Brian Whisenant, MD
Cardiovascular Disease · Murray, UTNPI 1750359253
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by consulting fees: $255,040 of the $416,031 with a category attached, or 61.3%. 11 manufacturers reported payments, led by Edwards Lifesciences at 36.5% of the total. Among cardiovascular disease clinicians in UT with any reported payments, this total sits in the top 5% — high for the specialty, which is a reason to read the composition above rather than the number alone.
Across 582 payments — averaging $714.83 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Edwards Lifesciences$152K
- Abbott$124K
- Boston Scientific$112K
- Merit Medical Systems Inc$12K
- W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc.$8K
- Biosense Webster, Inc.$6K
- plus $2K from 5 others
Across 571 payments — averaging $5182.03 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.
- Edwards Lifesciences$1.9M
- Abbott$959K
- Medtronic$43K
- Boston Scientific$10K
- W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc.$2K
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$255,04061%
- Speaking & faculty fees$82,84120%
- Travel & lodging$63,32215%
- Food & beverage$14,8284%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Edwards Lifesciences | 313 | $151,961 |
| Abbott | 91 | $123,682 |
| Boston Scientific | 129 | $111,780 |
| Merit Medical Systems Inc | 9 | $11,865 |
| W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc. | 8 | $8,425 |
| Biosense Webster, Inc. | 19 | $6,486 |
| Abiomed | 7 | $1,519 |
| Shockwave Medical, Inc | 1 | $110 |
| Jenavalve Technology, Inc. | 1 | $108 |
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 3 | $76 |
| Ancora Heart, Inc. | 1 | $20 |
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.
- Edwards SAPIEN 3 Transcatheter Heart Valve$110,210
- MitraClip$89,127
- Watchman$49,970
- WATCHMAN Access System$33,028
- WATCHMAN FLX$22,566
- MitraClip System$14,717
- PASCAL$9,118
- Product in Development$7,848
- EVOQUE$6,900
- Navistar$5,942
- Mitra Clip system$4,124
- GENERAL - THERAPIES$3,680
- Tricuspid Valve Repair System$1,500
- Impella$1,404
- MITRIS RESILIA Mitral Valve$838
- SUPERION$758
- GORE CARDIOFORM Septal Occluder$540
- Edwards SAPIEN 3 Ultra Transcatheter Heart Valve$448
- GENERAL EMBOLICS$348
- Vascular Lithotripsy$110
How this compares
$416,031 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 131 cardiovascular disease providers in Utah.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| FarxigaDapagliflozin Propanediol | 65 | $57,212 |
| JardianceEmpagliflozin | 17 | $18,583 |
| Metoprolol Succinate | 27 | $542 |
| Spironolactone | 32 | $445 |
| Losartan Potassium | 28 | $346 |
| ClopidogrelClopidogrel Bisulfate | 13 | $144 |
| Atorvastatin Calcium | 25 | $116 |
| Lisinopril | 12 | $106 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other cardiovascular disease in Murray
- Joseph MuhlesteinMurray$65K
- Divya Ratan VermaMurray$47K
- Kirk KnowltonMurray$18K
- Stephen MillerMurray$11K
- Travis MossMurray$6K
- Jonathan HarrisonMurray$5K
- Alpana SenapatiMurray$4K
- Kia AfsharMurray$4K
- Gary SymkoviakMurray$3K
- Rasheel ChowdharyMurray$2K
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.