RxDoctor Payments Data

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.

$631,777in general payments, 2019–2025

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
$799,898in research payments, 2019–2025

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

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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.

CompanyPaymentsTotal
Edwards Lifesciences348$369,430
Abbott102$153,494
Renata Medical, Inc.65$75,504
Medtronic(2 entities)50$26,590
W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc.10$5,850
Balt USA, LLC3$426
Galt Medical1$227
B. Braun Interventional Systems Inc.1$185
Penumbra, Inc.1$47
Abiomed1$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.

How this compares

$631,777 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 585 interventional cardiology providers in California.

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