Daniel Levi
Pediatric Cardiology · Los Angeles, CANPI 1407869977
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by consulting fees: $660,621 of the $914,473 with a category attached, or 72.2%. 20 manufacturers reported payments, led by Edwards Lifesciences at 45.6% of the total. Among pediatric cardiology clinicians in CA 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 981 payments — averaging $932.18 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Edwards Lifesciences$417K
- PFM Medical, Inc.$180K
- Medtronic$168K
- Abbott$53K
- B. Braun Interventional Systems Inc.$43K
- Okami Medical, Inc.$34K
- plus $19K from 14 others
Across 62 payments — averaging $3032.04 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.
- Medtronic$121K
- Edwards Lifesciences$57K
- W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc.$7K
- Abbott$3K
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$660,62172%
- Speaking & faculty fees$179,33020%
- Travel & lodging$49,8805%
- Food & beverage$21,6422%
- Other$3,0000%
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 | 522 | $417,293 |
| PFM Medical, Inc. | 6 | $180,000 |
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 237 | $167,715 |
| Abbott | 106 | $52,759 |
| B. Braun Interventional Systems Inc. | 55 | $43,270 |
| Okami Medical, Inc. | 15 | $34,430 |
| Balt USA, LLC | 19 | $8,041 |
| Inceptus Medical, LLC | 4 | $5,054 |
| Onocor, LLC | 1 | $3,000 |
| Beyond Air, Inc. | 1 | $2,200 |
| Galt Medical | 1 | $227 |
| Cook Medical LLC | 2 | $138 |
| Penumbra, Inc. | 3 | $131 |
| W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc. | 2 | $64 |
| Biotronik Inc. | 2 | $54 |
| Terumo Medical Corporation | 1 | $28 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 1 | $27 |
| Renata Medical, Inc. | 1 | $20 |
| Silvergate Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $13 |
| Altathera Pharmaceuticals LLC | 1 | $9 |
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$327,289
- HARMONY$155,640
- THE EDWARDS SAPIEN 3 VALVE WITH ALTERRA ADAPTIVE PRESTENT SYSTEM$58,793
- LOBO$39,480
- NIT-OCCLUD PDA$20,012
- AMPLATZER$18,701
- AMPLATZER Occluders$15,202
- CP STENT$12,136
- Edwards SAPIEN XT Transcatheter Heart Valve$11,117
- AMPLATZER TALISMAN$9,106
- Prestige Coil System$7,844
- CoreValve Evolut$3,828
- PTS$3,675
- AMPLATZER AMULET$3,353
- NIT-OCCLUD HEART CLOSURE DEVICE$3,325
- AMPLATZER PICCOLO$3,154
- ONO$3,000
- Lungfit$2,200
- MitraClip$1,750
- Melody$1,614
How this compares
$914,473 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 239 pediatric cardiology providers in California.
Other pediatric cardiology in Los Angeles
- John WoodLos Angeles$122K
- Leigh ReardonLos Angeles$87K
- Pierre WongLos Angeles$38K
- Stephen NageotteLos Angeles$36K
- Mark SklanskyLos Angeles$23K
- Ruchira GargLos Angeles$16K
- Juan AlejosLos Angeles$15K
- Kevin ShannonLos Angeles$11K
- Claire NewlonLos Angeles$7K
- Nancy HalnonLos Angeles$6K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.