Siddhartha Rao, MD
Interventional Cardiology · Cary, NCNPI 1578644977
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — consulting fees (46.8%), speaking fees and food and beverage — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 38 manufacturers reported payments, led by Philips North America LLC at 38.7% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2022 at $60,771 and has fallen 77.6% since, to $13,600 in 2025. Among interventional cardiology clinicians in NC with any reported payments, this total sits in the top 10% — high for the specialty, which is a reason to read the composition above rather than the number alone.
Across 594 payments — averaging $374.72 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Philips North America LLC$86K
- Cardiovascular Systems Inc.$66K
- Angiodynamics, Inc.$24K
- Medtronic$11K
- Abbott$11K
- Veryan Medical Incorporated$8K
- plus $16K from 32 others
Across 134 payments — averaging $3148.15 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.
- Boston Scientific$178K
- Veryan Medical Incorporated$88K
- Abbott$43K
- Cardiovascular Systems Inc.$36K
- Trireme Medical LLC$29K
- Medalliance LLC$22K
- plus $26K from 2 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$104,13947%
- Speaking & faculty fees$73,60333%
- Travel & lodging$10,6925%
- Food & beverage$17,6448%
- Education$990%
- Gifts$1190%
- Entertainment$400%
- Other$16,2507%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Philips North America LLC | 40 | $86,114 |
| Cardiovascular Systems Inc. | 172 | $65,993 |
| Angiodynamics, Inc. | 25 | $24,070 |
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 59 | $11,251 |
| Abbott | 52 | $10,975 |
| Veryan Medical Incorporated | 8 | $7,923 |
| Reflow Medical Inc | 18 | $3,205 |
| Asahi Intecc USA, Inc. | 5 | $3,186 |
| CMS Imaging, Inc. | 17 | $2,193 |
| Cordis US CORP. | 2 | $2,068 |
| Johnson & Johnson(2 entities) | 89 | $1,762 |
| Kerecis Limited | 3 | $509 |
| Nevro Corp. | 8 | $455 |
| Bard Peripheral Vascular, Inc. | 8 | $367 |
| Boston Scientific | 16 | $318 |
| Siemens Medical Solutions USA, Inc. | 5 | $317 |
| AstraZeneca | 11 | $199 |
| Novartis | 10 | $184 |
| E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. | 3 | $156 |
| Osprey Medical Inc | 5 | $148 |
| Endologix LLC | 1 | $146 |
| Cook Medical LLC | 6 | $142 |
| Convatec Inc. | 2 | $139 |
| Biotronik Inc. | 2 | $135 |
| Terumo Medical Corporation | 3 | $87 |
| Novo Nordisk | 3 | $86 |
| Amgen | 3 | $75 |
| Venclose Inc. | 1 | $69 |
| Pfizer | 5 | $65 |
| Organogenesis Inc. | 1 | $52 |
| ZOLL Services LLC (a/k/a ZOLL Lifecor Corp) | 3 | $41 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 2 | $36 |
| Viatris Specialty LLC | 1 | $24 |
| Acist Medical Systems, Inc. | 1 | $24 |
| Merz North America, Inc. | 1 | $21 |
| Cardiva Medical, Inc. | 1 | $19 |
| Edwards Lifesciences | 1 | $18 |
| Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc. | 1 | $11 |
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.
- Diamondback Peripheral$52,572
- (9520) IGT Devices Undivided$46,040
- Auryon Laser System 100-120 Vac$23,443
- IGT Devices Und$18,800
- Coronary Orbital Atherectomy System$14,627
- HawkOne$9,214
- (R11) US EQ Undivided$8,800
- BioMimics 3D Vascular Stent System$7,650
- (6554) Periph Vasc Undiv$6,600
- Peripheral Orbital Atherectomy System$5,665
- IVUS Systems$3,760
- Asahi Coronary Wires$3,000
- Kerecis SurgiClose$1,530
- IN.PACT Admiral$1,124
- IGT_D Systems$950
- XARELTO$476
- Kerecis GraftGuide$383
- Kerecis Omega3 Marigen$320
- Spectranetics Undiv$300
- ENDOCROSS Device$146
How this compares
$222,586 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 180 interventional cardiology providers in North Carolina.
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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 |
|---|---|---|
| XareltoRivaroxaban | 61 | $47,824 |
| ClopidogrelClopidogrel Bisulfate | 308 | $3,228 |
| Atorvastatin Calcium | 142 | $1,247 |
| Methylprednisolone | 219 | $1,232 |
| Celecoxib | 118 | $1,143 |
| Rosuvastatin Calcium | 44 | $613 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Johnson & JohnsonXarelto | $1,762 | $47,82461 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 90th percentile of 180 interventional cardiology providers in North Carolina.
Other interventional cardiology in Cary
- Mubashir BahramiCary$10K
- George AdamsGarner$4.1M
- Paul MahoneyGreenville$1.7M
- Ravish SacharRaleigh$1.6M
- Patrick SimpsonPinehurst$579K
- Ronald UszenskiMooresville$495K
- Oluseun AlliCharlotte$485K
- Matthew CavenderChapel Hill$453K
- Steven FilbyPinehurst$442K
- Naveed RajperStatesville$223K
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.