Raju Patel, DO
Cardiology · Tacoma, WANPI 1790835981
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by food and beverage: $1,411 of the $1,940 with a category attached, or 72.7%. 13 manufacturers reported payments, led by Boston Scientific at 59.7% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $1,524 and has fallen 98.8% since, to $18 in 2025. Among cardiology clinicians in WA with any reported payments, this total sits in the top 5% — high for the specialty, which is a reason to read the composition above rather than the number alone.
Across 60 payments — averaging $32.34 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Boston Scientific$1K
- Johnson & Johnson$220
- Novartis$123
- AstraZeneca$119
- Boehringer Ingelheim$107
- Pfizer$58
- plus $155 from 7 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$52527%
- Food & beverage$1,41173%
- Education$50%
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 | $1,158 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 11 | $220 |
| Novartis | 7 | $123 |
| AstraZeneca | 8 | $119 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 7 | $107 |
| Pfizer | 3 | $58 |
| United Therapeutics Corporation | 2 | $43 |
| Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc. | 2 | $35 |
| Medtronic | 1 | $22 |
| Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC | 1 | $16 |
| Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, Inc. | 1 | $14 |
| Esperion Therapeutics, Inc. | 1 | $13 |
| Amgen | 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.
- Watchman$949
How this compares
$1,940 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 27 cardiology providers in Washington.
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 | 358 | $428,777 |
| XareltoRivaroxaban | 151 | $192,482 |
| EntrestoSacubitril/Valsartan | 23 | $41,642 |
| Repatha SureclickEvolocumab | 38 | $29,345 |
| Metoprolol Succinate | 742 | $7,545 |
| Dabigatran EtexilateDabigatran Etexilate Mesylate | 11 | $3,296 |
| Ezetimibe | 125 | $2,818 |
| Atorvastatin Calcium | 267 | $2,457 |
| Rosuvastatin Calcium | 156 | $2,106 |
| Losartan Potassium | 169 | $1,950 |
| Digoxin | 81 | $1,804 |
| Carvedilol | 168 | $1,719 |
| Dilt-XrDiltiazem Hcl | 44 | $1,405 |
| Amlodipine Besylate | 247 | $1,209 |
| Lisinopril | 133 | $1,141 |
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 | $58 | $428,777358 claims |
| Johnson & JohnsonXarelto | $220 | $192,482151 claims |
| NovartisEntresto | $123 | $41,64223 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 95th percentile of 27 cardiology providers in Washington.
Other cardiology in Tacoma
- Adefolakemi BabatundeTacoma$0
- Jerry NnanabuTacoma$0
- Gabriel LeeTacoma$0
- Jon FarrarRichland$2K
- David BostonVancouver$0
- James KirkpatrickSeattle$0
- Hui-San ChungSeattle$0
- Alec MoormanBellevue$0
- Aneet PatelSeattle$0
- Robin HouckSilverdale$0
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.