Medicare Enrolled

Dr. Erik Beyer, M.D.

Thoracic Surgery · Lauderdale Lakes, FL
Practice pattern: Mixed Practice — Diverse clinical practice across multiple procedure types
3001 NW 49TH AVE, Lauderdale Lakes, FL 33313
9547392273
Registered in NPPES since 2006
NPI: 1164481966 verify on NPPES ↗
Very High
DATA COVERAGE
Data in 4 of 4 federal sources
Measures public federal data availability — not provider quality
Informational, not a quality rating. This page presents federal public records about Dr. Beyer from CMS (NPPES, Open Payments, Medicare Provider Utilization, PECOS). It is not medical advice, an endorsement, or a judgment of clinical quality. Always consult the provider directly and a licensed clinician for medical decisions. Read methodology →
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What this data tells you about Dr. Beyer

Dr. Erik Beyer is a thoracic surgery specialist in Lauderdale Lakes, FL, with 20 years of NPI registration. Based on federal Medicare data, Dr. Beyer performed 169 Medicare services in 2023. These records do not provide a deduplicated patient total.

Between the years covered by Open Payments, Dr. Beyer received a total of $110,836 from 33 pharmaceutical and/or device companies across 679 payment records. A record can group multiple payments. These transfers are publicly reported through CMS Open Payments. Disclosure alone does not establish their effect on care. A reliable breakdown by payment category is not available in this snapshot. Patients may wish to discuss these relationships with their provider.

The Data Coverage level for Dr. Beyer is Very High — reflecting how much public federal data is available about this provider. Patients are encouraged to use this data as one of several factors when choosing a healthcare provider.

✓ 20 years of NPI registration ▲ 169 Medicare services $110,836 industry payments

Medicare Practice Summary — 2023

Medicare Utilization ↗
169
Medicare services
Bottom 46% in FL for thoracic surgery
Not available
Unique patients (not deduplicated)
$228
Avg. Medicare payment
Medicare patients only (65+ / disabled) · How to read this →

Top procedures by volume

Ranked by number of services performed for Medicare patients. Avg. submitted charge is what the provider billed; avg. Medicare payment is what CMS paid.

Procedure Volume Avg. paid Avg. submitted
Hospital follow-up visit, high complexity
Subsequent hospital inpatient or observation care for an existing patient involving high-level medical decision making, with at least 50 minutes total time on the date of the encounter.
105 $91 $321
Initial hospital admission, high complexity
Initial hospital inpatient or observation care for a new patient involving high-level medical decision making, with at least 75 minutes total time on the date of the encounter.
32 $132 $614
Endoscopic vein harvest
A surgical procedure to remove a vein using an endoscope, which is a thin, lighted tube inserted through small incisions.
16 $14 $51
Coronary artery bypass graft, 1 artery
Surgical procedure to bypass a blocked coronary artery using a graft from another artery. This restores blood flow to the heart muscle.
16 $1,533 $6,053
How to read this data: This reflects Medicare patients only (typically 65+). Payment amounts are what Medicare paid the provider, not your out-of-pocket cost. These counts do not measure clinical quality or years of experience.
9.5% high complexity
0.0% medium
90.5% routine

Industry Payment Transparency

Open Payments through 2024 ↗
$110,836
Total received (2018-2024)
Avg $15,834/year across 7 years
Top 6% in FL for thoracic surgery
A higher payment rank reflects disclosed industry relationships (consulting, research, speaking) common among subspecialists — not wrongdoing.
33
Companies
679
Payment records
Payments are publicly reported; disclosure does not establish legality · Not evidence of wrongdoing · How to interpret →

Payment categories are unavailable while the source breakdown is being rebuilt. Company and year totals do not identify how much belongs to each category.

Payment trend by year

Annual totals from pharmaceutical and medical device companies.

2024
$6,034
2023
$5,606
2022
$14,708
2021
$23,171
2020
$4,815
2019
$42,864
2018
$13,639

Payments by company (2024)

Abbott Laboratories
$1,769
ATRICURE, INC.
$1,277
Edwards Lifesciences Corporation
$655
Medtronic, Inc.
$632
Zimmer Biomet Holdings, Inc.
$431
Boston Scientific Corporation
$291
Baxter Healthcare
$208
ABIOMED
$143
CVRx, Inc.
$139
AngioDynamics, Inc.
$122
Ethicon US, LLC
$120
Davol Inc.
$89
ZOLL Services LLC (A/K/A ZOLL LifeCor Corp)
$49
LSI SOLUTIONS INC
$35
PolyNovo North America LLC
$29
ShockWave Medical, Inc
$24
Smith+Nephew, Inc.
$23
Top 3 companies account for 61.3% of 2024 payments
All-time payments by company (2018-2024) ›
LivaNova USA, Inc.
$30,249
AtriCure, Inc.
$13,292
Medtronic Vascular, Inc.
$11,665
Abbott Laboratories
$11,069
LSI SOLUTIONS INC
$9,615
Medtronic, Inc.
$7,212
ATRICURE, INC.
$6,096
Edwards Lifesciences Corporation
$5,495
Baxter Healthcare
$3,965
Aziyo Biologics, Inc.
$3,153
Zimmer Biomet Holdings, Inc.
$2,148
ABIOMED
$1,617
CVRx, Inc.
$933
Boston Scientific Corporation
$787
AngioDynamics, Inc.
$717
Intuitive Surgical, Inc.
$676
Davol Inc.
$517
HemoSonics LLC
$494
Ethicon US, LLC
$328
ZOLL Services LLC (A/K/A ZOLL LifeCor Corp)
$172
HeartFlow, Inc.
$125
TISSUETECH, INC.
$110
Getinge USA Sales, LLC
$109
ClearFlow, Inc.
$64
LeMaitre Vascular, Inc.
$45
CryoLife, Inc.
$38
PolyNovo North America LLC
$29
ShockWave Medical, Inc
$24
Smith+Nephew, Inc.
$23
Organogenesis Inc.
$23
Terumo Medical Corporation
$22
KLS-Martin L.P.
$15
Maquet Cardiovascular U.S. Sales, L.L.C.
$12
Top 3 companies account for 49.8% of all-time payments
Associated products mentioned in payments ›
A&E MEDICAL / STERNALOCK XP RIGID FIXATION SYSTEM · AMPLATZER Occluders · ANGIOVAC · ARISTA AH FLEXITIP · ARISTA AH FlexiTip · ATRICLIP LAA EXCLUSION SYSTEM · ATRICURE ATRICLIP LAA EXCLUSION · ATRICURE CRYOICE CRYOABLATION SYSTEM (CRYO2) · ATRICURE CRYOICE CRYOSPHERE CRYOABLATION SYSTEM · ATRICURE CRYOSURGICAL SYSTEM · ATRICURE SYNERGY ABLATION SYSTEM · AVALUS · Acrobat-I Stabilizer · Affinity Fusion · AngioVac · Aortic Tissue Valve - Perceval · Aortic and Mitral Tissue Stented Valves · AtriCure AtriClip LAA Exclusion System · AtriCure Cryosurgical System · AtriCure Synergy Ablation System · Avalus · BIOMEDICUS · Barostim Neo System · Bio-Medicus · BioGlue · Bioprosthetic Mitral Valve · CFN ChloraPrep · CG FUTURE · CG Future · COR KNOT · COR-KNOT · COREVALVE EVOLUT R · Cardioblate · Claria MRI · CoreValve Evolut · DISSECTOR SYSTEM · Da Vinci Surgical System · ECM · ECM Patch · EPI-SENSE GUIDED COAGULATION SYS · EPI-SENSE GUIDED COAGULATION SYSTEM WITH VISITRAX · EPIC · ETHICON · EVARREST · Echelon Flex · Edwards SAPIEN 3 Transcatheter Heart Valve · Edwards SAPIEN 3 Ultra Transcatheter Heart Valve · Epi-Sense Guided Coagulation System with VisiTrax · Epic Stented Tissue Valve · FFRct · FLOSEAL · FREESTYLE · Freestyle · GENERAL - STRUCTURAL HEART · GENERAL - THERAPIES · Heart Lung Equipment · HeartMate 3 Left Ventricular Dev · HeartString III Proximal Seal · Heartstring · Impella · KONECT RESILIA · LIFESPARC · LifeSPARC System · LifeVest · MC3 NAUTILUS(TM) ECMO OXYGENATOR · MITRACLIP · MITRIS RESILIA Mitral Valve · MOSAIC · Mitra Clip system · MitraClip System · Models · Mosaic · NOVOSORB BTM · PACEART SYSTEM ECG MODULE · PATCH · PLEDGET AND INTRACARDIAC · PREVELEAK · Penditure · Perceval · Perceval S · Perfusion Tubing · Pico 14 · PleuraFlow · Pouch · Profile 3D · Progel · Puraply · QUANTRA QPLUS SYSTEM · Quadra Assura CRT Defibrillator · Quantra QPlus System · R2P MISAGO · RAM · SAPIEN 3 Ultra RESILIA · SELECTSECURE · SJM MASTERS SERIES · SOLERO · STERNALOCK BLU SYSTEM · SURGICEL Family of Absorbable Hemostats · SYNERGY ABLATION SYSTEM · Shockwave IVL System with the Shockwave C2 Coronary IVL Catheter · Simulus · SternaLock 360 · SternaLock Blu · TYKE · Tendyne Mitral Valve System · Trifecta GT Tissue Heart Valve · VISTASEAL · WATCHMAN · WATCHMAN FLX · XENOSURE BIOLOGIC PATCH · XTRA Autotransfusion System
Should you be concerned? Industry payments are disclosed through CMS Open Payments. Disclosure alone does not establish their purpose, legality, or effect on care. What matters is whether a recommended drug or device appears in your doctor's payment records. If so, consider asking your doctor about it. How to interpret this data →
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Geographic Context

Thoracic surgerists in nearby ZIP areas
64
County median income
$74,534
Nearest hospital to ZIP centroid (approximate)
HCA FLORIDA MERCY HOSPITAL
2.7 mi

Data Sources

Provider Registry NPPES NPPES snapshot; verify current record
Medicare Enrollment PECOS PECOS snapshot
Practice Data Medicare Util. Annual (CY lag)
Industry Payments Open Payments CY 2024
Disciplinary History — Not included N/A

This provider has data in 4 of 4 available federal datasets, with a Data Coverage level of Very High. This reflects how much public data is available about a provider. How we calculate this →

Summary

Dr. Beyer is a mixed practice specialist, with moderate Medicare volume, with 20 years of NPI registration.

This summary is auto-generated from federal data, describing data availability and patterns. Read our methodology →

Frequently Asked Questions

Is Dr. Beyer experienced with hospital follow-up visit, high complexity?
Based on Medicare claims data, Dr. Beyer performed 105 hospital follow-up visit, high complexity services. These records cover Medicare fee-for-service activity, including eligible younger beneficiaries; they do not measure total practice volume or clinical quality.
Does Dr. Beyer receive payments from pharmaceutical companies?
Yes. Dr. Beyer received a total of $110,836 from 33 companies across 679 payment records. A record can group multiple payments. These transfers are publicly disclosed through CMS Open Payments. Disclosure alone does not establish their legality or effect on care. Patients may wish to ask their doctor about these relationships, especially if a recommended drug or device appears in the payment records.
How do Dr. Beyer's costs compare to other thoracic surgerists in Lauderdale Lakes?
Dr. Beyer's average Medicare payment per service is $228. Note that these figures represent what Medicare pays, not your out-of-pocket cost, which depends on your specific insurance plan and deductible. Procedure-level data above shows both what was submitted and what Medicare paid for each service type.
What does Data Coverage mean?
Data Coverage (currently Very High for Dr. Beyer) measures how much public federal data is available about a provider. It is not a quality rating. A "Very High" or "High" level means the provider has data across multiple federal sources (NPPES, PECOS, Medicare Utilization, Open Payments), indicating the presence of registry, enrollment, activity or payment records, not verified experience or clinical quality. A "Low" or "Moderate" level may simply mean the provider is newer, does not see Medicare patients, or has not received any industry payments — none of which are inherently negative. Read our full methodology →
Is this data up to date?
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About this page

This page combines public CMS records with calculated summaries and explanatory procedure labels. These transformations are not verbatim federal records. Sources: NPPES ↗, Open Payments ↗, Medicare Provider Utilization ↗, and PECOS. Publication is mandated by the Physician Payments Sunshine Act (§6002 ACA, 42 U.S.C. §1320a-7h) and the Freedom of Information Act.

This page is not medical advice, an endorsement, a recommendation, or a quality rating. Data Coverage reflects data completeness — how much federal information exists for this provider — not clinical performance, patient outcomes, or quality of care. Always verify information directly with the provider and consult a licensed clinician before making medical decisions.

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Data Disclaimer — Data sourced from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS): National Plan and Provider Enumeration System (NPPES), Open Payments program, Medicare Provider Utilization and Payment Data, and Provider Enrollment & Certification data (PECOS). Published under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA). This website is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or authorized by CMS, HHS, or the U.S. Government. Data may contain errors as reported to CMS by providers and reporting entities. Industry payment disclosure alone establishes neither wrongdoing nor legality. Medicare data reflects only patients aged 65+ or those with qualifying disabilities. For corrections, contact CMS directly. This information does not constitute medical advice and should not be used as the sole basis for choosing a healthcare provider. Procedure descriptions use plain language and do not reference CPT® codes, which are copyrighted by the American Medical Association. Full methodology → · Report a data error → · Privacy policy →