Aakash Garg, MD
Cardiovascular Disease · Schenectady, NYNPI 1669872495
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — travel and lodging (31.8%), food and beverage and consulting fees — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 37 manufacturers reported payments, led by Edwards Lifesciences at 29.9% of the total. 2025 is the largest year on record at $37,659, more than ten times the $142 reported in 2019. Among cardiovascular disease clinicians in NY with any reported payments, this total sits in the top 5% — high for the specialty, which is a reason to read the composition above rather than the number alone.
Across 965 payments — averaging $102.14 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Edwards Lifesciences$29K
- Medtronic$28K
- Chiesi USA, Inc.$14K
- Abbott$10K
- Boston Scientific$4K
- Cathworks, Inc.$3K
- plus $10K from 31 others
Across 12 payments — averaging $5467.75 each. Payments tied to a research study. These frequently flow through the physician to a hospital or research institution rather than to the physician personally.
- Cathworks, Inc.$66K
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$26,67827%
- Speaking & faculty fees$3,4003%
- Grants$6,1056%
- Travel & lodging$31,34132%
- Food & beverage$30,65331%
- Education$3900%
General payments by program year
Who reported the general payments
Companies are grouped under their corporate parent — a single manufacturer often files under several CMS reporting entities. Research and ownership payments are counted separately and are not in this table.
| Company | Payments | Total |
|---|---|---|
| Edwards Lifesciences | 335 | $29,469 |
| Medtronic | 216 | $27,845 |
| Chiesi USA, Inc. | 12 | $14,296 |
| Abbott | 101 | $9,579 |
| Boston Scientific | 39 | $3,833 |
| Cathworks, Inc. | 5 | $3,050 |
| W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc. | 16 | $2,510 |
| Cardiovascular Systems Inc. | 28 | $921 |
| Medical Device Business Services, Inc. | 7 | $846 |
| Abiomed | 16 | $832 |
| Shockwave Medical, Inc | 11 | $817 |
| Philips North America LLC | 4 | $636 |
| Amgen | 26 | $526 |
| E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. | 21 | $408 |
| Janssen Scientific Affairs, LLC | 4 | $388 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 18 | $373 |
| Pfizer | 14 | $334 |
| Novartis | 18 | $309 |
| AstraZeneca | 13 | $302 |
| Merck | 11 | $203 |
| Terumo Medical Corporation | 7 | $152 |
| Biotronik Inc. | 7 | $128 |
| ZOLL Services LLC (a/k/a ZOLL Lifecor Corp) | 8 | $127 |
| Alnylam Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 6 | $120 |
| Biosense Webster, Inc. | 1 | $113 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 5 | $83 |
| Scpharmaceuticals Inc. | 3 | $51 |
| Teleflex LLC | 2 | $51 |
| Penumbra, Inc. | 1 | $49 |
| Haemonetics Corporation | 2 | $44 |
| Cardiva Medical, Inc. | 2 | $41 |
| Kiniksa Pharmaceuticals International, PLC | 1 | $33 |
| Cardinal Health 200 LLC | 1 | $27 |
| Bridgebio Pharma, Inc. | 1 | $19 |
| Novo Nordisk | 1 | $19 |
| Bayer | 1 | $18 |
| Lexicon Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $15 |
What the payments were tied to
Products named in the reported payments. Only payments of $100 or more are attributed here — the typical reported payment nationally is a meal worth about $16, and listing those product-by-product would be noise.
- COREVALVE EVOLUT R$9,267
- Edwards SAPIEN 3 Transcatheter Heart Valve$5,959
- MitraClip System$5,000
- Edwards SAPIEN 3 Ultra Transcatheter Heart Valve$3,564
- FFRangio$3,000
- SAPIEN 3 Ultra RESILIA$2,352
- GORE CARDIOFORM Septal Occluder$1,975
- MitraClip$1,525
- RESOLUTE ONYX$1,225
- GENERAL - STRUCTURAL$1,105
- Carto 3$769
- Shockwave IVL System with the Shockwave C2 Coronary IVL Catheter$626
- Impella$374
- XARELTO$346
- (9520) IGT Devices Undivided$317
- (9525) Intracardiac Und$297
- CoreValve Evolut$280
- EVOQUE$202
- ONYX FRONTIER$179
- NAVITOR$150
How this compares
$98,566 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 2,302 cardiovascular disease providers in New York.
Medicare billing
What this is not: this is the amount Original Medicare Part B allowed for services this provider billed in 2024. It is not their income. It excludes Medicare Advantage — now more than half of all Medicare enrollment — along with Medicaid and all commercial insurance, and it is gross practice revenue before staff, rent, supplies and malpractice premiums. CMS also suppresses any figure covering ten or fewer patients, so low-volume providers appear smaller than they are.
Most prescribed under Part D
| Drug | Claims | Cost to plans & patients |
|---|---|---|
| EliquisApixaban | 69 | $86,886 |
| JardianceEmpagliflozin | 31 | $39,380 |
| BrilintaTicagrelor | 24 | $28,255 |
| FarxigaDapagliflozin Propanediol | 12 | $11,098 |
| Metoprolol Succinate | 96 | $1,255 |
| ClopidogrelClopidogrel Bisulfate | 74 | $1,022 |
| Irbesartan | 23 | $748 |
| Atorvastatin Calcium | 61 | $708 |
| Valsartan | 22 | $671 |
| Torsemide | 37 | $667 |
| Rosuvastatin Calcium | 24 | $488 |
| Potassium Chloride | 19 | $464 |
| Losartan Potassium | 33 | $463 |
| Amlodipine Besylate | 65 | $340 |
| Nitroglycerin | 14 | $302 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Companies that both paid and supply prescribed drugs
These companies both reported payments to this provider and make drugs the provider prescribed under Medicare Part D in 2024. For most specialties this overlap is expected — a cardiologist who is paid by a cardiology drugmaker also treats heart disease. It is shown so the reader can see it, not because it implies anything on its own.
| Company | Paid to this provider | Part D cost of their drugs |
|---|---|---|
| PfizerEliquis | $334 | $86,88669 claims |
| Boehringer IngelheimJardiance | $373 | $39,38031 claims |
| AstraZenecaBrilinta, Farxiga | $302 | $39,35336 claims |
Reading this fairly. The Part D column is what drug plans and patients paid pharmacies — this provider received none of it, and it reflects how many patients they treat and what those drugs cost. Against peers, this provider's reported payments sit in the 95th percentile of 2,302 cardiovascular disease providers in New York.
Other cardiovascular disease in Schenectady
- Roger HajjarNew York$5.2M
- Szilard VorosStony Brook$3.7M
- Gregg StoneNew York$2M
- Augustin DelagoAlbany$1.8M
- Philippe GenereuxNew York$1.3M
- Adam RosenbluthNew York$1.1M
- Luigi di BiaseBronx$978K
- Vijay IyerAmherst$855K
- Megha PrasadNew York$813K
- Ronald DagostinoLake Success$782K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Billing: Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners, data year 2024. Original Medicare Part B only.
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.