Ajit Raisinghani, MD
Cardiovascular Disease · San Diego, CANPI 1831292796
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by speaking fees: $49,321 of the $60,479 with a category attached, or 81.5%. 8 manufacturers reported payments, led by Kiniksa Pharmaceuticals, Ltd. at 52.8% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2024 at $28,195 and has fallen 99.7% since, to $72 in 2025. Among cardiovascular disease clinicians in CA with any reported payments, this total sits in the top 10% — high for the specialty, which is a reason to read the composition above rather than the number alone.
Across 98 payments — averaging $617.14 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Kiniksa Pharmaceuticals, Ltd.$32K
- Kiniksa Pharmaceuticals International, PLC$27K
- Abbott$2K
- Boston Scientific$224
- Edwards Lifesciences$72
- Lantheus Medical Imaging, Inc.$34
- plus $37 from 2 others
Across 113 payments — averaging $5617.40 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.
- Lantheus Medical Imaging, Inc.$368K
- CSL Behring$154K
- AstraZeneca$56K
- Janssen Research & Development, LLC$54K
- GSK$3K
- Merck$364
What the payments were for
- Speaking & faculty fees$49,32182%
- Travel & lodging$8,56414%
- Food & beverage$2,5954%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kiniksa Pharmaceuticals, Ltd. | 38 | $31,941 |
| Kiniksa Pharmaceuticals International, PLC | 40 | $26,560 |
| Abbott | 12 | $1,611 |
| Boston Scientific | 2 | $224 |
| Edwards Lifesciences | 2 | $72 |
| Lantheus Medical Imaging, Inc. | 2 | $34 |
| E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. | 1 | $19 |
| Philips North America LLC | 1 | $18 |
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.
- ARCALYST$45,270
- MitraClip System$126
How this compares
$60,479 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 2,184 cardiovascular disease providers in California.
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 | 341 | $437,374 |
| EntrestoSacubitril/Valsartan | 141 | $195,642 |
| JardianceEmpagliflozin | 90 | $111,387 |
| Repatha SureclickEvolocumab | 74 | $58,859 |
| XareltoRivaroxaban | 32 | $45,508 |
| FarxigaDapagliflozin Propanediol | 35 | $38,407 |
| Repatha SyringeEvolocumab | 23 | $27,616 |
| Praluent PenAlirocumab | 32 | $16,376 |
| Rosuvastatin Calcium | 542 | $10,218 |
| Ezetimibe | 170 | $5,761 |
| Metoprolol Succinate | 315 | $5,073 |
| Atorvastatin Calcium | 402 | $4,779 |
| Losartan Potassium | 225 | $3,268 |
| Flecainide Acetate | 59 | $3,141 |
| Valsartan | 58 | $2,893 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other cardiovascular disease in San Diego
- Lori DanielsSan Diego$278K
- Michael WilkinsonSan Diego$145K
- Ted LoveHillsborough$102.8M
- Paul KurthSanta Barbara$6.1M
- Jason RogersSacramento$4.4M
- Matthew BudoffTorrance$3.6M
- Eric Topolla Jolla$2.2M
- Cathleen Bairey-MerzLos Angeles$1.2M
- Gagan SinghSacramento$1.2M
- Pam Taubla Jolla$1.2M
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.