Joseph Aragon, MD
Interventional Cardiology · Santa Barbara, CANPI 1023122587
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 1,240 payments — averaging $915.27 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Edwards Lifesciences$396K
- Boston Scientific$305K
- W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc.$253K
- Abbott$114K
- Amgen$20K
- Medtronic$19K
- plus $28K from 26 others
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 | 218 | $395,616 |
| Boston Scientific | 319 | $305,498 |
| W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc. | 151 | $252,551 |
| Abbott | 296 | $114,192 |
| Amgen | 9 | $20,028 |
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 108 | $18,555 |
| Shockwave Medical, Inc | 24 | $15,670 |
| AstraZeneca | 14 | $5,450 |
| Chiesi USA, Inc. | 9 | $2,471 |
| Abiomed | 21 | $1,654 |
| Teleflex LLC | 9 | $430 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 12 | $302 |
| Surmodics, Inc. | 2 | $284 |
| Inari Medical, Inc. | 2 | $272 |
| Philips North America LLC | 5 | $271 |
| Siemens Medical Solutions USA, Inc. | 2 | $265 |
| Biosense Webster, Inc. | 2 | $224 |
| Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc. | 11 | $197 |
| Asahi Intecc USA, Inc. | 1 | $146 |
| Portola Pharmaceuticals, LLC | 2 | $140 |
| Elutia, Inc. | 1 | $133 |
| Novartis | 6 | $120 |
| Imperative Care, Inc | 1 | $116 |
| Irhythm Technologies, Inc. | 2 | $114 |
| E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. | 5 | $106 |
| Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC | 2 | $41 |
| Alnylam Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 1 | $19 |
| Atricure, Inc. | 1 | $16 |
| Pfizer | 1 | $16 |
| Amarin Pharma, Inc. | 1 | $16 |
| Acist Medical Systems, Inc. | 1 | $15 |
| Cardiovascular Systems Inc. | 1 | $5 |
How this compares
$1,134,931 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th 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.
Other interventional cardiology in Santa Barbara
- Rajendra MakkarWest Hollywood$16.6M
- Fahed BitarCovina$9.9M
- Rahul SharmaStanford$6.6M
- Matthew Pricela Jolla$5.8M
- David LeeStanford$5.7M
- Saibal KarThousand Oaks$5.4M
- Mehrdad ArianiNorthridge$5M
- Frederick St GoarMountain View$4.2M
- Sammy ElmariahSan Francisco$4.2M
- William FearonStanford$3.7M
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.