RxDoctor Payments Data

Aravinda Nanjundappa, MD

Interventional Cardiology · Beckley, WVNPI 1447244488

Payments from drug & device makers

What this record shows

The money is spread across several categories — speaking fees (35.6%), consulting fees and travel and lodging — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 38 manufacturers reported payments, led by Medtronic at 33.0% of the total. Among interventional cardiology clinicians in WV 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.

$165,821in general payments, 2019–2025

Across 523 payments — averaging $317.06 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.

  • Medtronic$55K
  • Recor Medical Inc$26K
  • Argon Medical Devices, Inc.$15K
  • ZOLL Services LLC (a/k/a ZOLL Lifecor Corp)$13K
  • Abbott$9K
  • Shockwave Medical, Inc$8K
  • plus $39K from 32 others
$704,854in research payments, 2019–2025

Across 271 payments — averaging $2600.94 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.

  • Medtronic$181K
  • Shockwave Medical, Inc$109K
  • Abbott$88K
  • Inari Medical, Inc.$83K
  • Cardiovascular Systems Inc.$80K
  • Edwards Lifesciences$73K
  • plus $91K from 8 others

What the payments were for

  • Consulting fees$52,64332%
  • Speaking & faculty fees$59,00336%
  • Travel & lodging$36,49522%
  • Food & beverage$17,67911%

General payments by program year

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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.

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.

How this compares

$165,821 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 46 interventional cardiology providers in West Virginia.

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Medicare billing

Part B allowed, 2024
$77,233
Medicare patients
242
Services billed
558

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

DrugClaimsCost to plans & patients
JardianceEmpagliflozin45$63,406
EntrestoSacubitril/Valsartan32$36,863
XareltoRivaroxaban15$16,945
EliquisApixaban11$13,091
BrilintaTicagrelor22$12,415
Cilostazol93$3,104
Rosuvastatin Calcium124$1,609
Atorvastatin Calcium132$1,268
Ezetimibe28$656
ClopidogrelClopidogrel Bisulfate86$639
Bupropion Hcl SrBupropion Hcl20$573
Metoprolol Succinate49$480
Isosorbide Mononitrate ErIsosorbide Mononitrate36$382
Valsartan13$374
Losartan Potassium47$319

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.

CompanyPaid to this providerPart D cost of their drugs
NovartisEntresto$15$36,86332 claims
PfizerEliquis$2,748$13,09111 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 90th percentile of 46 interventional cardiology providers in West Virginia.

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