Rajesh Swaminathan, MD
Interventional Cardiology · Durham, NCNPI 1386759066
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by consulting fees: $49,575 of the $81,652 with a category attached, or 60.7%. 23 manufacturers reported payments, led by Philips North America LLC at 41.8% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2024 at $18,905 and has fallen 58.5% since, to $7,847 in 2025. Among interventional cardiology clinicians in NC with any reported payments, this total sits in the top 10% — high for the specialty, which is a reason to read the composition above rather than the number alone.
Across 141 payments — averaging $579.09 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Philips North America LLC$34K
- Bard Peripheral Vascular, Inc.$10K
- Siemens Medical Solutions USA, Inc.$6K
- Acist Medical Systems, Inc.$6K
- Boston Scientific$5K
- Recor Medical Inc$5K
- plus $15K from 17 others
Across 176 payments — averaging $7205.83 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.
- Acist Medical Systems, Inc.$1M
- Cardiovascular Systems Inc.$122K
- Abbott$96K
- Medtronic$2K
Across 3 payments — averaging $6665.98 each. An ownership or investment interest held by the physician or an immediate family member.
- Cleerly, Inc.$20K
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$49,57561%
- Speaking & faculty fees$9,91912%
- Travel & lodging$17,64922%
- Food & beverage$4,5086%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Philips North America LLC | 34 | $34,161 |
| Bard Peripheral Vascular, Inc. | 3 | $10,448 |
| Siemens Medical Solutions USA, Inc. | 10 | $6,336 |
| Acist Medical Systems, Inc. | 1 | $5,889 |
| Boston Scientific | 24 | $5,054 |
| Recor Medical Inc | 8 | $4,641 |
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 15 | $4,201 |
| Biotronik Inc. | 4 | $3,560 |
| Cardiovascular Systems Inc. | 6 | $3,527 |
| Corindus Inc. | 7 | $2,947 |
| Abbott | 15 | $487 |
| Endologix LLC | 1 | $150 |
| Novartis | 1 | $49 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 2 | $37 |
| Cordis US CORP. | 1 | $32 |
| Getinge USA Sales, LLC | 1 | $26 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 2 | $26 |
| Abiomed | 1 | $14 |
| Amgen | 1 | $14 |
| AstraZeneca | 1 | $13 |
| Irhythm Technologies, Inc. | 1 | $13 |
| Pfizer | 1 | $13 |
| Teleflex LLC | 1 | $13 |
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.
- (9520) IGT Devices Undivided$33,449
- HD-IVUS$5,889
- Paradise Ultrasound Renal Denervation System$4,286
- Resolute$3,754
- Coronary Orbital Atherectomy System$3,477
- PK Papyrus$2,600
- CorPath GRX$841
- GENERAL - THERAPIES$796
- Orsiro Mission$600
- PARADISE RENAL DENERVATION SYSTEM$288
- Torus Stent Graft System$150
- ENDOCROSS Device$150
- IGT D Serv Und$148
- OPTICROSS$134
- Diamondback Coronary$127
- CLINICAL TRIAL PRODUCT$107
How this compares
$81,652 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 180 interventional cardiology 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.
Other interventional cardiology in Durham
- Dennis NarcisseDurham$100K
- William JonesDurham$36K
- Jorge GutierrezDurham$32K
- Andres Pineda MaldonadoDurham$17K
- George AdamsGarner$4.1M
- Paul MahoneyGreenville$1.7M
- Ravish SacharRaleigh$1.6M
- Patrick SimpsonPinehurst$579K
- Ronald UszenskiMooresville$495K
- Oluseun AlliCharlotte$485K
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.