Rajiv Swamy, MD
Interventional Cardiology · Sanford, NCNPI 1396923793
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — speaking fees (43.5%), consulting fees and food and beverage — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 42 manufacturers reported payments, led by Abbott at 54.7% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2024 at $58,699 and has fallen 70.6% since, to $17,281 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 895 payments — averaging $190.91 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Abbott$94K
- Cardiovascular Systems Inc.$48K
- ZOLL Services LLC (a/k/a ZOLL Lifecor Corp)$8K
- Reflow Medical Inc$5K
- Veryan Medical Incorporated$4K
- Cook Incorporated$3K
- plus $9K from 36 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$62,98037%
- Speaking & faculty fees$74,27343%
- Travel & lodging$7,7185%
- Food & beverage$25,69615%
- Education$1990%
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.
- Diamondback Peripheral$61,579
- THORATEC HEARTMATE 3 LVAS IMPLANT KIT$33,107
- Diamondback Coronary$17,664
- ESPRIT$10,367
- LifeVest$6,750
- Peripheral Orbital Atherectomy System$6,213
- Coronary Orbital Atherectomy System$6,068
- AMPLATZER PICCOLO$3,500
- BioMimics 3D Vascular Stent System$3,341
- AMPLATZER TORQVUE 45 X 45$1,800
- Torus Stent Graft System$587
- ENDOCROSS Device$587
- Zilver PTX$481
- OPTIS$349
- CorPath GRX$190
- Armada$173
- Perclose ProStyle$172
- OPTICROSS$167
- MYNX CONTROL VENOUS$164
- Paradise Ultrasound Renal Denervation System$160
How this compares
$170,865 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.
Most prescribed under Part D
| Drug | Claims | Cost to plans & patients |
|---|---|---|
| EliquisApixaban | 130 | $108,346 |
| Repatha SureclickEvolocumab | 117 | $102,009 |
| XareltoRivaroxaban | 49 | $35,859 |
| BrilintaTicagrelor | 32 | $23,301 |
| JardianceEmpagliflozin | 21 | $22,012 |
| ClopidogrelClopidogrel Bisulfate | 136 | $1,461 |
| Metoprolol Succinate | 81 | $1,283 |
| Atorvastatin Calcium | 122 | $1,150 |
| Carvedilol | 92 | $595 |
| Isosorbide Mononitrate ErIsosorbide Mononitrate | 23 | $504 |
| Rosuvastatin Calcium | 31 | $501 |
| Torsemide | 14 | $468 |
| Furosemide | 77 | $463 |
| Losartan Potassium | 40 | $399 |
| Lovastatin | 18 | $398 |
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 | $171 | $108,346130 claims |
| Johnson & JohnsonXarelto | $266 | $35,85949 claims |
| AstraZenecaBrilinta | $513 | $23,30132 claims |
| Boehringer IngelheimJardiance | $1,282 | $22,01221 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 90th percentile of 180 interventional cardiology providers in North Carolina.
Other interventional cardiology in Sanford
- Joseph RossiSanford$43K
- Mahmoud AtiehSanford$14K
- George AdamsGarner$4.1M
- Paul MahoneyGreenville$1.7M
- Ravish SacharRaleigh$1.6M
- Patrick SimpsonPinehurst$579K
- Ronald UszenskiMooresville$495K
- Oluseun AlliCharlotte$485K
- Matthew CavenderChapel Hill$453K
- Steven FilbyPinehurst$442K
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.