Pratik Desai, MD
Cardiovascular Disease · Cary, NCNPI 1588652283
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 99.6% of the total across 634 separate payments, which is the pattern of a clinician who attends manufacturer presentations rather than one with a consulting arrangement. It is spread thinly across 44 manufacturers, the largest accounting for just 12.8% — the pattern of someone who eats at a lot of different presentations. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $2,089 and has fallen 72.7% since, to $570 in 2025.
Across 634 payments — averaging $16.38 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C.$1K
- Amgen$1K
- AstraZeneca$1K
- Novartis$959
- Johnson & Johnson$828
- ZOLL Services LLC (a/k/a ZOLL Lifecor Corp)$736
- plus $4K from 38 others
Across 307 payments — averaging $2496.31 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.
- Vivus LLC$231K
- Novartis$171K
- Novo Nordisk$138K
- Amgen$110K
- AstraZeneca$85K
- Abbott$26K
- plus $5K from 1 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$10,340100%
- Education$420%
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.
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.
- NEXLIZET$249
- NEXLETOL$249
- Repatha$217
- Paradise Ultrasound Renal Denervation System$133
- Wegovy$119
- XARELTO$115
- Coronary Orbital Atherectomy System$115
- FARXIGA$101
- BRILINTA$101
- UBRELVY$100
How this compares
$10,382 in reported general payments places this provider in the 80th percentile of 727 cardiovascular disease providers in North Carolina.
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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 | 990 | $1,038,381 |
| XareltoRivaroxaban | 187 | $208,130 |
| MultaqDronedarone Hcl | 107 | $123,880 |
| EntrestoSacubitril/Valsartan | 116 | $107,743 |
| JardianceEmpagliflozin | 74 | $101,617 |
| Repatha SureclickEvolocumab | 65 | $70,067 |
| BrilintaTicagrelor | 79 | $49,121 |
| FarxigaDapagliflozin Propanediol | 39 | $42,388 |
| Metoprolol Succinate | 1,303 | $16,117 |
| Dofetilide | 76 | $13,800 |
| Ranolazine ErRanolazine | 183 | $13,682 |
| VascepaIcosapent Ethyl | 28 | $11,062 |
| Atorvastatin Calcium | 842 | $8,391 |
| Rosuvastatin Calcium | 663 | $8,340 |
| ClopidogrelClopidogrel Bisulfate | 715 | $7,578 |
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 | $126 | $1,038,381990 claims |
| Johnson & JohnsonXarelto | $828 | $208,130187 claims |
| Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLCMultaq | $329 | $123,880107 claims |
| NovartisEntresto | $959 | $107,743116 claims |
| Boehringer IngelheimJardiance, Combivent Respimat | $630 | $106,66485 claims |
| AstraZenecaBrilinta, Farxiga | $1,077 | $91,508118 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 80th percentile of 727 cardiovascular disease providers in North Carolina.
Other cardiovascular disease in Cary
- R WilliamsDurham$2.1M
- Marat FudimDurham$902K
- Jonathan PicciniDurham$767K
- Michael RinaldiCharlotte$722K
- Markus SchererCharlotte$526K
- Robert MentzDurham$489K
- Sean PokorneyMorganton$477K
- Adrian HernandezDurham$409K
- Sanjeev GulatiCharlotte$406K
- Richard BrowneCharlotte$379K
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.