Matthew Sousa, MD
Interventional Cardiology · Louisville, KYNPI 1285042978
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by food and beverage: $5,916 of the $8,639 with a category attached, or 68.5%. 15 manufacturers reported payments, led by Inari Medical, Inc. at 46.3% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2023 at $3,987 and has fallen 52.7% since, to $1,885 in 2025. That places this record below the midpoint for interventional cardiology clinicians in KY, where the typical reported total is $7,951.
Across 205 payments — averaging $42.14 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Inari Medical, Inc.$4K
- Boston Scientific$1K
- Medtronic$997
- Abiomed$612
- Stryker$525
- ZOLL Services LLC (a/k/a ZOLL Lifecor Corp)$483
- plus $703 from 9 others
Across 1 payment — averaging $8810.00 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.
- Medtronic$9K
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$2,26626%
- Food & beverage$5,91668%
- Education$4575%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Inari Medical, Inc. | 41 | $4,003 |
| Boston Scientific | 47 | $1,316 |
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 30 | $997 |
| Abiomed | 24 | $612 |
| Stryker | 20 | $525 |
| ZOLL Services LLC (a/k/a ZOLL Lifecor Corp) | 30 | $483 |
| Abbott | 2 | $183 |
| Penumbra, Inc. | 1 | $168 |
| EKOS Corporation | 1 | $112 |
| Teleflex LLC | 4 | $86 |
| Shockwave Medical, Inc | 1 | $55 |
| Terumo Medical Corporation | 1 | $53 |
| ZOLL Circulation Inc | 1 | $21 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 1 | $16 |
| Elutia, Inc. | 1 | $10 |
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.
- FLOWTRIEVER CATHETER, S$3,418
- CT THROMBECTOMY SYSTEM KIT$3,418
- Resolute$280
- EKOSONIC$255
- Indigo System$168
- GENERAL - STENTS$141
- SYMPLICITY G3$138
- FFRangio$124
- ANGIOJET$120
- Impella$111
- HeartMate 3 Left Ventricular Dev$111
- AVVIGO Guidance System$107
How this compares
$8,639 in reported general payments places this provider in the 50th percentile of 129 interventional cardiology providers in Kentucky.
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 | 64 | $61,833 |
| BrilintaTicagrelor | 16 | $11,956 |
| Amlodipine-Valsartan-HctzAmlodipine/Valsartan/Hcthiazid | 15 | $1,855 |
| Atorvastatin Calcium | 120 | $972 |
| Metoprolol Succinate | 44 | $516 |
| Carvedilol | 54 | $512 |
| ClopidogrelClopidogrel Bisulfate | 48 | $443 |
| Isosorbide Mononitrate ErIsosorbide Mononitrate | 48 | $439 |
| Amlodipine Besylate | 101 | $382 |
| Rosuvastatin Calcium | 53 | $353 |
| Valsartan | 11 | $255 |
| Amiodarone Hcl | 12 | $249 |
| Spironolactone | 11 | $180 |
| Losartan Potassium | 13 | $79 |
| Metoprolol Tartrate | 17 | $73 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other interventional cardiology in Louisville
- Daniel StewartLouisville$290K
- Daniel RothschildLouisville$154K
- Naresh SolankhiLouisville$132K
- Ravi SharmaLouisville$86K
- Christopher SemderLouisville$50K
- Sadip PantLouisville$43K
- Michael FlahertyLouisville$42K
- Prafull RahejaLouisville$27K
- Faraaz RahmanLouisville$22K
- Hussayn AlrayesLouisville$21K
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.