Saarik Gupta
Cardiovascular Disease · Santa Monica, CANPI 1790217164
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 260 payments — averaging $96.46 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Abbott$9K
- Medtronic$7K
- Biotronik Inc.$3K
- Boston Scientific$2K
- Biosense Webster, Inc.$1K
- Philips North America LLC$618
- plus $2K from 19 others
What the payments were for
- Grants$2,50010%
- Travel & lodging$7,60630%
- Food & beverage$14,33257%
- Education$6423%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Abbott | 71 | $9,500 |
| Medtronic | 71 | $6,618 |
| Biotronik Inc. | 14 | $2,862 |
| Boston Scientific | 33 | $2,391 |
| Biosense Webster, Inc. | 37 | $1,452 |
| Philips North America LLC | 2 | $618 |
| AstraZeneca | 4 | $427 |
| Merck | 4 | $199 |
| Shockwave Medical, Inc | 1 | $156 |
| Abiomed | 1 | $134 |
| Novartis | 6 | $125 |
| Actelion Pharmaceuticals US, Inc. | 1 | $106 |
| Genentech USA, Inc. | 1 | $100 |
| Edwards Lifesciences | 1 | $92 |
| ZOLL Services LLC (a/k/a ZOLL Lifecor Corp) | 1 | $53 |
| Bayer | 2 | $39 |
| Amgen | 2 | $37 |
| Inspire Medical Systems, Inc. | 1 | $33 |
| Novo Nordisk | 1 | $26 |
| Alnylam Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 1 | $25 |
| Bridgebio Pharma, Inc. | 1 | $19 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 1 | $18 |
| Idorsia Pharmaceuticals US Inc | 1 | $18 |
| E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. | 1 | $17 |
| Baxter Healthcare | 1 | $16 |
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.
- ENSITE$2,714
- ENSITE PRECISION$2,064
- GALLANT$847
- AVEIR$594
- US Und$524
- Carto 3$466
- GENERAL - THERAPIES$447
- EnSite Precision Cardiac Mapping System$338
- XIENCE V$322
- Watchman$319
- WATCHMAN Access System$256
- Acticor 7 VR-T DX$250
- Orsiro Mission$241
- PK Papyrus$241
- TACTICATH ABLATION CATHETER, SENSOR ENABLED$229
- CARDIOMEMS$175
- Micra$170
- WATCHMAN FLX$162
- Shockwave IVL System with the Shockwave C2 Coronary IVL Catheter$156
- THORATEC HEARTMATE 3 LVAS IMPLANT KIT$155
How this compares
$25,080 in reported general payments places this provider in the 80th percentile of 2,184 cardiovascular disease providers in California.
Most prescribed under Part D
| Drug | Claims | Cost to plans & patients |
|---|---|---|
| EliquisApixaban | 18 | $22,406 |
| PradaxaDabigatran Etexilate Mesylate | 23 | $5,960 |
| Flecainide Acetate | 17 | $453 |
| Pantoprazole Sodium | 31 | $354 |
| ClopidogrelClopidogrel Bisulfate | 16 | $298 |
| CefuroximeCefuroxime Axetil | 15 | $148 |
| Metoprolol Succinate | 12 | $126 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Boehringer IngelheimPradaxa | $18 | $5,96023 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 80th percentile of 2,184 cardiovascular disease providers in California.
Other cardiovascular disease in Santa Monica
- Ted LoveHillsborough$102.8M
- Matthew BudoffTorrance$11.3M
- Lori DanielsSan Diego$10.2M
- Paul KurthSanta Barbara$6.1M
- Michael BlumSan Francisco$5.5M
- Tony ChouSan Francisco$5.2M
- Jason RogersSacramento$5.1M
- Yu-Ping WangStanford$3.8M
- Yogesh PaliwalPomona$3.3M
- Farhad RafiiWest Hills$3.2M
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.