Christopher Kovach, MD
Interventional Cardiology · Colorado Springs, CONPI 1396134243
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 109 payments — averaging $77.63 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Medtronic$2K
- Philips North America LLC$2K
- Boston Scientific$733
- Angiodynamics, Inc.$680
- Abbott$563
- Abiomed$338
- plus $2K from 18 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$6007%
- Travel & lodging$2,08025%
- Food & beverage$5,11360%
- Education$6698%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Medtronic | 24 | $2,305 |
| Philips North America LLC | 10 | $1,598 |
| Boston Scientific | 11 | $733 |
| Angiodynamics, Inc. | 4 | $680 |
| Abbott | 6 | $563 |
| Abiomed | 7 | $338 |
| Shockwave Medical, Inc | 5 | $255 |
| Cardiovascular Systems Inc. | 3 | $240 |
| Pfizer | 11 | $218 |
| Asahi Intecc USA, Inc. | 1 | $198 |
| Astellas Pharma US Inc | 2 | $185 |
| Biotronik Inc. | 3 | $171 |
| Cook Medical LLC | 2 | $165 |
| Cagent Vascular Inc | 2 | $156 |
| W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc. | 1 | $123 |
| Novartis | 6 | $116 |
| Amgen | 3 | $90 |
| Cathworks, Inc. | 1 | $84 |
| Cordis US CORP. | 1 | $76 |
| Penumbra, Inc. | 1 | $63 |
| E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. | 2 | $42 |
| Inspire Medical Systems, Inc. | 1 | $32 |
| Sirtex Medical Inc | 1 | $27 |
| Recor Medical Inc | 1 | $3 |
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.
- (9520) IGT Devices Undivided$1,402
- ONYX FRONTIER$1,293
- Auryon Laser System 100-120 Vac$680
- SYMPLICITY G3$280
- Ensite Cardiac Mapping System$212
- Diamondback Coronary$210
- Asahi Peripheral Vascular Wires$198
- Shockwave IVL System with the Shockwave C2 Coronary IVL Catheter$195
- ENSITE PRECISION$155
- GENERAL VASCULAR INTERVENTION$153
- SEISMIQ Prime Catheter_PI$138
- Telescope$128
- GORE CARDIOFORM Septal Occluder$123
- Varithena Administration Pack$123
- Zilver PTX$117
- ESPRIT$114
- Labosys$103
How this compares
$8,462 in reported general payments places this provider in the 45th percentile of 111 interventional cardiology providers in Colorado.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Atorvastatin Calcium | 164 | $1,872 |
| Rosuvastatin Calcium | 36 | $512 |
| ClopidogrelClopidogrel Bisulfate | 32 | $407 |
| Metoprolol Succinate | 23 | $246 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other interventional cardiology in Colorado Springs
- Joseph LeeColorado Springs$275K
- William BarryColorado Springs$172K
- Cihan CevikColorado Springs$99K
- Harshal PatilColorado Springs$66K
- Bishal BhandariColorado Springs$12K
- Justin StroteFort Collins$2.8M
- John OldemeyerFort Collins$2.7M
- Ehrin ArmstrongEnglewood$2.6M
- Ira DauberLittleton$2.6M
- Gareth MorganAurora$1.3M
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.