Pochana Reddy, MD
Interventional Cardiology · Huntsville, ALNPI 1992018675
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by consulting fees: $73,106 of the $100,200 with a category attached, or 73.0%. Edwards Lifesciences accounts for 86.1% of it on its own, with 22 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2023 at $45,009 and has fallen 78.2% since, to $9,833 in 2025. Among interventional cardiology clinicians in AL with any reported payments, this total sits in the top 5% — high for the specialty, which is a reason to read the composition above rather than the number alone.
Across 271 payments — averaging $369.74 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Edwards Lifesciences$86K
- Boston Scientific$9K
- Abbott$2K
- Medtronic$1K
- Cleerly, Inc.$205
- Cardiovascular Systems Inc.$202
- plus $2K from 17 others
Across 15 payments — averaging $12,835 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.
- Edwards Lifesciences$193K
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$73,10673%
- Travel & lodging$18,48118%
- Food & beverage$8,6139%
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 | 117 | $86,276 |
| Boston Scientific | 57 | $8,789 |
| Abbott | 19 | $1,871 |
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 12 | $1,315 |
| Cleerly, Inc. | 2 | $205 |
| Cardiovascular Systems Inc. | 12 | $202 |
| Abiomed | 4 | $184 |
| AstraZeneca | 5 | $181 |
| Pfizer | 10 | $175 |
| Novartis | 3 | $165 |
| E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. | 3 | $164 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 7 | $124 |
| Inari Medical, Inc. | 1 | $122 |
| Heartflow, Inc. | 2 | $74 |
| Amgen | 4 | $72 |
| Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc. | 4 | $64 |
| Madrigal Pharmaceuticals | 2 | $55 |
| W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc. | 1 | $45 |
| Esperion Therapeutics, Inc. | 2 | $37 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 1 | $30 |
| Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC | 1 | $19 |
| Endotronix, Inc. | 1 | $17 |
| Alnylam Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 1 | $14 |
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$70,928
- PASCAL$8,081
- WATCHMAN Access System$6,088
- Edwards SAPIEN 3 Ultra Transcatheter Heart Valve$1,644
- Onyx$756
- TRICLIP$654
- AMPLATZER Occluders$647
- Watchman$508
- EVOQUE$407
- CoreValve Evolut$196
- COREVALVE EVOLUT R$148
- SAPIEN 3 Ultra RESILIA$138
- Cleerly Ischemia$130
- Cleerly Labs$130
- ENTRESTO$125
- FARXIGA$125
- CAMZYOS$125
- FlowTriever$122
- ClotTriever$122
- Impella$112
How this compares
$100,200 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 109 interventional cardiology providers in Alabama.
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 | 293 | $246,318 |
| EntrestoSacubitril/Valsartan | 122 | $136,475 |
| JardianceEmpagliflozin | 129 | $122,995 |
| XareltoRivaroxaban | 79 | $78,788 |
| Repatha SureclickEvolocumab | 73 | $46,274 |
| FarxigaDapagliflozin Propanediol | 28 | $30,666 |
| BrilintaTicagrelor | 17 | $7,429 |
| Metoprolol Succinate | 305 | $4,423 |
| Prasugrel Hcl | 45 | $4,386 |
| Valsartan | 146 | $4,059 |
| Atorvastatin Calcium | 239 | $3,679 |
| Rosuvastatin Calcium | 175 | $3,388 |
| ClopidogrelClopidogrel Bisulfate | 255 | $3,135 |
| Spironolactone | 312 | $3,088 |
| Eplerenone | 20 | $2,173 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| PfizerEliquis | $175 | $246,318293 claims |
| NovartisEntresto | $165 | $136,475122 claims |
| Boehringer IngelheimJardiance | $30 | $122,995129 claims |
| Johnson & JohnsonXarelto | $124 | $78,78879 claims |
| AstraZenecaFarxiga, Brilinta | $181 | $38,09545 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 95th percentile of 109 interventional cardiology providers in Alabama.
Other interventional cardiology in Huntsville
- Michael ButlerHuntsville$109K
- Alejandro VasquezHuntsville$45K
- David DrenningHuntsville$31K
- Clarence GillHuntsville$13K
- Victor OkunrintemiHuntsville$12K
- Henry ChenHuntsville$8K
- Mihir KanitkarHuntsville$7K
- Gary RoubinBirmingham$157K
- Robert FosterBirmingham$90K
- Hasan GuvenBirmingham$86K
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.