Christopher Varughese, MD
Interventional Cardiology · Staten Island, NYNPI 1013247915
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 206 payments — averaging $26.77 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Cardiovascular Systems Inc.$883
- Medtronic$762
- Amgen$698
- Philips North America LLC$672
- Amarin Pharma, Inc.$411
- Johnson & Johnson$400
- plus $2K from 21 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$5,507100%
- Education$70%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Cardiovascular Systems Inc. | 36 | $883 |
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 7 | $762 |
| Amgen | 40 | $698 |
| Philips North America LLC | 10 | $672 |
| Amarin Pharma, Inc. | 28 | $411 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 25 | $400 |
| Bard Peripheral Vascular, Inc. | 7 | $248 |
| AstraZeneca | 14 | $235 |
| Boston Scientific | 1 | $171 |
| Abiomed | 1 | $150 |
| Endologix LLC | 1 | $140 |
| E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. | 7 | $106 |
| Edwards Lifesciences | 1 | $88 |
| Novartis | 4 | $77 |
| Angiodynamics, Inc. | 1 | $76 |
| Pfizer | 5 | $71 |
| Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc. | 3 | $53 |
| Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC | 2 | $42 |
| Esperion Therapeutics, Inc. | 2 | $39 |
| ZOLL Services LLC (a/k/a ZOLL Lifecor Corp) | 2 | $34 |
| Stryker | 1 | $28 |
| Kowa Pharmaceuticals America, Inc. | 2 | $28 |
| Abbott | 1 | $28 |
| Tactile Systems Technology Inc | 2 | $26 |
| G Medical Diagnostic Services, Inc. | 1 | $22 |
| Terumo Medical Corporation | 1 | $13 |
| Arbor Pharmaceuticals, 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.
- RESOLUTE ONYX$288
- COREVALVE EVOLUT R$175
- Peripheral Orbital Atherectomy System$150
- ULTRAVERSE$150
- Impella$150
- (4066) Tack Endo Sys ATK$147
- ENDOCROSS Device$140
- Torus Stent Graft System$140
- IGT D Peripheral$131
How this compares
$5,514 in reported general payments places this provider in the 35th percentile of 382 interventional cardiology providers in New York.
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 | $70,639 |
| XareltoRivaroxaban | 35 | $43,054 |
| EntrestoSacubitril/Valsartan | 34 | $35,471 |
| Repatha SureclickEvolocumab | 33 | $26,042 |
| BrilintaTicagrelor | 23 | $14,594 |
| Metoprolol Succinate | 173 | $2,235 |
| Nebivolol Hcl | 51 | $1,980 |
| Prasugrel Hcl | 16 | $1,052 |
| Valsartan | 31 | $781 |
| Rosuvastatin Calcium | 67 | $762 |
| Amlodipine Besylate | 161 | $712 |
| ClopidogrelClopidogrel Bisulfate | 61 | $664 |
| Losartan Potassium | 95 | $616 |
| Nifedipine ErNifedipine | 28 | $512 |
| Atorvastatin Calcium | 71 | $474 |
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 | $71 | $70,63958 claims |
| Johnson & JohnsonXarelto | $400 | $43,05435 claims |
| NovartisEntresto | $77 | $35,47134 claims |
| AstraZenecaBrilinta | $235 | $14,59423 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 35th percentile of 382 interventional cardiology providers in New York.
Other interventional cardiology in Staten Island
- Martin LeonNew York$13.5M
- David CohenRoslyn$9.8M
- Susheel KodaliNew York$6M
- Mohamed Azeem LatibBronx$4.6M
- Richard ShlofmitzRoslyn$4.5M
- Deepak BhattNew York$4.1M
- Samin SharmaNew York$3.7M
- Annapoorna KiniNew York$3.5M
- Sahil ParikhNew York$2.7M
- George DangasNew York$2.6M
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.