Shankar Baskar, MD
Pediatric Cardiology · Cincinnati, OHNPI 1487918751
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — travel and lodging (43.1%), food and beverage and consulting fees — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 8 manufacturers reported payments, led by Medtronic at 30.7% of the total. 2025 is the largest year on record at $3,076, more than ten times the $20 reported in 2020.
Across 42 payments — averaging $116.04 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Medtronic$1K
- Altathera Pharmaceuticals LLC$1K
- Abbott$1K
- Biosense Webster, Inc.$458
- Boston Scientific$121
- Atricure, Inc.$19
- plus $34 from 2 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$1,20025%
- Travel & lodging$2,10143%
- Food & beverage$1,57332%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Medtronic | 13 | $1,495 |
| Altathera Pharmaceuticals LLC | 2 | $1,382 |
| Abbott | 10 | $1,363 |
| Biosense Webster, Inc. | 12 | $458 |
| Boston Scientific | 2 | $121 |
| Atricure, Inc. | 1 | $19 |
| Cardiva Medical, Inc. | 1 | $18 |
| ZOLL Services LLC (a/k/a ZOLL Lifecor Corp) | 1 | $17 |
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.
- Sotalol Hydrochloride$1,382
- AVEIR$1,112
- Micra$951
- Carto 3$242
- AURORA EV-ICD MRI SURESCAN$125
- EMBLEM MRI S-ICD$101
How this compares
$4,874 in reported general payments places this provider in the 80th percentile of 126 pediatric 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.
Other pediatric cardiology in Cincinnati
- Shabana ShahanavazCincinnati$579K
- Angela LortsCincinnati$170K
- Michael TaylorCincinnati$109K
- Chet VillaCincinnati$31K
- Russel HirschCincinnati$22K
- Elaine UrbinaCincinnati$16K
- Sarosh BatlivalaCincinnati$9K
- Clifford ChinCincinnati$7K
- Garick HillCincinnati$6K
- Nicolas MadsenCincinnati$6K
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.