Official source Data mirrored from Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Open Payments · General Payments · as published 2026-01-23 View official record Methodology

Covered recipient · General Payments record

MICHAEL CAIN

Allopathic & Osteopathic Physicians Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery)

NPI
1952797789
CMS profile
4221599
Location
AURORA, CO

General Payments · PY2018–2024

$13,443.04

  • Reported across 99 records
  • CMS publication 2026-01-23

Latest program year · PY2024

$6,429.23

45 records · 0 disputed

Financial relationships do not necessarily indicate an improper relationship; the data is open to interpretation.

How these totals are calculated
  • The total is the sum of the General Payments records CMS published for the labeled program year(s), exactly as published. Nothing is estimated, weighted, or combined across categories.
  • General Payments only. Research and Ownership/Investment are separate datasets and are never summed with these figures; amounts are kept separate per program year.
  • Featured-page threshold (a presentation gate, not a judgment): records>=3 OR total>=100 (all years).
  • Methodology & Data — sourcing, labeling, and limitations.

By nature of payment

PY2024 · sorted by reported total

Nature of paymentAmountRecords
Travel and Lodging $4,668.65 5
Food and Beverage $1,760.58 40

By paying entity

PY2024 · sorted by reported total

Paying entityAmountRecords
TRANSMEDICS, INC. $3,509.77 2
ABIOMED $2,489.07 36
Abbott Laboratories $169.90 1
Smith & Nephew, Inc. $129.38 2
Edwards Lifesciences Corporation $86.81 2
DePuy Synthes Sales Inc. $23.05 1
Novo Nordisk AS $21.25 1

By program year

All program years on this page · sorted by year

Program yearAmountRecords
PY2018 $684.00 1
PY2021 $1,074.22 4
PY2022 $2,490.29 15
PY2023 $2,765.30 34
PY2024 $6,429.23 45

Payment records · PY2024 (45)

Sorted by paying entity, then date · as published by CMS

Program year 2024 2018202120222023 Record-level detail is published for PY2024; earlier years are summarised in “By program year”.
Paying entity Amount Date Nature of payment Dispute status Published Record ID Source
Abbott Laboratories $169.90 04/03/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1125357597 CMS
ABIOMED $139.17 01/17/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1142249006 CMS
ABIOMED $54.66 02/21/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1142249008 CMS
ABIOMED $92.25 04/03/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1142248990 CMS
ABIOMED $33.05 04/19/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1142249018 CMS
ABIOMED $20.13 04/24/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1142249026 CMS
ABIOMED $10.78 04/29/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1142249020 CMS
ABIOMED $27.46 05/30/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1142249046 CMS
ABIOMED $27.39 06/07/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1142249044 CMS
ABIOMED $25.13 06/19/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1142249048 CMS
ABIOMED $11.78 06/24/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1142249062 CMS
ABIOMED $25.31 06/25/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1142249064 CMS
ABIOMED $131.67 06/27/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1142249056 CMS
ABIOMED $27.76 07/11/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1142249060 CMS
ABIOMED $14.59 07/22/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1142249058 CMS
ABIOMED $85.64 07/23/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1142249050 CMS
ABIOMED $43.97 07/24/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1142249070 CMS
ABIOMED $23.30 08/12/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1142249066 CMS
ABIOMED $12.85 08/14/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1142249068 CMS
ABIOMED $106.74 08/22/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1142249092 CMS
ABIOMED $25.21 09/04/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1142249112 CMS
ABIOMED $5.15 09/05/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1142249110 CMS
ABIOMED $22.42 09/09/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1142249072 CMS
ABIOMED $42.40 09/25/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1142249100 CMS
ABIOMED $11.50 10/08/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1142249104 CMS
ABIOMED $16.52 10/16/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1142249102 CMS
ABIOMED $3.26 10/16/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1142249124 CMS
ABIOMED $23.49 11/07/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1142249120 CMS
ABIOMED $17.18 11/14/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1142249118 CMS
ABIOMED $246.96 11/19/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1142249148 CMS
ABIOMED $795.95 11/19/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1142249150 CMS
ABIOMED $46.14 11/22/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1142249130 CMS
ABIOMED $30.63 11/22/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1142249132 CMS
ABIOMED $115.97 11/25/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1142249152 CMS
ABIOMED $141.87 11/25/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1142249154 CMS
ABIOMED $16.27 12/04/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1142249160 CMS
ABIOMED $14.52 12/16/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1142249162 CMS
DePuy Synthes Sales Inc. $23.05 03/21/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1077815034 CMS
Edwards Lifesciences Corporation $41.08 03/01/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1138880375 CMS
Edwards Lifesciences Corporation $45.73 03/14/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1138880377 CMS
Novo Nordisk Inc $21.25 03/04/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1097331998 CMS
Smith+Nephew, Inc. $20.36 09/26/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1149584727 CMS
Smith+Nephew, Inc. $109.02 12/18/2024 Food and Beverage Undisputed 01/23/2026 1149584729 CMS
TransMedics, Inc. $931.95 10/18/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1154757094 CMS
TransMedics, Inc. $2,577.82 11/12/2024 Travel and Lodging Undisputed 01/23/2026 1154757096 CMS

Source & provenance

Dataset
CMS Open Payments — General Payments
Publisher of source data
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
CMS publication date
2026-01-23
Program years on this page
2018, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024
Source files
Dataset page · Bulk file · PY2018 , PY2021 , PY2022 , PY2023 , PY2024
Generated from
OP_DTL_GNRL_PGYR2024_P01232026_01102026.csv

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