Chalak Berzingi, MD
Interventional Cardiology · Roanoke, VANPI 1225073711
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — travel and lodging (59.9%), food and beverage and education — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. It is spread thinly across 18 manufacturers, the largest accounting for just 23.6%. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $6,054 and has fallen 58.5% since, to $2,512 in 2025.
Across 112 payments — averaging $125.75 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Abbott$3K
- Boston Scientific$2K
- Abiomed$2K
- Edwards Lifesciences$2K
- Teleflex LLC$1K
- Penumbra, Inc.$966
- plus $3K from 12 others
Across 5 payments — averaging $2044.00 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.
- Abiomed$10K
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$8,43960%
- Food & beverage$5,59540%
- Education$500%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Abbott | 34 | $3,323 |
| Boston Scientific | 11 | $2,151 |
| Abiomed | 12 | $2,044 |
| Edwards Lifesciences | 7 | $1,612 |
| Teleflex LLC | 10 | $1,468 |
| Penumbra, Inc. | 9 | $966 |
| Cardiovascular Systems Inc. | 4 | $662 |
| Philips North America LLC | 6 | $545 |
| Shockwave Medical, Inc | 2 | $387 |
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 5 | $359 |
| Inari Medical, Inc. | 1 | $130 |
| Asahi Intecc USA, Inc. | 2 | $125 |
| Bayer | 1 | $104 |
| Arrow International, Inc. | 1 | $92 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 4 | $59 |
| Livanova USA, Inc. | 1 | $27 |
| Biotronik Inc. | 1 | $16 |
| Terumo Medical Corporation | 1 | $15 |
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.
- CROSSBOSS$1,833
- Impella$1,821
- Edwards SAPIEN 3 Transcatheter Heart Valve$1,394
- GUIDELINER$1,279
- OPTIS$1,100
- Indigo System$804
- Xience V coronary stent system$773
- Coronary Orbital Atherectomy System$502
- Shockwave IVL System with the Shockwave C2 Coronary IVL Catheter$387
- (6581) Verrata Plus$147
- PRESSUREWIRE$146
- XIENCE SIERRA$143
- (6571) Eagle Eye$135
- FLOWTRIEVER CATHETER, S$130
- CT THROMBECTOMY SYSTEM KIT$130
- Diamondback Coronary$126
- ONYX FRONTIER$115
- COROFLOW$114
- Resolute$107
- Azurion 7 B20$104
How this compares
$14,084 in reported general payments places this provider in the 75th percentile of 176 interventional cardiology providers in Virginia.
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 | 58 | $71,894 |
| JardianceEmpagliflozin | 47 | $43,461 |
| EntrestoSacubitril/Valsartan | 17 | $21,219 |
| Repatha SureclickEvolocumab | 11 | $8,276 |
| BrilintaTicagrelor | 15 | $6,458 |
| Isosorbide Mononitrate ErIsosorbide Mononitrate | 177 | $1,855 |
| Atorvastatin Calcium | 208 | $1,673 |
| Ezetimibe | 58 | $1,466 |
| Diltiazem 24hr Er (Cd)Diltiazem Hcl | 40 | $1,424 |
| Metoprolol Succinate | 142 | $1,227 |
| Rosuvastatin Calcium | 116 | $1,215 |
| Amlodipine Besylate | 182 | $815 |
| Nitroglycerin | 86 | $707 |
| Losartan Potassium | 88 | $682 |
| Losartan-HydrochlorothiazideLosartan/Hydrochlorothiazide | 75 | $668 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other interventional cardiology in Roanoke
- Jason FoerstRoanoke$175K
- Richard KonstanceRoanoke$12K
- Alan McLuckieRoanoke$9K
- Deepak TalrejaVirginia Beach$1.5M
- Rajiv TayalFredericksburg$984K
- Gansevoort DunningtonRichmond$440K
- Matthew SummersNorfolk$308K
- Noah JonesFalls Church$238K
- Michael GenVirginia Beach$207K
- Jeremy BockLeesburg$202K
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.