Nicholas Cossa
Interventional Cardiology · Falls Church, VANPI 1649274622
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 117 payments — averaging $33.21 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Medtronic$2K
- Cardiovascular Systems Inc.$521
- Novartis$391
- Pfizer$223
- Abbott$210
- AstraZeneca$204
- plus $592 from 11 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$1,32334%
- Food & beverage$2,55666%
- Education$60%
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 | 12 | $1,743 |
| Cardiovascular Systems Inc. | 26 | $521 |
| Novartis | 19 | $391 |
| Pfizer | 9 | $223 |
| Abbott | 2 | $210 |
| AstraZeneca | 12 | $204 |
| Amgen | 11 | $174 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 6 | $97 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 5 | $84 |
| Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC | 3 | $54 |
| Amarin Pharma, Inc. | 3 | $40 |
| Boston Scientific | 2 | $32 |
| E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. | 2 | $28 |
| Aegerion Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 2 | $26 |
| Celonova Biosciences, Inc. | 1 | $24 |
| Edwards Lifesciences | 1 | $18 |
| Livanova USA, Inc. | 1 | $16 |
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.
- Resolute$1,323
- Mitra Clip system$150
- ENTRESTO$101
How this compares
$3,886 in reported general payments places this provider in the 35th percentile of 176 interventional cardiology providers in Virginia.
Most prescribed under Part D
| Drug | Claims | Cost to plans & patients |
|---|---|---|
| Metoprolol Succinate | 19 | $231 |
| Rosuvastatin Calcium | 20 | $190 |
| Atorvastatin Calcium | 18 | $184 |
| Amlodipine Besylate | 16 | $99 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other interventional cardiology in Falls Church
- Noah JonesFalls Church$907K
- Wayne BatchelorFalls Church$723K
- Matthew SherwoodFalls Church$512K
- Lindsey CiliaFalls Church$50K
- Nadim GelooFalls Church$41K
- Hazim El-HaddadFalls Church$39K
- Joseph KiernanFalls Church$37K
- Deepak TalrejaVirginia Beach$2M
- Rajiv TayalFredericksburg$2M
- Michael RagostaCharlottesville$1M
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.