Bernardo Cortese, MD
Interventional Cardiology · Cleveland, OHNPI 1457180382
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — consulting fees (54.5%), speaking fees and food and beverage — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 8 manufacturers reported payments, led by Boston Scientific at 29.6% of the total.
Across 83 payments — averaging $546.61 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Boston Scientific$13K
- Angiodynamics, Inc.$10K
- Shockwave Medical, Inc$9K
- Abbott$8K
- Gentuity, LLC$3K
- Abiomed$608
- plus $627 from 2 others
Across 5 payments — averaging $10,846 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.
- M.a. Med Alliance S.A.$27K
- Medtronic$27K
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$24,72755%
- Speaking & faculty fees$11,57526%
- Travel & lodging$3,9259%
- Food & beverage$5,14211%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Boston Scientific | 28 | $13,451 |
| Angiodynamics, Inc. | 12 | $10,111 |
| Shockwave Medical, Inc | 8 | $9,487 |
| Abbott | 20 | $7,955 |
| Gentuity, LLC | 2 | $3,129 |
| Abiomed | 7 | $608 |
| Medtronic | 5 | $326 |
| BD | 1 | $302 |
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.
- GENERAL VASCULAR ACCESS$10,532
- Shockwave IVL System with the Shockwave C2 Coronary IVL Catheter$9,354
- Auryon Laser System 100-120 Vac$8,904
- Diamondback Coronary$3,946
- DRAGONFLY OPSTAR$3,273
- Gentuity HF-OCT Imaging System$3,129
- Vis-Rx Prime$3,000
- GENERAL - THERAPIES$1,440
- AlphaVac$951
- AVVIGO Guidance System$601
- OPTIS$305
- COREVALVE EVOLUT R$147
- Rotablator Rotational Atherectomy System Console Kit$131
- Vis-Rx$129
- GENERAL - STENTS$115
- Impella$107
How this compares
$45,369 in reported general payments places this provider in the 80th percentile of 256 interventional cardiology providers in Ohio.
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.
Other interventional cardiology in Cleveland
- Grant ReedCleveland$235K
- Rishi PuriCleveland$185K
- Rayji TsutsuiCleveland$100K
- Paul PoommipanitCleveland$97K
- Jun LiCleveland$85K
- Michael ChenierCleveland$76K
- Khaled ZiadaCleveland$53K
- Laura YoungCleveland$51K
- Jason WenCleveland$37K
- Khanjan ShahCleveland$32K
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.