John Saxon, MD
Interventional Cardiology · Charlottesville, VANPI 1790948271
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — consulting fees (59.6%), speaking fees and travel and lodging — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 10 manufacturers reported payments, led by Edwards Lifesciences at 40.6% of the total. 2025 is the largest year on record at $46,844, more than ten times the $3,811 reported in 2019. Among interventional cardiology clinicians in VA with any reported payments, this total sits in the top 10% — high for the specialty, which is a reason to read the composition above rather than the number alone.
Across 205 payments — averaging $563.94 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Edwards Lifesciences$47K
- Abbott$34K
- Medtronic$25K
- Biosense Webster, Inc.$6K
- Ancora Heart, Inc.$2K
- W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc.$2K
- plus $1K from 4 others
Across 81 payments — averaging $9710.48 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$377K
- Abbott$346K
- W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc.$33K
- Medtronic$30K
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$68,86660%
- Speaking & faculty fees$20,52818%
- Travel & lodging$17,86415%
- Food & beverage$8,3517%
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 | 52 | $46,971 |
| Abbott | 63 | $33,580 |
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 62 | $24,864 |
| Biosense Webster, Inc. | 6 | $5,874 |
| Ancora Heart, Inc. | 5 | $1,707 |
| W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc. | 3 | $1,577 |
| Boston Scientific | 11 | $753 |
| Cardiac Dimensions, Inc. | 1 | $246 |
| Abiomed | 1 | $31 |
| Penumbra, Inc. | 1 | $4 |
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$33,791
- COREVALVE EVOLUT R$19,801
- AMPLATZER Occluders$16,372
- AMPLATZER AMULET$7,500
- PASCAL$6,788
- Carto 3$5,707
- AMPLATZER Vascular Plug and Accs$4,038
- NAVITOR$2,806
- AccuCinch$1,649
- Product in Development$1,560
- CoreValve Evolut$750
- Resolute$344
- Edwards SAPIEN 3 Ultra Transcatheter Heart Valve$302
- MitraClip$229
- Confirm Rx$160
- Mitra Clip system$151
- OPTICROSS$143
- SAPIEN 3 Ultra RESILIA$141
- WATCHMAN Access System$138
- TENDYNE$138
How this compares
$115,609 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 176 interventional cardiology providers in Virginia.
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.
Other interventional cardiology in Charlottesville
- Angela TaylorCharlottesville$119K
- Michael RagostaCharlottesville$17K
- Saad GhummanCharlottesville$17K
- Kanwar SinghCharlottesville$15K
- Deepak TalrejaVirginia Beach$1.5M
- Rajiv TayalFredericksburg$984K
- Gansevoort DunningtonRichmond$440K
- Matthew SummersNorfolk$308K
- Noah JonesFalls Church$238K
- Michael GenVirginia Beach$207K
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.