Cardiovascular Disease in California
2,184 providers, $158,465,595 in total reported payments from drug and device makers. Ranked below by lifetime general payments. The median provider in this group received $2,142.
Ranking high here usually means a consulting or royalty arrangement, not wrongdoing. Payments to device inventors and trial investigators are legal, disclosed, and concentrated in a small number of people — which is exactly why a list like this has a steep top and a long flat tail.
What Medicare pays cardiovascular disease clinicians in California
Across 1,578 cardiovascular disease clinicians in California who billed Original Medicare Part B in 2024, Medicare allowed $570,429,607 in total — an average of $361,489 each, of which $355,723 was for services and the rest for drugs administered in the office.
This is not a salary. The rest is what Medicare allowed for services these clinicians billed — Original Medicare fee-for-service only. It excludes Medicare Advantage, which now covers more than half of Medicare enrollees, along with Medicaid and every commercial insurer, so for most clinicians it is a fraction of their practice. It is also gross revenue: staff, rent, supplies and malpractice premiums all come out of it before anyone is paid. Anyone quoting a figure like this as physician pay is misreading it.
Ranked by reported payments
- 1Ted LoveHillsborough$102,778,624
- 2Paul KurthSanta Barbara$6,115,824
- 3Jason RogersSacramento$4,375,587
- 4Matthew BudoffTorrance$3,617,189
- 5Eric Topolla Jolla$2,226,784
- 6Cathleen Bairey-MerzLos Angeles$1,242,799
- 7Gagan SinghSacramento$1,215,574
- 8Pam Taubla Jolla$1,210,011
- 9Wilber SuStanford$1,145,360
- 10Thomas SmithSacramento$942,360
- 11Nassir Azimila Mesa$778,997
- 12Douglas Gibsonla Jolla$726,943
- 13Philip SagerSan Francisco$675,391
- 14Ronald OudizTorrance$617,318
- 15Bruce SamuelsBeverly Hills$597,791
- 16Richard SternSan Pablo$580,813
- 17Charles SwerdlowBeverly Hills$562,298
- 18Karol WatsonLos Angeles$552,566
- 19Edris AmanSacramento$515,555
- 20Euan AshleyStanford$508,091
- 21Garrett WongSacramento$504,375
- 22Marlon RamiloModesto$496,298
- 23Rajiv PunjyaTracy$491,979
- 24Kenneth MahaffeyStanford$446,536
- 25Bao BuiFountain Valley$430,431
- 26Jamil AboulhosnLos Angeles$422,608
- 27Roxana GhashghaeiLaguna Hills$397,758
- 28Darren BermanLos Angeles$391,501
- 29Florian RaderWest Hollywood$339,356
- 30Morton KernOrange$314,125
- 31Javid MoslehiSan Francisco$306,533
- 32Tony ChouSan Francisco$301,086
- 33Michael ChanOrange$296,514
- 34Arash NayeriLos Angeles$280,669
- 35Lori DanielsSan Diego$277,690
- 36Gregg FonarowLos Angeles$259,841
- 37Henry YeeAlhambra$257,628
- 38Daren PrimackStockton$234,322
- 39Maurice BuchbinderEncinitas$233,720
- 40Rajesh SuriFremont$220,421
- 41Moinakhtar LalaReseda$217,436
- 42Rodney SamaanMission Hills$215,348
- 43Subbarao MylavarapuNewport Beach$202,526
- 44Irving LohThousand Oaks$195,981
- 45William BommerSacramento$194,060
- 46Jeffrey SouthardSacramento$192,819
- 47Sam TeichmanOakland$183,297
- 48Alan JacobsonLoma Linda$176,674
- 49Mihir BarvaliaEl Cajon$176,329
- 50Douglas Triffonla Jolla$175,617
- 51Farhad RafiiWest Hills$169,467
- 52William FrenchTorrance$161,480
- 53Andrea SoaresSacramento$159,325
- 54Sarabjeet SinghBakersfield$150,893
- 55Judith Swainla Jolla$150,535
- 56Lloyd KleinSan Francisco$149,030
- 57Patrick HuRiverside$148,900
- 58Michael WilkinsonSan Diego$144,907
- 59David FilsoofBeverly Hills$142,195
- 60Martha GulatiLos Angeles$140,522