Jeffrey Cavendish, MD
Interventional Cardiology · San Diego, CANPI 1093787889
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 91.7% of the total across 51 separate payments, which is the pattern of a clinician who attends manufacturer presentations rather than one with a consulting arrangement. 11 manufacturers reported payments, led by Edwards Lifesciences at 41.9% of the total. That places this record below the midpoint for interventional cardiology clinicians in CA, where the typical reported total is $8,581.
Across 51 payments — averaging $63.66 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Edwards Lifesciences$1K
- Abbott$633
- Medtronic$579
- Abiomed$339
- Cathworks, Inc.$104
- Boston Scientific$82
- plus $148 from 5 others
Across 86 payments — averaging $4092.77 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$284K
- Boehringer Ingelheim Pharma GmbH & Co.kg$33K
- Boehringer Ingelheim International GmbH$32K
- Edwards Lifesciences$4K
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$2708%
- Food & beverage$2,97692%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Edwards Lifesciences | 18 | $1,362 |
| Abbott | 12 | $633 |
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 6 | $579 |
| Abiomed | 3 | $339 |
| Cathworks, Inc. | 3 | $104 |
| Boston Scientific | 3 | $82 |
| Acist Medical Systems, Inc. | 2 | $53 |
| Cvrx, Inc. | 1 | $28 |
| ZOLL Services LLC (a/k/a ZOLL Lifecor Corp) | 1 | $28 |
| Philips North America LLC | 1 | $23 |
| GE HealthCare | 1 | $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.
- Edwards SAPIEN 3 Transcatheter Heart Valve$398
- SAPIEN 3 Ultra RESILIA$325
- EVOQUE$260
- RESOLUTE ONYX$179
- ONYX FRONTIER$157
- Resolute$156
- MitraClip$138
- Impella$124
- Mitra Clip system$122
- NAVITOR$108
- INSPIRIS RESILIA aortic valve$107
How this compares
$3,246 in reported general payments places this provider in the 30th percentile of 585 interventional cardiology providers in California.
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 | 52 | $83,834 |
| Repatha SureclickEvolocumab | 26 | $42,836 |
| PradaxaDabigatran Etexilate Mesylate | 88 | $25,181 |
| Repatha PushtronexEvolocumab | 27 | $24,471 |
| JardianceEmpagliflozin | 20 | $8,305 |
| Prasugrel Hcl | 60 | $3,989 |
| Flecainide Acetate | 81 | $3,112 |
| ClopidogrelClopidogrel Bisulfate | 161 | $3,045 |
| Atorvastatin Calcium | 225 | $2,931 |
| Metoprolol Tartrate | 166 | $1,805 |
| Rosuvastatin Calcium | 138 | $1,610 |
| Amiodarone Hcl | 53 | $1,351 |
| Furosemide | 83 | $1,131 |
| Carvedilol | 89 | $1,042 |
| Potassium Chloride | 45 | $1,019 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other interventional cardiology in San Diego
- Mitul PatelSan Diego$602K
- Raghava GollapudiSan Diego$499K
- Luke OakleySan Diego$317K
- Justin CoxSan Diego$291K
- Arvin NarulaSan Diego$163K
- Matthew Pricela Jolla$2.3M
- Frederick St GoarMountain View$2.2M
- Saibal KarThousand Oaks$1.1M
- Rahul SharmaStanford$1M
- Puneet KhannaRancho Mirage$1M
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.