Evan Zahn
Interventional Cardiology · Los Angeles, CANPI 1972588622
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by consulting fees: $421,563 of the $631,777 with a category attached, or 66.7%. 10 manufacturers reported payments, led by Edwards Lifesciences at 58.5% of the total. Among interventional 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 582 payments — averaging $1085.53 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Edwards Lifesciences$369K
- Abbott$153K
- Renata Medical, Inc.$76K
- Medtronic$27K
- W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc.$6K
- Balt USA, LLC$426
- plus $483 from 4 others
Across 76 payments — averaging $10,525 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.
- Edwards Lifesciences$754K
- Medtronic$44K
- Abbott$2K
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$421,56367%
- Speaking & faculty fees$92,51115%
- Travel & lodging$105,79617%
- Food & beverage$11,9072%
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 | 348 | $369,430 |
| Abbott | 102 | $153,494 |
| Renata Medical, Inc. | 65 | $75,504 |
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 50 | $26,590 |
| W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc. | 10 | $5,850 |
| Balt USA, LLC | 3 | $426 |
| Galt Medical | 1 | $227 |
| B. Braun Interventional Systems Inc. | 1 | $185 |
| Penumbra, Inc. | 1 | $47 |
| Abiomed | 1 | $23 |
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$278,969
- MINIMA STENT SYSTEM - 6MM$74,772
- MINIMA STENT SYSTEM - 8MM$74,772
- AMPLATZER Occluders$64,142
- AMPLATZER PICCOLO$35,101
- AMPLATZER AMULET$28,442
- THE EDWARDS SAPIEN 3 VALVE WITH ALTERRA ADAPTIVE PRESTENT SYSTEM$18,700
- MitraClip$16,100
- Melody$15,500
- AMPLATZER$7,773
- Product in Development$5,850
- Edwards SAPIEN 3 Ultra Transcatheter Heart Valve$3,500
- CoreValve Evolut$3,000
- HARMONY$2,427
- Piccolo Xpress$1,091
- Prestige Coil System$426
- ONO RETRIEVAL DEVICE$185
- EnSite Precision Cardiac Mapping System$129
How this compares
$631,777 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 585 interventional cardiology providers in California.
Other interventional cardiology in Los Angeles
- Steven BursteinLos Angeles$352K
- Jubin JosephLos Angeles$217K
- Ali NsairLos Angeles$162K
- Ray MatthewsLos Angeles$159K
- Daniel AsemotaLos Angeles$155K
- Christina EconomidesLos Angeles$150K
- Aakriti GuptaLos Angeles$139K
- Matthew Pricela Jolla$2.3M
- Frederick St GoarMountain View$2.2M
- Saibal KarThousand Oaks$1.1M
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.