RxDoctor Payments Data

Gaurav Aggarwala, MD

Cardiovascular Disease · Huntsville, TXNPI 1629098413

Payments from drug & device makers

$80,072in general payments, 2019–2025

Across 701 payments — averaging $114.23 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.

  • AstraZeneca$23K
  • Medtronic$17K
  • Kowa Research Institute, Inc.$7K
  • E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C.$6K
  • Amgen$5K
  • Bayer$4K
  • plus $17K from 54 others

What the payments were for

  • Royalty or licence$13,49739%
  • Consulting fees$8252%
  • Travel & lodging$2,1726%
  • Food & beverage$17,92351%
  • Education$6002%

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

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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
AstraZeneca46$23,262
Medtronic(2 entities)33$17,092
Kowa Research Institute, Inc.5$7,454
E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C.19$5,564
Amgen140$5,416
Bayer2$3,950
Novartis29$2,647
Biotronik Inc.51$2,316
Philips North America LLC28$1,643
Abbott26$1,328
Angiodynamics, Inc.10$828
Cordis US CORP.15$702
Merck37$672
Pfizer40$617
Sirtex Medical Inc1$550
Impulse Dynamics (USA) Inc.16$546
Johnson & Johnson(2 entities)31$505
Actelion Pharmaceuticals US, Inc.13$479
Inspire Medical Systems, Inc.12$469
Recor Medical Inc5$264
Mylan Specialty L.p.10$261
Penumbra, Inc.2$246
Acarix USA Inc.4$240
Kestra Medical Technology Services, Inc.10$240
Boston Scientific9$223
Cardinal Health 200 LLC13$197
Reprise Biomedical, Inc.2$187
Cvrx, Inc.2$182
Convatec Inc.7$178
Sanofi3$161
Boehringer Ingelheim8$147
United Therapeutics Corporation10$130
ZOLL Services LLC (a/k/a ZOLL Lifecor Corp)9$128
Amarin Pharma, Inc.7$120
Si-bone, Inc.1$105
Avinger Inc.2$92
Tactile Systems Technology Inc6$90
Opsens Inc.1$75
Smith+Nephew2$67
Galderma Laboratories, L.p.1$66
Esperion Therapeutics, Inc.3$54
Astellas Pharma US Inc3$44
ZOLL Respicardia, Inc.1$43
Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC2$40
Organogenesis Inc.1$38
Lilly USA, LLC2$32
Nalu Medical, Inc.1$27
Venclose Inc.2$26
Bard Peripheral Vascular, Inc.1$25
Agepha Pharma FZ LLC1$25
Medline Industries LP1$24
Merit Medical Systems Inc1$22
Heartflow, Inc.1$22
Alnylam Pharmaceuticals Inc.1$21
Novo Nordisk1$20
Kiniksa Pharmaceuticals International, PLC1$19
Siemens Medical Solutions USA, Inc.1$18
Paratek Pharmaceuticals, Inc.1$18
Terumo Medical Corporation1$17
Gilead1$16

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

$80,072 in reported general payments places this provider in the 85th percentile of 1,515 cardiovascular disease providers in Texas.

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Medicare billing

Part B allowed, 2024
$1,447,534
Medicare patients
673
Services billed
8,019

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

DrugClaimsCost to plans & patients
EliquisApixaban512$480,967
XareltoRivaroxaban182$184,856
EntrestoSacubitril/Valsartan184$177,706
JardianceEmpagliflozin92$84,796
FarxigaDapagliflozin Propanediol56$60,244
Repatha PushtronexEvolocumab61$49,377
Trelegy ElliptaFluticasone/Umeclidin/Vilanter51$40,838
Breo ElliptaFluticasone/Vilanterol69$39,165
Repatha SureclickEvolocumab28$23,472
VascepaIcosapent Ethyl19$13,993
Breztri AerosphereBudesonide/Glycopyr/Formoterol16$13,502
Ranolazine ErRanolazine110$10,145
Rosuvastatin Calcium386$5,752
Metoprolol Tartrate629$5,031
Furosemide600$3,091

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.

CompanyPaid to this providerPart D cost of their drugs
PfizerEliquis$617$480,967512 claims
Johnson & JohnsonXarelto$505$184,856182 claims
NovartisEntresto$2,647$177,706184 claims
Boehringer IngelheimJardiance$147$84,79692 claims
AstraZenecaFarxiga, Breztri Aerosphere$23,262$73,74672 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 85th percentile of 1,515 cardiovascular disease providers in Texas.

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