Branislav Schifferdecker, MD
Interventional Cardiology · Oklahoma City, OKNPI 1013973304
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 612 payments — averaging $197.27 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Cvrx, Inc.$50K
- Esperion Therapeutics, Inc.$18K
- Novartis$16K
- Boehringer Ingelheim$13K
- Janssen Research & Development, LLC$8K
- Medtronic$4K
- plus $12K from 29 others
What the payments were for
- Speaking & faculty fees$12,37547%
- Travel & lodging$2,88511%
- Food & beverage$11,17342%
- Education$350%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Cvrx, Inc. | 14 | $49,544 |
| Esperion Therapeutics, Inc. | 34 | $17,722 |
| Novartis | 48 | $16,467 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 87 | $12,789 |
| Janssen Research & Development, LLC | 2 | $8,000 |
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 22 | $3,785 |
| CSL Behring | 2 | $2,000 |
| ZOLL Services LLC (a/k/a ZOLL Lifecor Corp) | 87 | $1,695 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 1 | $1,375 |
| Kowa Research Institute, Inc. | 1 | $1,250 |
| AstraZeneca | 53 | $1,129 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 65 | $1,112 |
| E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. | 59 | $620 |
| Pfizer | 48 | $558 |
| Boston Scientific | 4 | $381 |
| Amarin Pharma, Inc. | 21 | $365 |
| Abbott | 10 | $324 |
| Impulse Dynamics (USA) Inc. | 4 | $254 |
| Daiichi Sankyo Inc. | 7 | $216 |
| Philips North America LLC | 5 | $166 |
| Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc. | 6 | $151 |
| Novo Nordisk | 3 | $143 |
| Scpharmaceuticals Inc. | 1 | $127 |
| Irhythm Technologies, Inc. | 7 | $113 |
| Abiomed | 2 | $108 |
| Kowa Pharmaceuticals America, Inc. | 5 | $81 |
| Asahi Intecc USA, Inc. | 2 | $60 |
| Merck | 3 | $59 |
| Amgen | 2 | $33 |
| Actelion Pharmaceuticals US, Inc. | 2 | $24 |
| Kiniksa Pharmaceuticals, Ltd. | 1 | $19 |
| Kestra Medical Technology Services, Inc. | 1 | $18 |
| Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC | 1 | $17 |
| ZOLL Circulation Inc | 1 | $14 |
| Bayer | 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.
- JARDIANCE$12,975
- Reveal LINQ$2,402
- Micra$1,062
- OPTIMIZER$278
- WATCHMAN FLX$249
- XARELTO$149
- CAMZYOS$130
- FUROSCIX$127
- INJECTAFER$117
- WAINUA$116
- Ozempic$114
- ELIQUIS$112
- Vascepa$106
- HeartMate$101
How this compares
$120,732 in reported general payments places this provider in the 85th percentile of 110 interventional cardiology providers in Oklahoma.
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 | 1,526 | $1,445,528 |
| JardianceEmpagliflozin | 555 | $539,128 |
| EntrestoSacubitril/Valsartan | 618 | $536,104 |
| FarxigaDapagliflozin Propanediol | 424 | $358,511 |
| XareltoRivaroxaban | 291 | $296,912 |
| Repatha SureclickEvolocumab | 97 | $80,917 |
| MultaqDronedarone Hcl | 59 | $68,831 |
| BrilintaTicagrelor | 80 | $64,821 |
| MounjaroTirzepatide | 45 | $63,132 |
| Rosuvastatin Calcium | 2,134 | $43,094 |
| Praluent PenAlirocumab | 40 | $32,756 |
| Metoprolol Succinate | 2,094 | $29,976 |
| Repatha SyringeEvolocumab | 22 | $25,736 |
| VascepaIcosapent Ethyl | 38 | $24,724 |
| ClopidogrelClopidogrel Bisulfate | 1,567 | $24,082 |
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 | $558 | $1,445,5281,526 claims |
| Boehringer IngelheimJardiance, Synjardy | $12,789 | $551,114569 claims |
| NovartisEntresto | $16,467 | $536,104618 claims |
| AstraZenecaFarxiga, Brilinta | $1,129 | $423,332504 claims |
| Johnson & JohnsonXarelto | $1,112 | $296,912291 claims |
| Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLCMultaq | $17 | $68,83159 claims |
| Lilly USA, LLCMounjaro | $1,375 | $63,13245 claims |
| Novo NordiskOzempic, Rybelsus | $143 | $44,15739 claims |
| Esperion Therapeutics, Inc.Nexlizet | $17,722 | $9,39212 claims |
| MerckJanuvia | $59 | $8,95214 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 85th percentile of 110 interventional cardiology providers in Oklahoma.
Other interventional cardiology in Oklahoma City
- Naeem TahirkheliOklahoma City$8.6M
- Mohammad GhaniOklahoma City$1.8M
- George ChrysantOklahoma City$873K
- Usman BaberOklahoma City$736K
- Jeffrey SparlingOklahoma City$381K
- Thomas McGarryOklahoma City$153K
- Faisal LatifOklahoma City$129K
- Mazen Abu-FadelOklahoma City$98K
- Dwayne SchmidtOklahoma City$79K
- Marcus SmithOklahoma City$67K
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.