Hitesh Patel, MD
Cardiovascular Disease · Frederick, MDNPI 1144200619
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 176 payments — averaging $20.82 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Abbott$790
- Amgen$410
- Novartis$221
- Pfizer$201
- E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C.$197
- Novo Nordisk$183
- plus $2K from 29 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$3,665100%
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 | 41 | $790 |
| Amgen | 17 | $410 |
| Novartis | 15 | $221 |
| Pfizer | 11 | $201 |
| E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. | 12 | $197 |
| Novo Nordisk | 10 | $183 |
| ZOLL Services LLC (a/k/a ZOLL Lifecor Corp) | 11 | $179 |
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 4 | $158 |
| Boston Scientific | 7 | $155 |
| Edwards Lifesciences | 2 | $149 |
| Kestra Medical Technology Services, Inc. | 2 | $126 |
| Merck | 6 | $116 |
| Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC | 4 | $101 |
| Astellas Pharma US Inc | 4 | $84 |
| Daiichi Sankyo Inc. | 3 | $67 |
| Atricure, Inc. | 4 | $63 |
| Eisai Inc. | 2 | $56 |
| Inspire Medical Systems, Inc. | 2 | $50 |
| Lexicon Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 2 | $43 |
| Alnylam Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 1 | $28 |
| Lundbeck LLC | 2 | $25 |
| Vivaquant Inc, Dba Rhythm Express | 1 | $24 |
| Vital Connect, Inc | 1 | $24 |
| Abiomed | 1 | $24 |
| Medicomp Inc | 1 | $22 |
| Amarin Pharma, Inc. | 1 | $22 |
| Portola Pharmaceuticals, LLC | 1 | $22 |
| Biotronik Inc. | 1 | $20 |
| Actelion Pharmaceuticals US, Inc. | 1 | $20 |
| Bayer | 1 | $17 |
| Esperion Therapeutics, Inc. | 1 | $14 |
| Tactile Systems Technology Inc | 1 | $14 |
| Cleerly, Inc. | 1 | $13 |
| United Therapeutics Corporation | 1 | $12 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 1 | $12 |
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
$3,665 in reported general payments places this provider in the 60th 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 | 1,111 | $1,309,070 |
| UptraviSelexipag | 21 | $901,936 |
| OpsumitMacitentan | 61 | $764,674 |
| XareltoRivaroxaban | 413 | $486,734 |
| Repatha SureclickEvolocumab | 310 | $335,051 |
| EntrestoSacubitril/Valsartan | 242 | $287,478 |
| FarxigaDapagliflozin Propanediol | 151 | $139,649 |
| Praluent PenAlirocumab | 76 | $84,891 |
| BrilintaTicagrelor | 83 | $83,457 |
| JardianceEmpagliflozin | 80 | $66,955 |
| Sildenafil Citrate | 112 | $48,022 |
| MultaqDronedarone Hcl | 22 | $43,652 |
| VascepaIcosapent Ethyl | 47 | $34,753 |
| NexletolBempedoic Acid | 40 | $32,136 |
| Rosuvastatin Calcium | 1,313 | $29,639 |
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.
| Company | Paid to this provider | Part D cost of their drugs |
|---|---|---|
| Actelion Pharmaceuticals US, Inc.Uptravi, Opsumit | $20 | $1,666,61182 claims |
| PfizerEliquis | $201 | $1,309,0701,111 claims |
| Johnson & JohnsonXarelto | $12 | $486,734413 claims |
| NovartisEntresto | $221 | $287,478242 claims |
| Esperion Therapeutics, Inc.Nexletol, Nexlizet | $14 | $59,81672 claims |
| Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLCMultaq | $101 | $43,65222 claims |
| Novo NordiskOzempic | $183 | $15,62117 claims |
| MerckVerquvo | $116 | $7,25112 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 60th percentile of 507 cardiovascular disease providers in Maryland.
Other cardiovascular disease in Frederick
- Christopher DefilippiBaltimore$9.2M
- Thorsten LeuckerBaltimore$7.1M
- Joao LimaBaltimore$5.6M
- Jeffrey ColeBaltimore$4.8M
- Carlos InceBaltimore$3M
- Paul GurbelBaltimore$2.6M
- Navin KapurBaltimore$1.8M
- Vineet VenugopalLanham$1.5M
- Robert WeissBaltimore$1.4M
- Stephen GottliebBaltimore$1.4M
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.