Santiago Garcia, MD
Interventional Cardiology · Cincinnati, OHNPI 1669517785
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by consulting fees: $229,591 of the $359,568 with a category attached, or 63.9%. 19 manufacturers reported payments, led by Edwards Lifesciences at 59.3% of the total. 2025 is the largest year on record at $106,354, 5.6 times the $19,144 reported in 2019. Among interventional cardiology clinicians in OH with any reported payments, this total sits in the top 5% — high for the specialty, which is a reason to read the composition above rather than the number alone.
Across 706 payments — averaging $509.30 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Edwards Lifesciences$213K
- Medtronic$60K
- Boston Scientific$39K
- Abbott$35K
- Ancora Heart, Inc.$3K
- B. Braun Interventional Systems Inc.$2K
- plus $6K from 13 others
Across 822 payments — averaging $3945.16 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.
- Edwards Lifesciences$1.8M
- Boston Scientific$1M
- Abbott$273K
- Cathworks, Inc.$70K
- Biotronik Inc.$69K
- Medtronic$40K
- plus $13K from 1 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$229,59164%
- Speaking & faculty fees$38,08211%
- Travel & lodging$69,58019%
- Food & beverage$22,0226%
- Education$120%
- Other$2820%
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 | 348 | $213,084 |
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 150 | $60,284 |
| Boston Scientific | 55 | $39,329 |
| Abbott | 103 | $35,386 |
| Ancora Heart, Inc. | 14 | $3,473 |
| B. Braun Interventional Systems Inc. | 3 | $1,835 |
| Arrow International, Inc. | 1 | $1,800 |
| Biosense Webster, Inc. | 7 | $1,566 |
| Teleflex LLC | 1 | $900 |
| Jenavalve Technology, Inc. | 2 | $738 |
| Cordis US CORP. | 1 | $450 |
| Biotronik Inc. | 10 | $235 |
| Abiomed | 2 | $199 |
| Acist Medical Systems, Inc. | 4 | $90 |
| Livanova USA, Inc. | 1 | $77 |
| Getinge USA Sales, LLC | 1 | $51 |
| ZOLL Circulation Inc | 1 | $31 |
| Cathworks, Inc. | 1 | $29 |
| Chiesi USA, Inc. | 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.
- Edwards SAPIEN 3 Transcatheter Heart Valve$117,662
- EVOQUE$39,143
- PASCAL$19,500
- NAVITOR$18,411
- COREVALVE EVOLUT R$18,311
- GENERAL - STRUCTURAL HEART$12,672
- Resolute$10,157
- RESOLUTE ONYX$9,244
- GENERAL - THERAPIES$8,397
- Mitra Clip system$6,637
- AccuCinch$3,180
- CoreValve Evolut$3,153
- ISLEEVE$3,000
- PORTICO$2,932
- TRICLIP$2,500
- Sentinel$2,000
- Edwards SAPIEN 3 Ultra Transcatheter Heart Valve$1,804
- Thermocool SF$1,566
- Melody$1,059
- SAPIEN 3 Ultra RESILIA$1,022
How this compares
$359,568 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 256 interventional cardiology providers in Ohio.
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 | 28 | $15,785 |
| Warfarin Sodium | 41 | $335 |
| Metoprolol Succinate | 24 | $211 |
| ClopidogrelClopidogrel Bisulfate | 14 | $198 |
| Furosemide | 34 | $138 |
| Lisinopril | 11 | $106 |
| Metoprolol Tartrate | 20 | $33 |
| Prednisone | 13 | $21 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other interventional cardiology in Cincinnati
- Timothy HenryCincinnati$605K
- John CorlCincinnati$390K
- Joseph ChooCincinnati$224K
- Dean KereiakesCincinnati$139K
- Ian SarembockCincinnati$98K
- Puvi SeshiahCincinnati$81K
- Raviteja GuddetiCincinnati$68K
- Satya ShreenivasCincinnati$47K
- Amer SayedCincinnati$31K
- Zaid AlirhayimCincinnati$28K
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.