Andrew Leventhal
Cardiovascular Disease · Lexington, KYNPI 1508986498
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — consulting fees (43.0%), travel and lodging and food and beverage — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 14 manufacturers reported payments, led by Edwards Lifesciences at 57.9% of the total. 2025 is the largest year on record at $25,185, 6.0 times the $4,163 reported in 2019. Among cardiovascular disease clinicians in KY 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 174 payments — averaging $247.84 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Edwards Lifesciences$25K
- Medtronic$9K
- Abbott$4K
- Penumbra, Inc.$2K
- Ancora Heart, Inc.$1K
- Siemens Medical Solutions USA, Inc.$520
- plus $1K from 8 others
Across 22 payments — averaging $1691.65 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.
- Edwards Lifesciences$37K
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$18,55043%
- Speaking & faculty fees$1,5003%
- Travel & lodging$11,92628%
- Food & beverage$11,14926%
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 | 42 | $24,968 |
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 67 | $9,019 |
| Abbott | 32 | $3,790 |
| Penumbra, Inc. | 7 | $2,265 |
| Ancora Heart, Inc. | 7 | $1,144 |
| Siemens Medical Solutions USA, Inc. | 3 | $520 |
| Abiomed | 4 | $403 |
| Boston Scientific | 4 | $402 |
| Shockwave Medical, Inc | 2 | $307 |
| E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. | 1 | $119 |
| W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc. | 1 | $82 |
| Heartflow, Inc. | 1 | $53 |
| ZOLL Services LLC (a/k/a ZOLL Lifecor Corp) | 2 | $30 |
| Biosense Webster, Inc. | 1 | $22 |
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.
- Edwards SAPIEN 3 Transcatheter Heart Valve$20,911
- HARMONY$5,247
- Mitra Clip system$2,136
- RUBY Coil$1,934
- THE EDWARDS SAPIEN 3 VALVE WITH ALTERRA ADAPTIVE PRESTENT SYSTEM$1,784
- CoreValve Evolut$1,304
- AccuCinch$928
- SAPIEN 3 Ultra RESILIA$830
- AMPLATZER$315
- Shockwave IVL System with the Shockwave C2 Coronary IVL Catheter$307
- COREVALVE EVOLUT R$281
- Edwards SAPIEN 3 Ultra Transcatheter Heart Valve$272
- Indigo System$268
- NAVITOR$192
- Impella$150
- Legacy$144
- EKOSONIC$142
- WATCHMAN FLX$137
- Melody$128
- AMPLATZER AMULET$124
How this compares
$43,125 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 258 cardiovascular disease providers in Kentucky.
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 | 29 | $18,999 |
| Pantoprazole Sodium | 11 | $240 |
| Warfarin Sodium | 35 | $222 |
| ClopidogrelClopidogrel Bisulfate | 14 | $160 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other cardiovascular disease in Lexington
- William SkinnerLexington$312K
- David MoliternoLexington$115K
- John GurleyLexington$21K
- Suresh SharmaLexington$15K
- James CragerLexington$12K
- Kevin ScullyLexington$9K
- Nathan KustererLexington$8K
- Amir PirachaLouisville$530K
- Dinesh KalraLouisville$316K
- Prabodh MehtaElizabethtown$133K
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.