Mohammad Sarfarazi, MD
Interventional Cardiology · Greenbelt, MDNPI 1326103227
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by food and beverage: $3,236 of the $4,292 with a category attached, or 75.4%. 26 manufacturers reported payments, led by Medtronic at 32.8% of the total. 2025 is the largest year on record at $1,979, 2.5 times the $780 reported in 2019. That places this record below the midpoint for interventional cardiology clinicians in MD, where the typical reported total is $7,370.
Across 139 payments — averaging $30.87 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Medtronic$1K
- Abbott$752
- Cardiovascular Systems Inc.$310
- Boston Scientific$277
- AstraZeneca$242
- Abiomed$208
- plus $1K from 20 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$94722%
- Food & beverage$3,23675%
- Education$1093%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Medtronic | 17 | $1,407 |
| Abbott | 27 | $752 |
| Cardiovascular Systems Inc. | 16 | $310 |
| Boston Scientific | 9 | $277 |
| AstraZeneca | 10 | $242 |
| Abiomed | 4 | $208 |
| Merck | 7 | $134 |
| ZOLL Services LLC (a/k/a ZOLL Lifecor Corp) | 9 | $132 |
| Novartis | 8 | $120 |
| Amgen | 4 | $102 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 4 | $93 |
| Novo Nordisk | 4 | $92 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 3 | $62 |
| Esperion Therapeutics, Inc. | 3 | $58 |
| Bayer | 2 | $46 |
| Biosense Webster, Inc. | 1 | $44 |
| E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. | 2 | $39 |
| Cardiva Medical, Inc. | 1 | $24 |
| Pfizer | 1 | $23 |
| Atricure, Inc. | 1 | $23 |
| Heartflow, Inc. | 1 | $20 |
| Cordis US CORP. | 1 | $20 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 1 | $19 |
| Chiesi USA, Inc. | 1 | $19 |
| Celonova Biosciences, Inc. | 1 | $15 |
| Biotronik Inc. | 1 | $12 |
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.
- VenaSeal$958
- Confirm Rx$234
- CDS - MCT/CEM Monitoring$119
How this compares
$4,292 in reported general payments places this provider in the 30th percentile of 71 interventional cardiology providers in Maryland.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| EntrestoSacubitril/Valsartan | 396 | $396,879 |
| EliquisApixaban | 192 | $196,559 |
| JardianceEmpagliflozin | 151 | $143,257 |
| MounjaroTirzepatide | 96 | $127,842 |
| XareltoRivaroxaban | 110 | $106,652 |
| OzempicSemaglutide | 58 | $63,371 |
| FarxigaDapagliflozin Propanediol | 49 | $34,971 |
| Repatha SureclickEvolocumab | 35 | $30,979 |
| BrilintaTicagrelor | 33 | $25,236 |
| Repatha PushtronexEvolocumab | 17 | $15,380 |
| Atorvastatin Calcium | 498 | $4,463 |
| Metoprolol Succinate | 269 | $3,330 |
| Rosuvastatin Calcium | 129 | $2,588 |
| Isosorbide Dinit-HydralazineIsosorbide Dinit/Hydralazine | 26 | $2,246 |
| ClopidogrelClopidogrel Bisulfate | 183 | $1,819 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| NovartisEntresto | $120 | $396,879396 claims |
| PfizerEliquis | $23 | $196,559192 claims |
| Boehringer IngelheimJardiance | $62 | $143,257151 claims |
| Lilly USA, LLCMounjaro | $19 | $127,84296 claims |
| Johnson & JohnsonXarelto | $93 | $106,652110 claims |
| Novo NordiskOzempic | $92 | $63,37158 claims |
| AstraZenecaFarxiga, Brilinta | $242 | $60,20782 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 30th percentile of 71 interventional cardiology providers in Maryland.
Other interventional cardiology in Greenbelt
- Vinay SatwahGreenbelt$679K
- Gaurav LakhanpalGreenbelt$10K
- Aloke FinnBaltimore$575K
- Michael ChenRockville$241K
- John WangBaltimore$138K
- Steven HearneSalisbury$100K
- Amir NajafiBel Air$82K
- Diljon ChahalBaltimore$78K
- Joseph CinderellaSalisbury$72K
- Ali TabrizchiBel Air$66K
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.