Shmuel Chen, MD
Interventional Cardiology · New York, NYNPI 1841757606
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — food and beverage (47.3%), travel and lodging and consulting fees — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 15 manufacturers reported payments, led by Medtronic at 37.0% of the total. 2025 is the largest year on record at $13,984, more than ten times the $279 reported in 2020.
Across 329 payments — averaging $114.87 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Medtronic$14K
- Edwards Lifesciences$10K
- Abbott$7K
- Ancora Heart, Inc.$2K
- Boston Scientific$1K
- Philips North America LLC$961
- plus $2K from 9 others
Across 12 payments — averaging $15,572 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$185K
- Medtronic$2K
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$5,96316%
- Travel & lodging$13,68436%
- Food & beverage$17,86547%
- Other$2821%
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(2 entities) | 108 | $13,993 |
| Edwards Lifesciences | 97 | $10,149 |
| Abbott | 80 | $6,603 |
| Ancora Heart, Inc. | 7 | $2,441 |
| Boston Scientific | 15 | $1,399 |
| Philips North America LLC | 3 | $961 |
| Cardiovascular Systems Inc. | 7 | $812 |
| Shockwave Medical, Inc | 2 | $390 |
| AstraZeneca | 3 | $277 |
| Spectrawave, Inc | 2 | $244 |
| Jenavalve Technology, Inc. | 1 | $162 |
| Siemens Medical Solutions USA, Inc. | 1 | $158 |
| Endologix LLC | 1 | $150 |
| Cardinal Health 200 LLC | 1 | $29 |
| Cardiva Medical, Inc. | 1 | $24 |
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$11,403
- Edwards SAPIEN 3 Transcatheter Heart Valve$4,141
- AccuCinch$2,441
- MitraClip$1,157
- AMPLATZER AMULET$1,108
- (9525) Intracardiac Und$961
- Diamondback Coronary$693
- NAVITOR$691
- PORTICO$456
- CoreValve Evolut$418
- Shockwave IVL System with the Shockwave C2 Coronary IVL Catheter$390
- THORATEC HEARTMATE 3 LVAS IMPLANT KIT$311
- SYNERGY$291
- SAPIEN 3 Ultra RESILIA$288
- HyperVue Imaging System$192
- Starlight Imaging Catheter$192
- PASCAL$182
- WOLVERINE CORONARY CUTTING BALLOON$165
- JenaValve Pericardial TAVR System$162
- Watchman$162
How this compares
$37,793 in reported general payments places this provider in the 75th percentile of 382 interventional cardiology providers in New York.
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 interventional cardiology in New York
- Sahil ParikhNew York$1.6M
- Deepak BhattNew York$1.6M
- Martin LeonNew York$1.5M
- Sripal BangaloreNew York$482K
- Ajay KirtaneNew York$462K
- Prakash KrishnanNew York$387K
- Jaikirshan KhatriNew York$307K
- Samin SharmaNew York$291K
- Torsten VahlNew York$280K
- George DangasNew York$263K
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.