Emin Zargarian
Cardiovascular Disease · Covina, CANPI 1093219073
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by food and beverage: $7,894 of the $10,548 with a category attached, or 74.8%. 22 manufacturers reported payments, led by Abbott at 40.3% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2024 at $5,094 and has fallen 68.2% since, to $1,621 in 2025.
Across 105 payments — averaging $100.46 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Abbott$4K
- ZOLL Services LLC (a/k/a ZOLL Lifecor Corp)$1K
- Shockwave Medical, Inc$809
- Abiomed$725
- AstraZeneca$610
- Boston Scientific$533
- plus $3K from 16 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$1,59815%
- Food & beverage$7,89475%
- Education$1,05610%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Abbott | 37 | $4,254 |
| ZOLL Services LLC (a/k/a ZOLL Lifecor Corp) | 12 | $1,063 |
| Shockwave Medical, Inc | 6 | $809 |
| Abiomed | 9 | $725 |
| AstraZeneca | 5 | $610 |
| Boston Scientific | 7 | $533 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 8 | $490 |
| Amgen | 4 | $467 |
| Kestra Medical Technology Services, Inc. | 2 | $325 |
| Cvrx, Inc. | 1 | $180 |
| Heartflow, Inc. | 1 | $163 |
| W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc. | 1 | $154 |
| Pfizer | 2 | $123 |
| Alnylam Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 1 | $122 |
| Kiniksa Pharmaceuticals International, PLC | 1 | $120 |
| Novartis | 1 | $114 |
| Teleflex LLC | 1 | $108 |
| Baxter Healthcare | 1 | $70 |
| Merck | 2 | $43 |
| Medtronic | 1 | $28 |
| Edwards Lifesciences | 1 | $24 |
| Lantheus Medical Imaging, Inc. | 1 | $22 |
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.
- GALLANT$1,726
- Shockwave IVL System with the Shockwave C2 Coronary IVL Catheter$802
- LifeVest$619
- ENSITE$553
- AVVIGO Guidance System$472
- XARELTO$429
- Repatha$406
- Assure WCD$325
- Impella$265
- FARXIGA$244
- WAINUA$240
- QUADRA ASSURA$235
- ASSURITY$223
- Barostim Neo System$180
- FFRct$163
- DRAGONFLY OPSTAR$156
- GORE CARDIOFORM Septal Occluder$154
- CARDIOMEMS$152
- PRESSUREWIRE$147
- PERCLOSE PROGLIDE$139
How this compares
$10,548 in reported general payments places this provider in the 75th percentile of 2,184 cardiovascular disease providers in California.
Other cardiovascular disease in Covina
- Ted LoveHillsborough$102.8M
- Paul KurthSanta Barbara$6.1M
- Jason RogersSacramento$4.4M
- Matthew BudoffTorrance$3.6M
- Eric Topolla Jolla$2.2M
- Cathleen Bairey-MerzLos Angeles$1.2M
- Gagan SinghSacramento$1.2M
- Pam Taubla Jolla$1.2M
- Wilber SuStanford$1.1M
- Thomas SmithSacramento$942K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.