Brian Perlmutter, MD
Interventional Cardiology · Sun City West, AZNPI 1851479380
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 233 payments — averaging $26.24 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- ZOLL Services LLC (a/k/a ZOLL Lifecor Corp)$1K
- Abbott$706
- Medtronic$585
- Novartis$551
- Abiomed$521
- Edwards Lifesciences$429
- plus $2K from 25 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$6,02799%
- Education$871%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| ZOLL Services LLC (a/k/a ZOLL Lifecor Corp) | 64 | $1,132 |
| Abbott | 14 | $706 |
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 10 | $585 |
| Novartis | 41 | $551 |
| Abiomed | 6 | $521 |
| Edwards Lifesciences | 6 | $429 |
| Boston Scientific | 8 | $334 |
| Biotronik Inc. | 2 | $202 |
| Astellas Pharma US Inc | 7 | $198 |
| Amgen | 10 | $179 |
| Impulse Dynamics (USA) Inc. | 2 | $170 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 9 | $162 |
| AstraZeneca | 8 | $120 |
| Pfizer | 7 | $111 |
| Cardiovascular Systems Inc. | 3 | $90 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 6 | $86 |
| Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC | 6 | $85 |
| Amarin Pharma, Inc. | 4 | $64 |
| Terumo Medical Corporation | 1 | $63 |
| Actelion Pharmaceuticals US, Inc. | 2 | $54 |
| Merck | 3 | $49 |
| Kowa Pharmaceuticals America, Inc. | 3 | $43 |
| E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. | 2 | $25 |
| Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc. | 2 | $25 |
| Cordis US CORP. | 1 | $23 |
| Lundbeck LLC | 1 | $23 |
| Bayer | 1 | $20 |
| Kestra Medical Technology Services, Inc. | 1 | $19 |
| Cook Medical LLC | 1 | $18 |
| Bardy Diagnostics, Inc. | 1 | $15 |
| Atricure, Inc. | 1 | $13 |
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$410
- LifeVest$379
- Micra$260
- CardioMEMS HF System$174
- OPTIMIZER$154
- SAPIEN 3 Ultra RESILIA$152
- Edwards SAPIEN 3 Transcatheter Heart Valve$141
- Mitra Clip system$140
- Endurant$138
- Watchman$129
- MitraClip System$100
How this compares
$6,115 in reported general payments places this provider in the 30th percentile of 223 interventional cardiology providers in Arizona.
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 | 580 | $788,175 |
| XareltoRivaroxaban | 86 | $121,524 |
| BrilintaTicagrelor | 52 | $53,465 |
| EntrestoSacubitril/Valsartan | 50 | $45,020 |
| Repatha SureclickEvolocumab | 21 | $23,491 |
| Metoprolol Succinate | 811 | $11,331 |
| FarxigaDapagliflozin Propanediol | 13 | $7,475 |
| Bumetanide | 230 | $5,656 |
| Potassium Chloride | 339 | $5,323 |
| Amiodarone Hcl | 252 | $5,062 |
| Atorvastatin Calcium | 416 | $5,005 |
| Rosuvastatin Calcium | 284 | $4,772 |
| ClopidogrelClopidogrel Bisulfate | 321 | $4,398 |
| SotalolSotalol Hcl | 118 | $3,573 |
| Flecainide Acetate | 93 | $3,516 |
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 | $111 | $788,175580 claims |
| Johnson & JohnsonXarelto | $86 | $121,52486 claims |
| AstraZenecaBrilinta, Farxiga | $120 | $60,94065 claims |
| NovartisEntresto | $551 | $45,02050 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 30th percentile of 223 interventional cardiology providers in Arizona.
Other interventional cardiology in Sun City West
- Pranav PatelSun City West$53K
- Ashim AggarwalSun City West$47K
- Salil SethiSun City West$44K
- Paul SorajjaPhoenix$8.8M
- Thomas WaggonerTucson$4.1M
- Hursh NaikAvondale$2.2M
- Nabil DibGilbert$2.2M
- Timothy ByrnePhoenix$2.1M
- Ashish PershadChandler$1.4M
- Mohamad LazkaniPhoenix$1.1M
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.