Daniel Lustgarten
Cardiovascular Disease · Burlington, VTNPI 1659398501
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — speaking fees (57.7%), consulting fees and travel and lodging — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. Medtronic accounts for 67.2% of it on its own, with 3 other manufacturers making up the rest. 2025 is the largest year on record at $67,932, 2.2 times the $30,273 reported in 2019. Among cardiovascular disease clinicians in VT 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 173 payments — averaging $986.11 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Medtronic$115K
- Abbott$33K
- Boston Scientific$22K
- Biotronik Inc.$1K
Across 149 payments — averaging $6917.35 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$792K
- Abbott$221K
- Boston Scientific$15K
- Biotronik Inc.$3K
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$61,59636%
- Speaking & faculty fees$98,40058%
- Travel & lodging$5,3503%
- Food & beverage$4,6343%
- Education$6180%
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(2 entities) | 115 | $114,662 |
| Abbott | 48 | $32,593 |
| Boston Scientific | 7 | $22,130 |
| Biotronik Inc. | 3 | $1,213 |
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.
- Farapulse$22,130
- Agilis NxT EP Introducer$11,841
- EnSite Precision Cardiac Mapping System$6,498
- Nanostim Leadleas Pacemaker$3,864
- AVEIR$3,450
- THORATEC HEARTMATE 3 LVAS IMPLANT KIT$3,450
- SelectSecure$2,354
- Tendril Pacing Lead$1,650
- TENDRIL$550
- Confirm Rx$453
- Cardiovascular- Research only$364
- Arctic Front$286
- SelectSite$186
- OptiSense Pacing Lead$149
How this compares
$170,598 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 27 cardiovascular disease providers in Vermont.
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 | 227 | $309,324 |
| XareltoRivaroxaban | 73 | $101,953 |
| Dofetilide | 224 | $59,800 |
| Diltiazem 24hr Er (Cd)Diltiazem Hcl | 114 | $3,051 |
| Diltiazem 24hr Er (La)Diltiazem Hcl | 13 | $1,750 |
| Flecainide Acetate | 17 | $1,215 |
| Metoprolol Succinate | 43 | $909 |
| Torsemide | 28 | $851 |
| ClopidogrelClopidogrel Bisulfate | 85 | $816 |
| Dilt-XrDiltiazem Hcl | 14 | $668 |
| Amiodarone Hcl | 31 | $657 |
| Diltiazem Hcl | 39 | $597 |
| Diltiazem 24hr ErDiltiazem Hcl | 16 | $541 |
| Atorvastatin Calcium | 20 | $277 |
| Losartan Potassium | 14 | $185 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other cardiovascular disease in Burlington
- Harold DauermanBurlington$248K
- Shubash AdhikariBurlington$59K
- Adipong BrickshawanaBurlington$37K
- Thomas GillilandBurlington$35K
- Benjamin IrvineBurlington$11K
- David SchneiderBurlington$7K
- Ahmed HarhashBurlington$6K
- Sharan SharmaBurlington$4K
- Trace BarrettBurlington$4K
- Sherrie KhadangaBurlington$1K
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.