Syed Rafay Ali Sabzwari, MD
Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology · Aurora, CONPI 1528477262
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — grants (42.1%), travel and lodging and food and beverage — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 13 manufacturers reported payments, led by Medtronic at 38.6% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2021 at $27,175 and has fallen 57.0% since, to $11,678 in 2025.
Across 308 payments — averaging $260.28 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Medtronic$31K
- Boston Scientific$22K
- Abbott$22K
- Biotronik Inc.$2K
- Biosense Webster, Inc.$1K
- Philips North America LLC$488
- plus $720 from 7 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$4,7856%
- Speaking & faculty fees$7,2009%
- Grants$33,75042%
- Travel & lodging$20,68626%
- Food & beverage$13,06816%
- Education$6781%
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) | 72 | $30,965 |
| Boston Scientific | 58 | $22,499 |
| Abbott | 101 | $21,967 |
| Biotronik Inc. | 20 | $2,218 |
| Biosense Webster, Inc. | 38 | $1,310 |
| Philips North America LLC | 2 | $488 |
| ZOLL Services LLC (a/k/a ZOLL Lifecor Corp) | 6 | $260 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 5 | $224 |
| Angiodynamics, Inc. | 1 | $108 |
| AstraZeneca | 2 | $60 |
| Terumo Medical Corporation | 1 | $28 |
| Cardiva Medical, Inc. | 1 | $21 |
| Cook Medical LLC | 1 | $20 |
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.
- GENERAL - THERAPIES$6,659
- TACTICATH ABLATION CATHETER, SENSOR ENABLED$5,183
- GENERAL BRADY$5,000
- AVEIR$3,912
- EMBLEM S ICD ELECTRODE DELIVERY SYSTEM$3,750
- ENSITE PRECISION$3,156
- ENSITE$3,107
- VersaCross Access Solution$2,406
- Ensite Cardiac Mapping System$1,186
- EVERA MRI XT DR SURESCAN$720
- Acticor 7 VR-T DX$444
- Carto 3$426
- Edora 8 DR-T$301
- BioMonitor$301
- Solia$301
- Rivacor 7 DR-T$301
- US Und$300
- EnSite Precision Cardiac Mapping System$245
- (9520) IGT Devices Undivided$188
- Cardiovascular- Research only$137
How this compares
$80,167 in reported general payments places this provider in the 80th percentile of 66 clinical cardiac electrophysiology providers in Colorado.
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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 | 126 | $173,727 |
| XareltoRivaroxaban | 21 | $29,118 |
| MultaqDronedarone Hcl | 14 | $20,534 |
| Dofetilide | 17 | $5,609 |
| Flecainide Acetate | 42 | $1,528 |
| Metoprolol Succinate | 115 | $1,354 |
| Amiodarone Hcl | 18 | $482 |
| Carvedilol | 20 | $395 |
| Atorvastatin Calcium | 21 | $354 |
| Metoprolol Tartrate | 49 | $330 |
| Losartan Potassium | 21 | $207 |
| Rosuvastatin Calcium | 12 | $196 |
| Furosemide | 18 | $135 |
| Spironolactone | 16 | $85 |
| Amlodipine Besylate | 19 | $46 |
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 | $224 | $29,11821 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 80th percentile of 66 clinical cardiac electrophysiology providers in Colorado.
Other clinical cardiac electrophysiology in Aurora
- Wendy TzouAurora$350K
- Christopher PorterfieldAurora$340K
- Lohit GargAurora$147K
- Margot VlokaAurora$104K
- Amneet SandhuAurora$53K
- Ryan AleongAurora$33K
- Dustin NashAurora$30K
- Ryan BorneAurora$30K
- Lukasz CerbinAurora$18K
- Dominik WiktorAurora$9K
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.