Torsten Vahl, MD
Interventional Cardiology · New York, NYNPI 1134379787
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — consulting fees (59.5%), travel and lodging and speaking fees — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. Abbott accounts for 62.5% of it on its own, with 16 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2023 at $90,646 and has fallen 70.1% since, to $27,116 in 2025. Among interventional cardiology clinicians in NY 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 301 payments — averaging $930.69 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Abbott$175K
- Jenavalve Technology, Inc.$39K
- Philips North America LLC$36K
- Baylis Medical Company Inc$12K
- Boston Scientific$9K
- Edwards Lifesciences$5K
- plus $4K from 11 others
Across 7 payments — averaging $16,657 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.
- Siemens Medical Solutions USA, Inc.$92K
- Boston Scientific$25K
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$166,66159%
- Speaking & faculty fees$16,1756%
- Travel & lodging$86,77731%
- Food & beverage$10,5244%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Abbott | 156 | $175,206 |
| Jenavalve Technology, Inc. | 15 | $39,286 |
| Philips North America LLC | 27 | $35,715 |
| Baylis Medical Company Inc | 6 | $11,851 |
| Boston Scientific | 30 | $8,724 |
| Edwards Lifesciences | 34 | $5,330 |
| Siemens Medical Solutions USA, Inc. | 1 | $1,750 |
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 22 | $1,519 |
| Opsens Inc. | 1 | $500 |
| Cardiva Medical, Inc. | 1 | $78 |
| Heartflow, Inc. | 2 | $41 |
| Acist Medical Systems, Inc. | 1 | $34 |
| Novartis | 1 | $24 |
| Abiomed | 1 | $23 |
| Lundbeck LLC | 1 | $20 |
| Kiniksa Pharmaceuticals International, PLC | 1 | $19 |
| Chiesi USA, Inc. | 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.
- JenaValve Pericardial TAVR System$38,064
- (9520) IGT Devices Undivided$33,135
- NRG needle$9,848
- ABSORB$8,200
- Absorb GT1$4,875
- VersaCross Access Solution$4,171
- GENERAL - THERAPIES$3,049
- AMPLATZER Occluders$3,000
- Portico Transcatheter Aortic HV$2,500
- Xience V coronary stent system$2,000
- VersaCross$1,925
- LINGO$1,785
- (9525) Intracardiac Und$946
- (9148) ICE 3D$809
- MitraClip$799
- IGT Devices Und$650
- Edwards SAPIEN 3 Transcatheter Heart Valve$529
- OptoWire$500
- OptoMonitor$500
- XIENCE V$500
How this compares
$280,138 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th 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
- George DangasNew York$263K
- Jeffrey MosesNew York$238K
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.