Peter Bittenbender, MD
Interventional Cardiology · Akron, OHNPI 1508066614
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 111 payments — averaging $418.72 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Edwards Lifesciences$27K
- EKOS Corporation$11K
- Boston Scientific$6K
- Abbott$2K
- Medtronic$641
- Abiomed$430
- plus $551 from 9 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$19,25065%
- Speaking & faculty fees$2,7509%
- Travel & lodging$4,42415%
- Food & beverage$3,25611%
- Education$1651%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Edwards Lifesciences | 29 | $26,583 |
| EKOS Corporation | 6 | $10,597 |
| Boston Scientific | 7 | $6,108 |
| Abbott | 16 | $1,567 |
| Medtronic | 14 | $641 |
| Abiomed | 19 | $430 |
| Stryker | 4 | $227 |
| Shockwave Medical, Inc | 4 | $94 |
| Inari Medical, Inc. | 2 | $56 |
| Cardiovascular Systems Inc. | 3 | $37 |
| Cordis US CORP. | 2 | $36 |
| Atricure, Inc. | 2 | $35 |
| Philips North America LLC | 1 | $27 |
| CSL Behring | 1 | $20 |
| Angiodynamics, Inc. | 1 | $19 |
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$23,432
- TRICLIP$971
- Mitra Clip system$116
- Euphora$115
- XIENCE SIERRA$107
How this compares
$46,477 in reported general payments places this provider in the 70th percentile of 256 interventional cardiology providers in Ohio.
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 | 21 | $29,149 |
| Metoprolol Succinate | 38 | $949 |
| Atorvastatin Calcium | 64 | $715 |
| Carvedilol | 52 | $391 |
| Lisinopril | 44 | $302 |
| Metoprolol Tartrate | 28 | $205 |
| Losartan Potassium | 26 | $179 |
| Nitroglycerin | 20 | $144 |
| ClopidogrelClopidogrel Bisulfate | 20 | $111 |
| Rosuvastatin Calcium | 21 | $94 |
| Furosemide | 17 | $88 |
| Amlodipine Besylate | 15 | $55 |
| Hydrochlorothiazide | 11 | $38 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other interventional cardiology in Akron
- Kevin SilverAkron$512K
- Justin DunnAkron$141K
- Mark ReaAkron$79K
- Santiago GarciaCincinnati$3.6M
- Gary AnselColumbus$3.4M
- Dean KereiakesCincinnati$3.4M
- Steven YakubovColumbus$3.2M
- Joseph ChooCincinnati$1.9M
- Carlos Sanchez SotoColumbus$1.7M
- John CheathamColumbus$1.7M
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.