Nikolay Azarov, MD
Critical Care Medicine · Tucson, AZNPI 1093937948
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 100.0% of the total across 13 separate payments, which is the pattern of a clinician who attends manufacturer presentations rather than one with a consulting arrangement. 6 manufacturers reported payments, led by Clearflow Inc. at 40.7% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $1,104 and has fallen 91.6% since, to $92 in 2025.
Across 13 payments — averaging $158.23 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Clearflow Inc.$837
- Abiomed$745
- Portola Pharmaceuticals, LLC$153
- Potrero Medical, Inc.$132
- AstraZeneca$114
- Pulmonx Corporation$76
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$2,057100%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Clearflow Inc. | 1 | $837 |
| Abiomed | 7 | $745 |
| Portola Pharmaceuticals, LLC | 2 | $153 |
| Potrero Medical, Inc. | 1 | $132 |
| AstraZeneca | 1 | $114 |
| Pulmonx Corporation | 1 | $76 |
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.
- PleuraFlow$837
- Impella$395
- LOKELMA$114
How this compares
$2,057 in reported general payments places this provider in the 80th percentile of 175 critical care medicine 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.
Other critical care medicine in Tucson
- Blythe DemelloTucson$6K
- Wesley CookTucson$3K
- Antara MallampalliTucson$2K
- Joel LuceroTucson$1K
- Naomi HabibPhoenix$298K
- Heather PrzybylPhoenix$126K
- Douglas MapelPrescott$125K
- Akshay MuralidharScottsdale$44K
- Syed ShahryarPhoenix$20K
- Rodrigo Cartin-CebaScottsdale$18K
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.