Ruben Alexanian, MD
Interventional Cardiology · Maplewood, MNNPI 1760748354
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — travel and lodging (54.4%), food and beverage and education — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 9 manufacturers reported payments, led by Edwards Lifesciences at 52.7% of the total.
Across 82 payments — averaging $105.35 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Edwards Lifesciences$5K
- Medtronic$2K
- Abbott$1K
- Abiomed$401
- Shockwave Medical, Inc$386
- Boston Scientific$303
- plus $169 from 3 others
Across 2 payments — averaging $25,000 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$50K
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$4,70154%
- Food & beverage$3,89545%
- Education$420%
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 | 32 | $4,555 |
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 14 | $1,611 |
| Abbott | 11 | $1,213 |
| Abiomed | 4 | $401 |
| Shockwave Medical, Inc | 11 | $386 |
| Boston Scientific | 4 | $303 |
| Cardinal Health 200 LLC | 2 | $92 |
| Recor Medical Inc | 2 | $42 |
| Cardiva Medical, Inc. | 2 | $36 |
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.
How this compares
$8,638 in reported general payments places this provider in the 60th percentile of 84 interventional cardiology providers in Minnesota.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| BrilintaTicagrelor | 23 | $21,881 |
| EliquisApixaban | 17 | $10,072 |
| ClopidogrelClopidogrel Bisulfate | 33 | $404 |
| Atorvastatin Calcium | 25 | $359 |
| Furosemide | 13 | $108 |
| Amlodipine Besylate | 11 | $58 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other interventional cardiology in Maplewood
- Kyle GeurinkMaplewood$3K
- Thom DahleSaint Cloud$1.1M
- Stephen KiddSaint Cloud$607K
- Brian StegmanSt Cloud$587K
- Emmanouil BrilakisMinneapolis$548K
- Wesley PedersenMinneapolis$493K
- Michael ManolesMinneapolis$201K
- Jay TraverseMinneapolis$198K
- Robert WilsonMinneapolis$176K
- Yale WangMinneapolis$168K
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.