Vijayaraghavan Rajendran, MD
Cardiovascular Disease · Wellington, FLNPI 1679552517
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by food and beverage: $406 of the $536 with a category attached, or 75.7%. 5 manufacturers reported payments, led by Boston Scientific at 27.7% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $393 and has fallen 96.9% since, to $12 in 2021. That places this record below the midpoint for cardiovascular disease clinicians in FL, where the typical reported total is $2,774.
Across 10 payments — averaging $53.58 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Boston Scientific$149
- Astellas Pharma US Inc$130
- Abiomed$106
- Philips North America LLC$93
- Abbott$59
Across 3 payments — averaging $1253.33 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.
- Abbott$4K
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$40676%
- Education$13024%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Boston Scientific | 1 | $149 |
| Astellas Pharma US Inc | 2 | $130 |
| Abiomed | 1 | $106 |
| Philips North America LLC | 3 | $93 |
| Abbott | 3 | $59 |
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.
How this compares
$536 in reported general payments places this provider in the 20th percentile of 1,740 cardiovascular disease providers in Florida.
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 | 311 | $309,030 |
| XareltoRivaroxaban | 107 | $125,644 |
| EntrestoSacubitril/Valsartan | 109 | $124,696 |
| Isosorbide Dinitrate | 169 | $7,612 |
| Metoprolol Succinate | 431 | $5,950 |
| Metoprolol Tartrate | 758 | $4,207 |
| Ranolazine ErRanolazine | 33 | $3,938 |
| Potassium Chloride | 172 | $3,296 |
| Atorvastatin Calcium | 306 | $2,462 |
| Furosemide | 533 | $2,064 |
| Enalapril Maleate | 130 | $1,811 |
| Warfarin Sodium | 136 | $1,606 |
| ClopidogrelClopidogrel Bisulfate | 201 | $1,556 |
| Amlodipine Besylate | 303 | $1,527 |
| Flecainide Acetate | 56 | $1,524 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other cardiovascular disease in Wellington
- Duccio BaldariWellington$157K
- Kevin MakatiLutz$1.6M
- Hiram BezerraTampa$698K
- William OneillNaples$637K
- Theodore FeldmanMiami$637K
- John Gerald CantoLakeland$588K
- Alan MillerJacksonville$547K
- Seth BaumBoca Raton$517K
- Elliott EliasMiami$497K
- Vijay HaryaniVero Beach$413K
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.