Arash Vahdat, MD
Interventional Cardiology · Tarzana, CANPI 1225134232
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 699 payments — averaging $125.33 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Amgen$47K
- Abbott$30K
- Novartis$1K
- Johnson & Johnson$1K
- Pfizer$837
- ZOLL Services LLC (a/k/a ZOLL Lifecor Corp)$816
- plus $7K from 33 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$23,60127%
- Speaking & faculty fees$44,20250%
- Travel & lodging$4,1155%
- Food & beverage$15,57718%
- Education$1070%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Amgen | 92 | $46,706 |
| Abbott | 121 | $29,826 |
| Novartis | 76 | $1,358 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 48 | $1,128 |
| Pfizer | 46 | $837 |
| ZOLL Services LLC (a/k/a ZOLL Lifecor Corp) | 44 | $816 |
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 21 | $783 |
| AstraZeneca | 30 | $700 |
| Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC | 31 | $658 |
| Boston Scientific | 18 | $556 |
| Bayer | 20 | $454 |
| Esperion Therapeutics, Inc. | 26 | $446 |
| E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. | 21 | $441 |
| Abiomed | 8 | $407 |
| Amarin Pharma, Inc. | 15 | $352 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 14 | $345 |
| Alnylam Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 13 | $301 |
| Heartflow, Inc. | 7 | $196 |
| Biotronik Inc. | 7 | $175 |
| Edwards Lifesciences | 5 | $145 |
| Merck | 6 | $125 |
| Lexicon Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 4 | $107 |
| Bridgebio Pharma, Inc. | 3 | $98 |
| Novo Nordisk | 4 | $92 |
| Kiniksa Pharmaceuticals International, PLC | 3 | $84 |
| Impulse Dynamics (USA) Inc. | 2 | $76 |
| Kestra Medical Technology Services, Inc. | 1 | $75 |
| Gilead | 2 | $44 |
| Shockwave Medical, Inc | 1 | $36 |
| Kiniksa Pharmaceuticals, Ltd. | 1 | $35 |
| Cardiovascular Systems Inc. | 1 | $28 |
| Bardy Diagnostics, Inc. | 1 | $25 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 1 | $24 |
| Altathera Pharmaceuticals LLC | 1 | $24 |
| GSK | 1 | $24 |
| Cvrx, Inc. | 1 | $23 |
| Aegerion Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $19 |
| Elutia, Inc. | 1 | $18 |
| Tactile Systems Technology 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.
- Repatha$44,625
- Accent Pacemaker$10,311
- Quadra Allure MP RF CRT Pacemkr$4,508
- AVEIR$3,330
- Allure Quadra RF CRT Pacemaker$3,129
- Confirm Rx$2,996
- Assurity Pacemaker$1,794
- Cardiovascular- Research only$694
- Fortify Assura, Ellipse ICD$468
- Micra$376
- Emerge Push$175
- FARXIGA$150
- ANDEXXA$150
- Impella$125
How this compares
$87,603 in reported general payments places this provider in the 80th percentile of 585 interventional cardiology 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 | 446 | $376,657 |
| Repatha SureclickEvolocumab | 319 | $195,511 |
| EntrestoSacubitril/Valsartan | 155 | $149,251 |
| FarxigaDapagliflozin Propanediol | 158 | $145,253 |
| XareltoRivaroxaban | 147 | $116,911 |
| VascepaIcosapent Ethyl | 134 | $61,492 |
| JardianceEmpagliflozin | 73 | $58,663 |
| MultaqDronedarone Hcl | 51 | $50,411 |
| BrilintaTicagrelor | 75 | $48,133 |
| VerquvoVericiguat | 35 | $32,542 |
| OzempicSemaglutide | 25 | $23,669 |
| Praluent PenAlirocumab | 42 | $21,266 |
| DapagliflozinDapagliflozin Propanediol | 33 | $18,511 |
| CorlanorIvabradine Hcl | 21 | $15,548 |
| Icosapent Ethyl | 80 | $14,733 |
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 | $837 | $376,657446 claims |
| AstraZenecaFarxiga, Brilinta | $700 | $193,386233 claims |
| NovartisEntresto | $1,358 | $149,251155 claims |
| Johnson & JohnsonXarelto | $1,128 | $116,911147 claims |
| Boehringer IngelheimJardiance | $345 | $58,66373 claims |
| Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLCMultaq | $658 | $50,41151 claims |
| MerckVerquvo | $125 | $32,54235 claims |
| Novo NordiskOzempic | $92 | $23,66925 claims |
| Esperion Therapeutics, Inc.Nexlizet, Nexletol | $446 | $20,12136 claims |
| AmgenCorlanor | $46,706 | $15,54821 claims |
| Lexicon Pharmaceuticals, Inc.Inpefa | $107 | $8,72215 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 80th percentile of 585 interventional cardiology providers in California.
Other interventional cardiology in Tarzana
- Rajendra MakkarWest Hollywood$16.6M
- Fahed BitarCovina$9.9M
- Rahul SharmaStanford$6.6M
- Matthew Pricela Jolla$5.8M
- David LeeStanford$5.7M
- Saibal KarThousand Oaks$5.4M
- Mehrdad ArianiNorthridge$5M
- Frederick St GoarMountain View$4.2M
- Sammy ElmariahSan Francisco$4.2M
- William FearonStanford$3.7M
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.