Sam Baradarian, MD
Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) · la Jolla, CANPI 1588646103
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 435 payments — averaging $122.42 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Edwards Lifesciences$29K
- Cvrx, Inc.$7K
- Davol Inc.$4K
- Medtronic$3K
- Abiomed$3K
- Abbott$2K
- plus $6K from 30 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$28,53854%
- Speaking & faculty fees$3,0006%
- Travel & lodging$5,60111%
- Food & beverage$16,08330%
- Education$300%
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 | 104 | $29,345 |
| Cvrx, Inc. | 68 | $6,718 |
| Davol Inc. | 13 | $3,590 |
| Medtronic(3 entities) | 50 | $3,000 |
| Abiomed | 32 | $2,728 |
| Abbott | 26 | $1,628 |
| Atricure, Inc. | 32 | $1,518 |
| Baxter Healthcare | 26 | $1,250 |
| Philips North America LLC | 6 | $914 |
| Getinge USA Sales, LLC | 27 | $672 |
| La Jolla Pharmaceutical Company | 4 | $337 |
| Kls-martin L.p. | 5 | $325 |
| ZOLL Services LLC (a/k/a ZOLL Lifecor Corp) | 9 | $207 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 6 | $176 |
| Inari Medical, Inc. | 1 | $122 |
| LSI Solutions Inc | 2 | $99 |
| Biom'up SA | 1 | $73 |
| BD | 2 | $69 |
| Impactortho, Inc. | 1 | $52 |
| Artivion, Inc. | 3 | $51 |
| Haemonetics Corporation | 1 | $47 |
| Grifols USA, LLC | 2 | $45 |
| Conmed Corporation | 1 | $32 |
| Vertex | 1 | $25 |
| Covidien LP | 1 | $25 |
| Stryker | 1 | $22 |
| Novartis | 1 | $22 |
| Aroa Biosurgery Incorporated | 1 | $22 |
| Scpharmaceuticals Inc. | 1 | $20 |
| Merck | 1 | $18 |
| KCI USA, Inc. | 1 | $17 |
| Bolton Medical Inc | 1 | $17 |
| Kiniksa Pharmaceuticals, Ltd. | 1 | $16 |
| Zimmer Biomet | 1 | $16 |
| Elevate Surgical Co | 1 | $16 |
| Innovation Technologies Inc | 1 | $15 |
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.
- Barostim Neo System$5,958
- Impella$1,753
- HeartWare HVAD$1,474
- INSPIRIS RESILIA aortic valve$1,199
- MITRIS RESILIA Mitral Valve$963
- SYNERGY ABLATION SYSTEM$778
- CVX-300$700
- THORATEC HEARTMATE 3 LVAS IMPLANT KIT$610
- ATRICURE CRYOICE CRYOABLATION SYSTEM (CRYO2)$486
- MitraClip$430
- PREVELEAK$385
- Edwards SAPIEN 3 Transcatheter Heart Valve$241
- FLOSEAL$240
- SAPIEN 3 Ultra RESILIA$219
- Progel Applicator Spray Tips$173
- CARPENTIER-EDWARDS PHYSIO ANNULOPLASTY RING WITH HOLDER - MITRAL$161
- KONECT RESILIA$153
- CoreValve Evolut$144
- 2ND GEN CENTRIMAG PRIMARY CONSOLE$140
- Edwards SAPIEN 3 Ultra Transcatheter Heart Valve$139
How this compares
$53,252 in reported general payments places this provider in the 80th percentile of 546 thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) providers in California.
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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 thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) in la Jolla
- Scot Brewsterla Jolla$184K
- Thomas FogartyPortola Valley$3.7M
- Steven GundryPalm Springs$1.6M
- Gregory FontanaThousand Oaks$1.4M
- Gansevoort DunningtonSaint Helena$963K
- Armin KiankhooySaint Helena$941K
- Ara KlijianMurrieta$916K
- Fernando FleischmanLos Angeles$901K
- Michael FischbeinPalo Alto$899K
- Jay LeeLos Angeles$856K
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.