Andrew Luxhoj
Interventional Cardiology · Las Vegas, NVNPI 1801274535
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 93.9% of the total across 438 separate payments, which is the pattern of a clinician who attends manufacturer presentations rather than one with a consulting arrangement. 18 manufacturers reported payments, led by Edwards Lifesciences at 47.8% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2022 at $9,179 and has fallen 88.1% since, to $1,095 in 2025.
Across 438 payments — averaging $51.28 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Edwards Lifesciences$11K
- Abiomed$3K
- Abbott$3K
- Boston Scientific$2K
- Shockwave Medical, Inc$1K
- Medtronic$1K
- plus $1K from 12 others
What the payments were for
- Grants$5362%
- Travel & lodging$8354%
- Food & beverage$21,08994%
Most of this is food and beverage — typically meals provided during product presentations at a clinic or hospital. Nationally that is the single largest category of reported payments by count.
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 | 259 | $10,725 |
| Abiomed | 41 | $3,285 |
| Abbott | 62 | $3,241 |
| Boston Scientific | 22 | $1,697 |
| Shockwave Medical, Inc | 14 | $1,160 |
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 12 | $1,074 |
| Philips North America LLC | 9 | $286 |
| Inari Medical, Inc. | 2 | $212 |
| Teleflex LLC | 1 | $146 |
| Heartflow, Inc. | 1 | $131 |
| Amgen | 1 | $119 |
| Pfizer | 1 | $117 |
| AstraZeneca | 5 | $96 |
| Kestra Medical Technology Services, Inc. | 3 | $74 |
| Novartis | 2 | $36 |
| BD | 1 | $27 |
| Verona Pharma, Inc. | 1 | $19 |
| Irhythm Technologies, Inc. | 1 | $14 |
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.
- Impella$1,795
- Edwards SAPIEN 3 Ultra Transcatheter Heart Valve$942
- Shockwave IVL System with the Shockwave C2 Coronary IVL Catheter$931
- SAPIEN 3 Ultra RESILIA$856
- GENERAL ATHERECTOMY$801
- AMPLATZER AMULET$787
- CoreValve Evolut$273
- Edwards SAPIEN 3 Transcatheter Heart Valve$272
- AMPLATZER$249
- OPTIS$194
- FLOWTRIEVER CATHETER, S$183
- CT THROMBECTOMY SYSTEM KIT$183
- Resolute$175
- 3F$167
- TURNPIKE$146
- MitraClip$139
- GENERAL - STRUCTURAL HEART$136
- FFRct$131
- MitraClip System$129
- XIENCE SKYPOINT$125
How this compares
$22,460 in reported general payments places this provider in the 80th percentile of 62 interventional cardiology providers in Nevada.
Other interventional cardiology in Las Vegas
- Cres MirandaLas Vegas$660K
- Adrian Mercado-AlamoLas Vegas$118K
- Nayab ZafarLas Vegas$102K
- William ChuLas Vegas$75K
- Neville MistryLas Vegas$36K
- Leon VarjabedianLas Vegas$34K
- Moniz DawoodLas Vegas$29K
- Mohi AlkadriLas Vegas$20K
- John BedottoLas Vegas$20K
- James LallyLas Vegas$20K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.