Vijay Divakaran, MD
Interventional Cardiology · Round Rock, TXNPI 1366695074
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by food and beverage: $9,828 of the $12,858 with a category attached, or 76.4%. 30 manufacturers reported payments, led by Abbott at 29.2% of the total.
Across 267 payments — averaging $48.16 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Abbott$4K
- Medtronic$2K
- Shockwave Medical, Inc$1K
- Boston Scientific$1K
- Abiomed$785
- Biotronik Inc.$736
- plus $3K from 24 others
Across 4 payments — averaging $7137.04 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.
- Boehringer Ingelheim International GmbH$19K
- Boehringer Ingelheim Pharma GmbH & Co.kg$10K
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$3,03124%
- Food & beverage$9,82876%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Abbott | 53 | $3,755 |
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 58 | $2,142 |
| Shockwave Medical, Inc | 21 | $1,433 |
| Boston Scientific | 16 | $1,195 |
| Abiomed | 22 | $785 |
| Biotronik Inc. | 14 | $736 |
| Philips North America LLC | 10 | $686 |
| ZOLL Services LLC (a/k/a ZOLL Lifecor Corp) | 15 | $318 |
| AstraZeneca | 16 | $294 |
| Edwards Lifesciences | 3 | $264 |
| Impulse Dynamics (USA) Inc. | 3 | $225 |
| Siemens Medical Solutions USA, Inc. | 2 | $171 |
| Inari Medical, Inc. | 5 | $160 |
| Penumbra, Inc. | 1 | $130 |
| Stryker | 4 | $122 |
| Terumo Medical Corporation | 5 | $83 |
| Teleflex LLC | 4 | $79 |
| Recor Medical Inc | 2 | $48 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 2 | $35 |
| W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc. | 1 | $26 |
| Saranas, Inc. | 1 | $24 |
| Cook Medical LLC | 1 | $24 |
| Angiodynamics, Inc. | 1 | $24 |
| Novartis | 1 | $24 |
| Amarin Pharma, Inc. | 1 | $16 |
| Heartflow, Inc. | 1 | $14 |
| E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. | 1 | $13 |
| Amgen | 1 | $12 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 1 | $11 |
| Cardiovascular Systems Inc. | 1 | $6 |
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.
- Mitra Clip system$2,370
- AngioJet Ultra 5000A$954
- Shockwave IVL System with the Shockwave C2 Coronary IVL Catheter$590
- (9520) IGT Devices Undivided$418
- Orsiro Mission$393
- COREVALVE EVOLUT R$386
- OPTIMIZER$341
- CoreValve Evolut$262
- MitraClip$164
- Artis icono floor$150
- Impella$135
- Indigo System$130
- NHancer Rx$129
- AMPLATZER AMULET$114
- Abre$114
- Vascular Lithotripsy$113
How this compares
$12,858 in reported general payments places this provider in the 60th percentile of 686 interventional cardiology providers in Texas.
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 | 117 | $153,305 |
| XareltoRivaroxaban | 28 | $42,209 |
| EntrestoSacubitril/Valsartan | 19 | $26,560 |
| JardianceEmpagliflozin | 22 | $24,532 |
| Repatha SureclickEvolocumab | 18 | $21,182 |
| Metoprolol Succinate | 174 | $3,298 |
| ClopidogrelClopidogrel Bisulfate | 206 | $3,242 |
| Rosuvastatin Calcium | 170 | $2,858 |
| Atorvastatin Calcium | 120 | $1,568 |
| Carvedilol | 90 | $1,467 |
| Losartan Potassium | 115 | $1,386 |
| Amiodarone Hcl | 17 | $1,208 |
| Diltiazem 24hr Er (Cd)Diltiazem Hcl | 15 | $774 |
| Furosemide | 108 | $688 |
| Spironolactone | 52 | $648 |
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 | $11 | $42,20928 claims |
| NovartisEntresto | $24 | $26,56019 claims |
| Boehringer IngelheimJardiance | $35 | $24,53222 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 60th percentile of 686 interventional cardiology providers in Texas.
Other interventional cardiology in Round Rock
- Juan GranadaHouston$4.1M
- Vamsi KrishnaKyle$2M
- Jeffrey CarrTyler$1.9M
- John IsaacHouston$1.8M
- Robert ChiltonSan Antonio$1.3M
- Sameh SayfoPlano$1M
- Srinivasa PotluriPlano$781K
- Karim Al-AziziPlano$734K
- Robert StolerDallas$587K
- Peter MonteleoneKyle$461K
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.