Sandeep Patel, MD
Interventional Cardiology · Thibodaux, LANPI 1861490534
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 289 payments — averaging $25.20 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Novartis$985
- Johnson & Johnson$847
- Abiomed$550
- AstraZeneca$528
- Merck$447
- Medtronic$394
- plus $4K from 29 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$7,16998%
- Education$1142%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Novartis | 71 | $985 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 59 | $847 |
| Abiomed | 7 | $550 |
| AstraZeneca | 10 | $528 |
| Merck | 27 | $447 |
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 4 | $394 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 8 | $336 |
| Amgen | 9 | $318 |
| Ancora Heart, Inc. | 2 | $273 |
| Alnylam Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 10 | $257 |
| E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. | 13 | $240 |
| Abbott | 3 | $226 |
| Angiodynamics, Inc. | 2 | $216 |
| Pfizer | 10 | $203 |
| Cardiac Dimensions, Inc. | 1 | $179 |
| Daiichi Sankyo Inc. | 1 | $166 |
| Kestra Medical Technology Services, Inc. | 2 | $125 |
| Shockwave Medical, Inc | 1 | $124 |
| Boston Scientific | 2 | $118 |
| Amarin Pharma, Inc. | 7 | $100 |
| Esperion Therapeutics, Inc. | 7 | $90 |
| ZOLL Services LLC (a/k/a ZOLL Lifecor Corp) | 5 | $86 |
| Novo Nordisk | 4 | $76 |
| Kowa Pharmaceuticals America, Inc. | 6 | $69 |
| Bard Peripheral Vascular, Inc. | 3 | $64 |
| Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc. | 3 | $54 |
| Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC | 2 | $37 |
| Lexicon Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 2 | $36 |
| Scpharmaceuticals Inc. | 2 | $33 |
| Mannkind Corporation | 1 | $25 |
| Itamar Medical Inc | 1 | $22 |
| Gilead | 1 | $16 |
| Cook Medical LLC | 1 | $16 |
| Vifor Pharma, Inc. | 1 | $13 |
| Atricure, Inc. | 1 | $13 |
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.
- COREVALVE EVOLUT R$321
- JARDIANCE$241
- AccuCinch$241
- FARXIGA$229
- Enhertu$166
- Auryon Laser System 100-120 Vac$127
- LOKELMA$125
- XARELTO$125
- Shockwave IVL System with the Shockwave C2 Coronary IVL Catheter$124
- Repatha$123
- CARDIOMEMS$123
- Impella$121
- Assure WCD$108
How this compares
$7,283 in reported general payments places this provider in the 35th percentile of 171 interventional cardiology providers in Louisiana.
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 | 1,023 | $880,576 |
| XareltoRivaroxaban | 262 | $206,017 |
| Repatha SureclickEvolocumab | 211 | $156,758 |
| NexletolBempedoic Acid | 204 | $114,979 |
| EntrestoSacubitril/Valsartan | 126 | $112,983 |
| BrilintaTicagrelor | 119 | $82,423 |
| Praluent PenAlirocumab | 45 | $25,743 |
| Metoprolol Succinate | 1,964 | $22,406 |
| Ezetimibe | 1,344 | $22,117 |
| Rosuvastatin Calcium | 1,869 | $19,099 |
| JardianceEmpagliflozin | 20 | $17,450 |
| Ranolazine ErRanolazine | 210 | $17,009 |
| Atorvastatin Calcium | 1,747 | $14,136 |
| LivaloPitavastatin Calcium | 20 | $12,287 |
| Pravastatin Sodium | 823 | $11,098 |
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 | $203 | $880,5761,023 claims |
| Johnson & JohnsonXarelto | $847 | $206,017262 claims |
| Esperion Therapeutics, Inc.Nexletol | $90 | $114,979204 claims |
| NovartisEntresto | $985 | $112,983126 claims |
| AstraZenecaBrilinta | $528 | $82,423119 claims |
| Boehringer IngelheimJardiance | $336 | $17,45020 claims |
| Kowa Pharmaceuticals America, Inc.Livalo | $69 | $12,28720 claims |
| AmgenCorlanor | $318 | $8,01013 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 35th percentile of 171 interventional cardiology providers in Louisiana.
Other interventional cardiology in Thibodaux
- Bart DenysThibodaux$29K
- Craig WalkerHouma$5.5M
- Naseem JaffraniAlexandria$5.1M
- Mark NapoliMonroe$2.2M
- Stephen RameeNew Orleans$1.5M
- Denzil MoraesBaton Rouge$1.4M
- James JenkinsNew Orleans$1.2M
- Ankur LodhaLafayette$945K
- Rajan PatelNew Orleans$633K
- Bruce EnnisMandeville$562K
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.