Sankar Varanasi, MD
Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology · Poughkeepsie, NYNPI 1073586988
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
14 manufacturers reported payments, led by Biosense Webster, Inc. at 32.2% of the total. 2025 is the largest year on record at $7,313, more than ten times the $623 reported in 2019. That places this record below the midpoint for clinical cardiac electrophysiology clinicians in NY, where the typical reported total is $18,433.
Across 140 payments — averaging $87.37 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Biosense Webster, Inc.$4K
- Medtronic$3K
- Abbott$2K
- Medical Device Business Services, Inc.$988
- Abiomed$599
- Boston Scientific$357
- plus $834 from 8 others
Across 171 payments — averaging $4133.36 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.
- Medtronic$696K
- Abbott$11K
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$6,89456%
- Food & beverage$5,33944%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Biosense Webster, Inc. | 42 | $3,934 |
| Medtronic | 31 | $3,255 |
| Abbott | 19 | $2,265 |
| Medical Device Business Services, Inc. | 3 | $988 |
| Abiomed | 21 | $599 |
| Boston Scientific | 8 | $357 |
| Impulse Dynamics (USA) Inc. | 4 | $293 |
| Stereotaxis Inc | 3 | $160 |
| Irhythm Technologies, Inc. | 1 | $123 |
| Edwards Lifesciences | 1 | $78 |
| Cvrx, Inc. | 1 | $71 |
| Novartis | 4 | $71 |
| Cardiovascular Systems Inc. | 1 | $25 |
| Cardinal Health 200 LLC | 1 | $12 |
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.
- Carto 3$3,668
- ENSITE$1,314
- OPTIMIZER$300
- QDOT MICRO Catheter$133
- Soundstar$133
- AMPLATZER$130
- EVERA MRI XT DR SURESCAN$127
- ZIO XT Patch$123
- Micra$118
- Watchman$104
- HeartMate 3 Left Ventricular Dev$102
How this compares
$12,232 in reported general payments places this provider in the 40th percentile of 214 clinical cardiac electrophysiology providers in New York.
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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 | 292 | $360,462 |
| XareltoRivaroxaban | 51 | $78,209 |
| Dofetilide | 125 | $42,182 |
| EntrestoSacubitril/Valsartan | 24 | $38,579 |
| FarxigaDapagliflozin Propanediol | 15 | $20,443 |
| Amiodarone Hcl | 97 | $4,499 |
| Metoprolol Succinate | 238 | $3,819 |
| Flecainide Acetate | 63 | $2,762 |
| Dabigatran EtexilateDabigatran Etexilate Mesylate | 11 | $2,709 |
| Digoxin | 36 | $1,820 |
| Ranolazine ErRanolazine | 11 | $1,645 |
| Rosuvastatin Calcium | 88 | $1,573 |
| Atorvastatin Calcium | 104 | $1,035 |
| Propafenone Hcl | 19 | $926 |
| SotalolSotalol Hcl | 31 | $904 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| NovartisEntresto | $71 | $38,57924 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 40th percentile of 214 clinical cardiac electrophysiology providers in New York.
Other clinical cardiac electrophysiology in Poughkeepsie
- Vivek ReddyNew York$14.9M
- Jacob KoruthNew York$3.7M
- Srinivas DukkipatiNew York$2.7M
- Amir AhmadiNew York$789K
- Larry ChinitzNew York$448K
- Felix YangBrooklyn$407K
- James IpNew York$347K
- Stavros MountantonakisManhasset$321K
- Jorge RomeroSyracuse$295K
- Nicholas SkipitarisNew York$293K
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.