Product Program year 2025 Source: CMS Open Payments

Simulus

Device Heart Valves

PDI 00643169182424

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General payments

$452,435

2,115 payments

Research payments

$132,241

41 payments

Through program year 2025, $452,435 in general payments and $132,241 in research payments were reported against Simulus (Heart Valves).

No combined total These are different kinds of money, reported under different rules. A meal and a clinical trial grant do not add up to anything meaningful, so this site does not add them.

By program year

6 rows
Year Kind Amount Payments
2025 General $79,897 143
2025 Research $132,241 41
2024 General $114,852 568
2023 General $93,248 450
2022 General $131,603 635
2021 General $32,836 319

Breakdown

Who paid General payments · program years 2021–2025
  1. Medtronic, Inc. $452,435 2,115 payments
Top recipients General payments · program year 2025
  1. Joseph Lamelas Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) · Miami, FL $17,168 21% · 7 payments
  2. David Zapata Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) · Lawrenceville, GA $12,858 16% · 3 payments
  3. Jessica Rove Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) · Aurora, CO $10,984 14% · 1 payment
  4. Husam Balkhy Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) · Chicago, IL $8,525 11% · 1 payment
  5. Bob Kiaii Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) · Sacramento, CA $4,500 6% · 1 payment

The top 5 of 99 recipients; each share is of general payments naming this product in 2025.

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Specialties paid General payments · program year 2025
  1. Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) $75,324 94% · 41 practitioners
  2. Cardiovascular Disease Internal Medicine $1,462 2% · 10 practitioners
  3. Anesthesiology $930 1% · 10 practitioners
  4. Nurse Practitioner, Family Nurse Practitioner $479 <1% · 5 practitioners
  5. Physician Assistant $352 <1% · 5 practitioners

The top 5 of 16 specialties; each share is of general payments naming this product to practitioners with a specialty in 2025. Each practitioner is counted under their primary specialty.

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Where the money went General payments · program year 2025
  1. Florida $18,562 23% · 18 recipients
  2. Georgia $13,468 17% · 4 recipients
  3. Colorado $10,984 14% · 1 recipient
  4. Illinois $10,725 13% · 2 recipients
  5. California $6,535 8% · 4 recipients

The top 5 of 25 states; each share is of general payments naming this product in 2025 where a state was reported.

The top 25 states, free in the app

2,115 general · 41 research

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Provenance

Source: CMS Open Payments · through program year 2025

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