Justin Cox, MD
Interventional Cardiology · San Diego, CANPI 1821144718
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — consulting fees (59.8%), speaking fees and travel and lodging — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. Edwards Lifesciences accounts for 96.0% of it on its own, with 40 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2021 at $97,376 and has fallen 95.0% since, to $4,916 in 2025. Among interventional cardiology clinicians in CA with any reported payments, this total sits in the top 5% — high for the specialty, which is a reason to read the composition above rather than the number alone.
Across 477 payments — averaging $611.11 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Edwards Lifesciences$280K
- Siemens Medical Solutions USA, Inc.$2K
- Abbott$2K
- Medical Device Business Services, Inc.$1K
- Shockwave Medical, Inc$1K
- Abiomed$960
- plus $5K from 35 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$174,37060%
- Speaking & faculty fees$63,65622%
- Travel & lodging$40,92214%
- Food & beverage$12,5524%
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.
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$268,348
- Carto 3 System$1,089
- Shockwave IVL System with the Shockwave C2 Coronary IVL Catheter$957
- Impella$865
- SAPIEN 3 Ultra RESILIA$790
- FLOWTRIEVER CATHETER, S$485
- CT THROMBECTOMY SYSTEM KIT$485
- Edwards SAPIEN 3 Ultra Transcatheter Heart Valve$346
- PASCAL$344
- VersaCross Access Solution$202
- CoreValve Evolut$192
- COREVALVE EVOLUT R$157
- Indigo System$156
- XIENCE SIERRA$155
- ACUSON SC2000 Diagnostic Ultrasound System$150
- Carto 3$144
- Navicross$142
- Wholey$139
- CorPath GRX$137
- Resolute$127
How this compares
$291,499 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.
Most prescribed under Part D
| Drug | Claims | Cost to plans & patients |
|---|---|---|
| EliquisApixaban | 68 | $87,934 |
| EntrestoSacubitril/Valsartan | 21 | $31,588 |
| BrilintaTicagrelor | 31 | $21,742 |
| Repatha SureclickEvolocumab | 21 | $19,616 |
| Rosuvastatin Calcium | 78 | $2,203 |
| Atorvastatin Calcium | 133 | $1,988 |
| Clonidine | 13 | $1,309 |
| Metoprolol Succinate | 58 | $1,064 |
| ClopidogrelClopidogrel Bisulfate | 75 | $867 |
| Carvedilol | 58 | $778 |
| Losartan Potassium | 54 | $598 |
| Spironolactone | 57 | $519 |
| Amlodipine Besylate | 51 | $457 |
| Isosorbide Mononitrate ErIsosorbide Mononitrate | 29 | $454 |
| Amiodarone Hcl | 20 | $439 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| PfizerEliquis | $43 | $87,93468 claims |
| NovartisEntresto | $19 | $31,58821 claims |
| AstraZenecaBrilinta | $51 | $21,74231 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 95th percentile of 585 interventional cardiology providers in California.
Other interventional cardiology in San Diego
- Mitul PatelSan Diego$602K
- Raghava GollapudiSan Diego$499K
- Luke OakleySan Diego$317K
- 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
- Dennis SheehanRedwood City$900K
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.