Joseph Cardenas, MD
Cardiovascular Disease · Yuma, AZNPI 1568432193
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by consulting fees: $17,378 of the $21,127 with a category attached, or 82.3%. 21 manufacturers reported payments, led by Endologix LLC at 34.3% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2021 at $9,077 and has fallen 94.6% since, to $493 in 2025.
Across 87 payments — averaging $242.84 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Endologix LLC$7K
- Cordis US CORP.$6K
- Cardinal Health 200 LLC$5K
- Shockwave Medical, Inc$569
- Medtronic$297
- Abbott$289
- plus $1K from 15 others
Across 151 payments — averaging $1877.58 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.
- Philips North America LLC$109K
- Intact Vascular, Inc.$81K
- Surmodics, Inc.$67K
- Boston Scientific$21K
- Cordis Corporation$6K
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$17,37882%
- Travel & lodging$5092%
- Food & beverage$3,24015%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Endologix LLC | 7 | $7,252 |
| Cordis US CORP. | 9 | $6,030 |
| Cardinal Health 200 LLC | 5 | $5,447 |
| Shockwave Medical, Inc | 14 | $569 |
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 4 | $297 |
| Abbott | 2 | $289 |
| ZOLL Services LLC (a/k/a ZOLL Lifecor Corp) | 16 | $266 |
| Inspiremd Ltd | 3 | $227 |
| Cook Medical LLC | 1 | $146 |
| Surmodics, Inc. | 3 | $145 |
| Kestra Medical Technology Services, Inc. | 8 | $128 |
| Baxter Healthcare | 3 | $102 |
| Abiomed | 2 | $41 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 2 | $40 |
| Bard Peripheral Vascular, Inc. | 2 | $38 |
| Boston Scientific | 1 | $30 |
| Philips North America LLC | 1 | $22 |
| Merck | 1 | $18 |
| Chiesi USA, Inc. | 1 | $14 |
| Terumo Medical Corporation | 1 | $13 |
| Actelion Pharmaceuticals US, Inc. | 1 | $13 |
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.
- AFX2 Bifurcated Endograft System$5,700
- RAILWAYTM$1,350
- RAIN SheathTM$1,350
- AFX$1,200
- VISTA BRITE$900
- ANGIOGUARD$788
- Shockwave IVL System with the Shockwave C2 Coronary IVL Catheter$393
- Alto Abdominal Stent Graft System$261
- PRECISE PRO RX$235
- SELUTION SLRPTA$224
- ESPRIT$202
- CGuard Prime Carotid Stent System$159
- Tornado$146
- CoreValve Evolut$116
- Protege RX$105
- Pounce Thrombectomy System$103
How this compares
$21,127 in reported general payments places this provider in the 85th percentile of 423 cardiovascular disease providers in Arizona.
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 | 30 | $23,976 |
| EntrestoSacubitril/Valsartan | 12 | $22,371 |
| ClopidogrelClopidogrel Bisulfate | 316 | $4,665 |
| Isosorbide Dinitrate | 60 | $2,393 |
| Atorvastatin Calcium | 116 | $1,374 |
| Carvedilol | 115 | $1,023 |
| Metoprolol Succinate | 49 | $927 |
| Nitroglycerin | 59 | $658 |
| Isosorbide Mononitrate ErIsosorbide Mononitrate | 24 | $540 |
| Rosuvastatin Calcium | 25 | $519 |
| Losartan Potassium | 34 | $429 |
| Potassium Chloride | 17 | $405 |
| Metoprolol Tartrate | 72 | $399 |
| Pravastatin Sodium | 24 | $340 |
| Furosemide | 56 | $338 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other cardiovascular disease in Yuma
- Husnu KaynakYuma$31K
- Khidir OsmanYuma$19K
- Ashish GuptaPhoenix$1.1M
- Rajkumar SugumaranPhoenix$957K
- Krishnaswami VijayaraghavanScottsdale$927K
- Steven MottlTucson$340K
- Paul UnderwoodScottsdale$259K
- Omar WaniFlagstaff$244K
- Robert BurkeScottsdale$207K
- Andrew KaplanMesa$204K
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.