Samir Saba
Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology · Pittsburgh, PANPI 1811962269
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — consulting fees (39.9%), travel and lodging and speaking fees — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 8 manufacturers reported payments, led by Boston Scientific at 45.2% of the total. 2025 is the largest year on record at $18,435, more than ten times the $1,209 reported in 2019.
Across 124 payments — averaging $446.37 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Boston Scientific$25K
- Medtronic$20K
- Abbott$10K
- Biosense Webster, Inc.$103
- GE HealthCare$60
- Impulse Dynamics (USA) Inc.$39
- plus $64 from 2 others
Across 128 payments — averaging $10,939 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.
- Abbott$1.3M
- Boston Scientific$49K
- Medtronic$15K
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$22,08840%
- Speaking & faculty fees$13,36924%
- Grants$1470%
- Travel & lodging$15,05127%
- Food & beverage$4,6818%
- Education$140%
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 | 35 | $25,004 |
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 58 | $19,932 |
| Abbott | 25 | $10,149 |
| Biosense Webster, Inc. | 2 | $103 |
| GE HealthCare | 1 | $60 |
| Impulse Dynamics (USA) Inc. | 1 | $39 |
| Philips North America LLC | 1 | $32 |
| Cardiofocus, Inc. | 1 | $31 |
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.
- GENERAL - THERAPIES$18,669
- ARCTIC FRONT ADVANCE$7,569
- CLINICAL TRIAL PRODUCT$1,661
- AVEIR$1,023
- ENSITE$733
- Micra$448
- PulseSelect$408
- Farapulse$285
- Evera$167
- ABSOLUTE PRO$162
- Attain$144
- VIGILANT$125
- MOMENTUM$119
- AMPLATZER AMULET$109
How this compares
$55,350 in reported general payments places this provider in the 75th percentile of 201 clinical cardiac electrophysiology providers in Pennsylvania.
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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 | 363 | $400,747 |
| XareltoRivaroxaban | 25 | $37,234 |
| EntrestoSacubitril/Valsartan | 19 | $34,371 |
| Cardizem CdDiltiazem Hcl | 13 | $33,884 |
| Dofetilide | 27 | $10,437 |
| Diltiazem 24hr Er (Cd)Diltiazem Hcl | 90 | $4,355 |
| Metoprolol Succinate | 116 | $2,948 |
| Amiodarone Hcl | 98 | $1,905 |
| SotalolSotalol Hcl | 87 | $1,809 |
| Flecainide Acetate | 31 | $952 |
| Metoprolol Tartrate | 51 | $544 |
| Carvedilol | 21 | $323 |
| Lisinopril | 21 | $313 |
| Spironolactone | 13 | $269 |
| Atenolol | 20 | $260 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other clinical cardiac electrophysiology in Pittsburgh
- John ChenaridesPittsburgh$750K
- Joshua SilversteinPittsburgh$557K
- Amit ThosaniPittsburgh$341K
- George ShawPittsburgh$123K
- Nathan EstesPittsburgh$96K
- Krishna KancharlaPittsburgh$83K
- Konstantinos AronisPittsburgh$51K
- Virginia SinglaPittsburgh$37K
- Alaaeldin ShalabyPittsburgh$34K
- Seth WorleyLancaster$3.7M
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.