This provider has been registered with the National Plan and Provider Enumeration System (NPPES) since 06/02/2006. The National Provider Identifier (NPI) number assigned to this provider is 1558308858.
According to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Open Payments database, Dr. Thomas Guy, MD has received a total of $88,422 in payments from pharmaceutical and medical device companies, with $15,172 received in 2024. These payments were reported across 399 transactions from 37 companies. The most common payment nature is "Consulting Fee" ($32,087).
As a Medicare-enrolled provider, Guy has provided services to 411 Medicare beneficiaries, totaling 426 services with total Medicare billing of $181,321. Data is available for 4 years (2020–2023), covering 21 distinct procedure/service records.
Practice Information
- Specialty Surgery
- Other Specialties Surgery, Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery)
- Location Gainesville, GA
- Active Since 06/02/2006
- Last Updated 11/14/2022
- Taxonomy Code 208600000X
- Entity Type Individual
- NPI Number 1558308858
Products in Payments
- Da Vinci Surgical System (Device) $9,444
- INSPIRIS RESILIA aortic valve (Device) $6,727
- PROLENE (Device) $2,413
- Endo GIA (Device) $2,137
- On-X (Device) $1,942
- Simulus (Device) $1,940
- Intraclude Device (Device) $1,386
- EPIC (Device) $1,375
- THORATEC HEARTMATE 3 LVAS IMPLANT KIT (Device) $828.52
- THRUPORT SYSTEMS INTRACLUDE INTRA-AORTIC OCCLUSION DEVICE (Device) $821.32
- ATRICURE CRYOICE CRYOABLATION SYSTEM (CRYO2) (Device) $820.99
- DA VINCI SP (Device) $800.00
- ATRICURE CRYOICE CRYOSPHERE CRYOABLATION SYSTEM (Device) $796.40
- EDWARDS INTUITY Elite valve system (Device) $776.47
- AVALUS (Device) $624.18
- COR KNOT (Device) $474.20
- Trifecta GT Tissue Heart Valve (Device) $468.93
- Mitra Clip system (Device) $382.95
- 3F (Device) $372.14
- MITRACLIP (Device) $371.88
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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