Radhakrishnan Ramaraj, MD
Cardiovascular Disease · Dunn, NCNPI 1205009891
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 160 payments — averaging $24.65 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Boston Scientific$427
- Johnson & Johnson$400
- Philips North America LLC$394
- Novartis$392
- CMS Imaging, Inc.$348
- Abbott$292
- plus $2K from 29 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$3,944100%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Boston Scientific | 15 | $427 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 24 | $400 |
| Philips North America LLC | 13 | $394 |
| Novartis | 22 | $392 |
| CMS Imaging, Inc. | 4 | $348 |
| Abbott | 8 | $292 |
| Siemens Medical Solutions USA, Inc. | 2 | $187 |
| ZOLL Services LLC (a/k/a ZOLL Lifecor Corp) | 11 | $180 |
| Ziehm-orthoscan, Inc. | 1 | $143 |
| E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. | 5 | $95 |
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 4 | $91 |
| Novo Nordisk | 5 | $84 |
| Irhythm Technologies, Inc. | 4 | $80 |
| Bard Peripheral Vascular, Inc. | 3 | $73 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 4 | $73 |
| Venclose Inc. | 2 | $72 |
| Pfizer | 4 | $70 |
| Actelion Pharmaceuticals US, Inc. | 3 | $60 |
| Baxter Healthcare | 3 | $54 |
| Edwards Lifesciences | 3 | $50 |
| Merck | 2 | $46 |
| Esperion Therapeutics, Inc. | 2 | $42 |
| Amarin Pharma, Inc. | 2 | $41 |
| Galderma Laboratories, L.p. | 1 | $34 |
| Bristol Myers Squibb | 2 | $33 |
| Amgen | 2 | $29 |
| Heartflow, Inc. | 1 | $27 |
| Bridgebio Pharma, Inc. | 1 | $24 |
| Medicomp Inc | 1 | $22 |
| BD | 1 | $16 |
| Biocompatibles, Inc. | 1 | $16 |
| AstraZeneca | 1 | $14 |
| Cashflow Solutions, LLC | 1 | $13 |
| Intact Vascular, Inc. | 1 | $11 |
| Vivaquant Inc, Dba Rhythm Express | 1 | $11 |
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.
- ANGIOJET$182
- Symbia Evo$167
- Veradius Neo$121
- JOT DX$107
How this compares
$3,944 in reported general payments places this provider in the 55th 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 |
|---|---|---|
| XareltoRivaroxaban | 233 | $212,636 |
| EliquisApixaban | 186 | $192,228 |
| EntrestoSacubitril/Valsartan | 76 | $91,176 |
| JardianceEmpagliflozin | 45 | $40,038 |
| FarxigaDapagliflozin Propanediol | 46 | $27,916 |
| Repatha SureclickEvolocumab | 11 | $8,016 |
| Rosuvastatin Calcium | 426 | $4,732 |
| ClopidogrelClopidogrel Bisulfate | 294 | $2,367 |
| Metoprolol Succinate | 177 | $2,151 |
| Atorvastatin Calcium | 100 | $1,274 |
| Cilostazol | 51 | $1,004 |
| Ezetimibe | 46 | $879 |
| Isosorbide Dinitrate | 17 | $755 |
| Nifedipine ErNifedipine | 48 | $662 |
| Metoprolol Tartrate | 88 | $656 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Johnson & JohnsonXarelto | $400 | $212,636233 claims |
| PfizerEliquis | $70 | $192,228186 claims |
| NovartisEntresto | $392 | $91,17676 claims |
| Boehringer IngelheimJardiance | $73 | $40,03845 claims |
| AstraZenecaFarxiga | $14 | $27,91646 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 55th percentile of 727 cardiovascular disease providers in North Carolina.
Other cardiovascular disease in Dunn
- John AlexanderDurham$76.8M
- Christopher GrangerDurham$24.7M
- Jonathan PicciniDurham$14.3M
- Adrian HernandezDurham$13.2M
- Gary FelkerDurham$12.7M
- Robert MentzDurham$6M
- Michael ShapiroWinston-Salem$5.4M
- Kirkwood AdamsChapel Hill$4.9M
- Matthew JanikWilmington$4M
- Nishant ShahDurham$3.5M
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.