Rahul Sakhuja, MD
Interventional Cardiology · Kingsport, TNNPI 1164681607
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — consulting fees (42.5%), speaking fees and travel and lodging — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 8 manufacturers reported payments, led by Edwards Lifesciences at 44.6% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2024 at $25,092 and has fallen 94.0% since, to $1,502 in 2025.
Across 72 payments — averaging $644.38 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Edwards Lifesciences$21K
- Abbott$12K
- Medtronic$8K
- Cardiovascular Systems Inc.$6K
- Boston Scientific$361
- Cardiac Dimensions, Inc.$163
- plus $52 from 2 others
Across 264 payments — averaging $7061.54 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$681K
- Abbott$431K
- Boston Scientific$390K
- Cardiovascular Systems Inc.$163K
- Penumbra, Inc.$101K
- M.a. Med Alliance S.A.$36K
- plus $63K from 4 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$19,71342%
- Speaking & faculty fees$14,37531%
- Travel & lodging$8,69619%
- Food & beverage$3,6128%
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 | 20 | $20,672 |
| Abbott | 13 | $11,720 |
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 23 | $7,803 |
| Cardiovascular Systems Inc. | 9 | $5,624 |
| Boston Scientific | 4 | $361 |
| Cardiac Dimensions, Inc. | 1 | $163 |
| Stryker | 1 | $31 |
| Philips North America LLC | 1 | $22 |
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$19,445
- Xience V coronary stent system$10,986
- COREVALVE EVOLUT R$6,583
- Diamondback Coronary$2,395
- Coronary Orbital Atherectomy System$2,379
- Diamondback Peripheral$788
- Emboshield NAV6 system$506
- CoreValve Evolut$375
- Edwards SAPIEN 3 Ultra Transcatheter Heart Valve$374
- GENERAL - STRUCTURAL HEART$147
How this compares
$46,395 in reported general payments places this provider in the 80th percentile of 207 interventional cardiology providers in Tennessee.
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 interventional cardiology in Kingsport
- Jimmy KerriganNashville$644K
- Kashish GoelNashville$558K
- Brian JeffersonNashville$547K
- Malcolm FosterKnoxville$413K
- Mehul PatelGermantown$382K
- Michael MorseNashville$353K
- Nadia SuttonNashville$344K
- Ayaz RahmanKnoxville$251K
- Samuel HorrNashville$246K
- Joseph WeinsteinMemphis$218K
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.