David Lasorda, DO
Interventional Cardiology · Pittsburgh, PANPI 1063412955
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — speaking fees (46.4%), consulting fees and food and beverage — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 42 manufacturers reported payments, led by Edwards Lifesciences at 38.6% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2023 at $53,706 and has fallen 55.7% since, to $23,789 in 2025. Among interventional cardiology clinicians in PA 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 934 payments — averaging $290.08 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Edwards Lifesciences$105K
- Shockwave Medical, Inc$68K
- Boston Scientific$42K
- Abiomed$16K
- Abbott$13K
- Cardiovascular Systems Inc.$10K
- plus $18K from 36 others
Across 391 payments — averaging $2186.11 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.
- Abbott$614K
- Inari Medical, Inc.$103K
- Cardiovascular Systems Inc.$95K
- Edwards Lifesciences$41K
- Novartis$2K
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$85,93632%
- Speaking & faculty fees$125,75046%
- Grants$160%
- Travel & lodging$29,19911%
- Food & beverage$29,99911%
- Education$350%
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.
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$98,642
- Shockwave IVL System with the Shockwave C2 Coronary IVL Catheter$67,681
- Watchman$32,996
- Impella$14,341
- Diamondback Coronary$8,572
- Coronary Orbital Atherectomy System$5,955
- GENERAL VASCULAR ACCESS$3,947
- EVOQUE$1,608
- Mitra Clip system$1,436
- CardioMEMS HF System$1,063
- Diamondback Peripheral$810
- AccuCinch$779
- COREVALVE EVOLUT R$746
- GORE CARDIOFORM Septal Occluder$733
- MitraClip$637
- MitraClip System$627
- FLOWTRIEVER CATHETER, S$607
- CT THROMBECTOMY SYSTEM KIT$607
- ONYX FRONTIER$511
- SAPIEN 3 Ultra RESILIA$500
How this compares
$270,935 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 281 interventional cardiology providers in Pennsylvania.
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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 |
|---|---|---|
| JardianceEmpagliflozin | 101 | $65,699 |
| EntrestoSacubitril/Valsartan | 56 | $61,184 |
| EliquisApixaban | 53 | $45,337 |
| Repatha SureclickEvolocumab | 67 | $40,493 |
| Ranolazine ErRanolazine | 14 | $1,651 |
| Bumetanide | 42 | $686 |
| Isosorbide Mononitrate ErIsosorbide Mononitrate | 27 | $627 |
| ClopidogrelClopidogrel Bisulfate | 80 | $377 |
| Valsartan | 11 | $262 |
| Metoprolol Succinate | 33 | $181 |
| Ezetimibe | 11 | $169 |
| Carvedilol | 26 | $128 |
| Atorvastatin Calcium | 24 | $128 |
| Warfarin Sodium | 16 | $117 |
| Furosemide | 31 | $112 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Boehringer IngelheimJardiance | $391 | $65,699101 claims |
| NovartisEntresto | $471 | $61,18456 claims |
| PfizerEliquis | $92 | $45,33753 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 95th percentile of 281 interventional cardiology providers in Pennsylvania.
Other interventional cardiology in Pittsburgh
- Ramzi KhalilPittsburgh$217K
- Ryan ZuzekPittsburgh$152K
- Catalin TomaPittsburgh$120K
- Dustin KlinerPittsburgh$73K
- Adnan KhalifPittsburgh$39K
- Saad TabbaraPittsburgh$28K
- Jeffrey FowlerPittsburgh$26K
- Marinos CharalambousPittsburgh$25K
- Nishant SethiScranton$1.3M
- Matthew BeckerErie$1M
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.