Vahram Ornekian
Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) · Los Angeles, CANPI 1689017246
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 170 payments — averaging $57.92 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Edwards Lifesciences$2K
- W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc.$2K
- Abiomed$1K
- Atricure, Inc.$1K
- Cook Medical LLC$587
- Abbott$416
- plus $2K from 21 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$2,50325%
- Food & beverage$7,34375%
Most of this is food and beverage — typically meals provided during product presentations at a clinic or hospital. Nationally that is the single largest category of reported payments by count.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Edwards Lifesciences | 35 | $1,949 |
| W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc. | 13 | $1,895 |
| Abiomed | 17 | $1,374 |
| Atricure, Inc. | 13 | $1,163 |
| Cook Medical LLC | 9 | $587 |
| Abbott | 8 | $416 |
| Philips North America LLC | 3 | $358 |
| Bolton Medical Inc | 4 | $342 |
| Irhythm Technologies, Inc. | 27 | $342 |
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 11 | $312 |
| La Jolla Pharmaceutical Company | 2 | $184 |
| Cvrx, Inc. | 3 | $133 |
| Inari Medical, Inc. | 1 | $127 |
| Boston Scientific | 4 | $98 |
| E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. | 3 | $75 |
| Pfizer | 4 | $75 |
| Davol Inc. | 1 | $60 |
| Baxter Healthcare | 1 | $56 |
| Cleerly, Inc. | 2 | $47 |
| Imperative Care, Inc | 2 | $46 |
| LSI Solutions Inc | 1 | $41 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 1 | $35 |
| GE HealthCare | 1 | $33 |
| Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC | 1 | $33 |
| Guard Medical Inc. | 1 | $27 |
| Inspiremd Ltd | 1 | $21 |
| Cardiva Medical, Inc. | 1 | $16 |
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.
- GORE TAG Thoracic Endoprosthesis$1,488
- Impella$806
- Cook$489
- SYNERGY ABLATION SYSTEM$487
- (9124) LM Undivided$345
- TREO ABDOMINAL STENT-GRAFT SYSTEM$159
- Grafts$142
- INSPIRIS RESILIA aortic valve$141
- FLOWTRIEVER CATHETER, S$127
- CT THROMBECTOMY SYSTEM KIT$127
- EDWARDS INTUITY Elite valve system$121
- EPI-SENSE GUIDED COAGULATION SYSTEM WITH VISITRAX$116
- GIAPREZA$112
- Epic$107
How this compares
$9,846 in reported general payments places this provider in the 55th percentile of 546 thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) providers in California.
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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 |
|---|---|---|
| ClopidogrelClopidogrel Bisulfate | 15 | $195 |
| Cilostazol | 16 | $165 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) in Los Angeles
- Fernando FleischmanLos Angeles$901K
- Jay LeeLos Angeles$856K
- Vaughn StarnesLos Angeles$771K
- Harmik SoukiasianLos Angeles$737K
- Abbas ArdehaliLos Angeles$630K
- Richard SheminLos Angeles$392K
- Fardad EsmailianLos Angeles$356K
- Alfredo TrentoLos Angeles$335K
- Raymond LeeLos Angeles$291K
- Anthony KimLos Angeles$215K
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.