Hiroshi Ashikaga
Cardiovascular Disease · Baltimore, MDNPI 1588685176
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — consulting fees (56.6%), travel and lodging and speaking fees — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. Abbott accounts for 72.9% of it on its own, with 8 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2022 at $30,533 and has fallen 96.0% since, to $1,211 in 2025. Among cardiovascular disease clinicians in MD 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 233 payments — averaging $384.71 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Abbott$65K
- Medtronic$20K
- Boston Scientific$3K
- Medical Device Business Services, Inc.$811
- Biosense Webster, Inc.$251
- Atricure, Inc.$204
- plus $403 from 3 others
Across 9 payments — averaging $2445.85 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$22K
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$50,77057%
- Speaking & faculty fees$10,00011%
- Travel & lodging$19,53222%
- Food & beverage$9,33610%
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 | 128 | $65,323 |
| Medtronic | 65 | $19,829 |
| Boston Scientific | 30 | $2,817 |
| Medical Device Business Services, Inc. | 1 | $811 |
| Biosense Webster, Inc. | 3 | $251 |
| Atricure, Inc. | 3 | $204 |
| Cardiovascular Systems Inc. | 1 | $186 |
| Siemens Medical Solutions USA, Inc. | 1 | $111 |
| ZOLL Services LLC (a/k/a ZOLL Lifecor Corp) | 1 | $107 |
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.
- ADVISOR$19,653
- ENSITE PRECISION$14,817
- Advisor Catheter$13,277
- EnSite Precision Cardiac Mapping System$10,019
- AVEIR$4,348
- EVERA MRI XT DR SURESCAN$2,070
- RHYTHMIA$1,541
- Carto 3$811
- Agilis HisPro$755
- ARCTIC FRONT ADVANCE$740
- PulseSelect$567
- Micra$460
- SelectSecure$447
- ENSITE$438
- RESONATE EL ICD VR$306
- GENERAL - THERAPIES$230
- Coronary Orbital Atherectomy System$186
- Assurity Pacemaker$176
- EPI-SENSE GUIDED COAGULATION SYSTEM WITH VISITRAX$145
- LINQ II$135
How this compares
$89,638 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 507 cardiovascular disease providers in Maryland.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| EliquisApixaban | 162 | $215,373 |
| XareltoRivaroxaban | 40 | $54,684 |
| MultaqDronedarone Hcl | 14 | $24,350 |
| Metoprolol Succinate | 150 | $3,280 |
| Flecainide Acetate | 32 | $1,941 |
| Amiodarone Hcl | 107 | $1,863 |
| Diltiazem 24hr Er (Cd)Diltiazem Hcl | 31 | $1,207 |
| Atorvastatin Calcium | 17 | $434 |
| ClopidogrelClopidogrel Bisulfate | 22 | $296 |
| Furosemide | 31 | $119 |
| Carvedilol | 14 | $101 |
| Hydrochlorothiazide | 11 | $44 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other cardiovascular disease in Baltimore
- Navin KapurBaltimore$1.5M
- Michael BlahaBaltimore$609K
- Sanjay RajagopalanBaltimore$521K
- Erin MichosBaltimore$257K
- Seth MartinBaltimore$166K
- Erika FellerBaltimore$121K
- Charles CummingsBaltimore$114K
- John RickardBaltimore$109K
- Christopher DefilippiBaltimore$101K
- David KassBaltimore$90K
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.