Dr. Ashwin Ravichandran, MD

NPI: 1407012776
Total Payments
$398,583
2024 Payments
$35,534
Companies
23
Transactions
700
Medicare Patients
3,917
Medicare Billing
$385,667

Payment Breakdown by Category

Other$270,768 (67.9%)
Travel$51,203 (12.8%)
Consulting$49,800 (12.5%)
Food & Beverage$25,556 (6.4%)
Research$1,154 (0.3%)
Education$100.57 (0.0%)

Payments by Nature

Nature of Payment Amount Transactions Share
Compensation for services other than consulting, including serving as faculty or as a speaker at a venue other than a continuing education program $270,768 166 67.9%
Travel and Lodging $51,203 118 12.8%
Consulting Fee $49,800 47 12.5%
Food and Beverage $25,556 360 6.4%
Unspecified $1,154 4 0.3%
Education $100.57 5 0.0%

Payments by Type

General
$397,428
696 transactions
Research
$1,154
4 transactions

Top Paying Companies

Company Total Records Latest Year
Actelion Pharmaceuticals US, Inc. $156,701 171 $0 (2024)
United Therapeutics Corporation $101,344 124 $0 (2024)
Abbott Laboratories $67,388 282 $0 (2024)
Bayer HealthCare Pharmaceuticals Inc. $35,560 23 $0 (2022)
Medtronic Vascular, Inc. $16,111 49 $0 (2020)
Janssen Scientific Affairs, LLC $11,900 3 $0 (2023)
CVRx, Inc. $4,187 16 $0 (2024)
Medtronic, Inc. $2,547 5 $0 (2023)
Actelion Pharmaceuticals, Ltd $799.00 1 $0 (2021)
ABIOMED $333.27 3 $0 (2024)

Payment History by Year

Year Amount Transactions Top Company
2024 $35,534 67 Actelion Pharmaceuticals US, Inc. ($23,815)
2023 $42,331 67 Actelion Pharmaceuticals US, Inc. ($23,107)
2022 $46,145 60 Actelion Pharmaceuticals US, Inc. ($15,129)
2021 $31,621 37 United Therapeutics Corporation ($15,154)
2020 $25,755 35 United Therapeutics Corporation ($7,983)
2019 $63,113 100 United Therapeutics Corporation ($23,032)
2018 $91,373 183 Actelion Pharmaceuticals US, Inc. ($35,148)
2017 $62,712 151 Actelion Pharmaceuticals US, Inc. ($28,287)

All Payment Transactions

700 individual payment records from CMS Open Payments — Page 1 of 28

Date Company Product Nature Form Amount Type
12/24/2024 Abbott Laboratories THORATEC HEARTMATE 3 LVAS IMPLANT KIT (Device) Consulting Fee Cash or cash equivalent $575.00 General
Category: Heart Failure
12/24/2024 Abbott Laboratories THORATEC HEARTMATE 3 LVAS IMPLANT KIT (Device) Consulting Fee Cash or cash equivalent $575.00 General
Category: Heart Failure
12/10/2024 Impulse Dynamics (USA) Inc. Optimizer (Device), Optimizer Food and Beverage Cash or cash equivalent $183.41 General
Category: Cardiovascular Device
12/05/2024 Abbott Laboratories THORATEC HEARTMATE 3 LVAS IMPLANT KIT (Device) Travel and Lodging In-kind items and services $1,365.63 General
Category: Heart Failure
12/05/2024 Abbott Laboratories THORATEC HEARTMATE 3 LVAS IMPLANT KIT (Device) Consulting Fee Cash or cash equivalent $1,150.00 General
Category: Heart Failure
12/05/2024 Abbott Laboratories THORATEC HEARTMATE 3 LVAS IMPLANT KIT (Device) Consulting Fee Cash or cash equivalent $1,150.00 General
Category: Heart Failure
12/05/2024 Abbott Laboratories THORATEC HEARTMATE 3 LVAS IMPLANT KIT (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $67.23 General
Category: Heart Failure
12/03/2024 CVRx, Inc. Barostim Neo System (Device) Travel and Lodging Cash or cash equivalent $638.95 General
Category: Heart Failure and Hypertension
11/12/2024 Actelion Pharmaceuticals US, Inc. UPTRAVI (Drug), OPSUMIT Compensation for services other than consulting, including serving as faculty or as a speaker at a venue other than a continuing education program Cash or cash equivalent $1,090.00 General
Category: Cardiology
11/08/2024 United Therapeutics Corporation Food and Beverage Cash or cash equivalent $116.71 General
10/25/2024 Abbott Laboratories THORATEC HEARTMATE 3 LVAS IMPLANT KIT (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $54.68 General
Category: Heart Failure
10/23/2024 Abbott Laboratories THORATEC HEARTMATE 3 LVAS IMPLANT KIT (Device) Travel and Lodging In-kind items and services $420.64 General
Category: Heart Failure
10/23/2024 Abbott Laboratories THORATEC HEARTMATE 3 LVAS IMPLANT KIT (Device) Travel and Lodging In-kind items and services $62.99 General
Category: Heart Failure
10/16/2024 United Therapeutics Corporation TYVASO (Drug), ORENITRAM, REMODULIN Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $23.70 General
Category: Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension and Pulmonary Hypertension with Interstitial Lung Disease
10/03/2024 Actelion Pharmaceuticals US, Inc. UPTRAVI (Drug), OPSUMIT Compensation for services other than consulting, including serving as faculty or as a speaker at a venue other than a continuing education program Cash or cash equivalent $1,090.00 General
Category: Cardiology
09/26/2024 Actelion Pharmaceuticals US, Inc. UPTRAVI (Drug), OPSUMIT Compensation for services other than consulting, including serving as faculty or as a speaker at a venue other than a continuing education program Cash or cash equivalent $3,815.00 General
Category: Cardiology
09/24/2024 Actelion Pharmaceuticals US, Inc. UPTRAVI (Drug), OPSUMIT Travel and Lodging In-kind items and services $712.12 General
Category: Cardiology
09/23/2024 Actelion Pharmaceuticals US, Inc. UPTRAVI (Drug), OPSUMIT Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $123.97 General
Category: Cardiology
09/20/2024 Actelion Pharmaceuticals US, Inc. UPTRAVI (Drug), OPSUMIT Compensation for services other than consulting, including serving as faculty or as a speaker at a venue other than a continuing education program Cash or cash equivalent $545.00 General
Category: Cardiology
09/13/2024 Actelion Pharmaceuticals US, Inc. UPTRAVI (Drug), OPSUMIT Travel and Lodging In-kind items and services $5.50 General
Category: Cardiology
09/11/2024 AngioDynamics, Inc. ANGIOVAC (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $105.77 General
Category: VIT
08/30/2024 Abbott Laboratories CARDIOMEMS (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $114.77 General
Category: Heart Failure
08/30/2024 AngioDynamics, Inc. ANGIOVAC (Device) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $17.15 General
Category: VIT
08/15/2024 Actelion Pharmaceuticals US, Inc. UPTRAVI (Drug), OPSUMIT Compensation for services other than consulting, including serving as faculty or as a speaker at a venue other than a continuing education program Cash or cash equivalent $1,090.00 General
Category: Cardiology
08/15/2024 Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $73.22 General

Research Studies & Clinical Trials

Study Name Company Amount Records
AN OPEN-LABEL EXTENSION STUDY OF ORAL TREPROSTINIL IN SUBJECTS WITH PULMONARY HYPERTENSION PH ASSOCIATED WITH HEART FAILURE WITH PRESERVED EJECTION FRACTION HFPEF - A LONG-TERM FOLLOW-UP TO STUDY TDE-HF-301 United Therapeutics Corporation $1,154 4

Medicare Billing by Year

Year Procedures Beneficiaries Services Submitted Medicare Paid
2023 22 937 1,392 $388,410 $98,150
2022 21 924 1,287 $367,620 $88,997
2021 22 920 1,274 $370,586 $96,775
2020 25 1,136 1,567 $434,722 $101,745
Total Patients
3,917
Total Services
5,520
Medicare Billing
$385,667
Procedure Codes
95

All Medicare Procedures & Services

95 procedure records from CMS Medicare Utilization — Page 1 of 4

HCPCS Description Setting Year Patients Services Charges Medicare Paid Ratio
99215 Established patient office or other outpatient visit, 40-54 minutes Office 2023 129 177 $40,710 $20,800 51.1%
99291 Critical care, first 30-74 minutes Facility 2023 32 111 $65,490 $17,780 27.1%
99233 Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making, if using time, at least 50 minutes Facility 2023 54 141 $28,200 $12,631 44.8%
99214 Established patient office or other outpatient visit, 30-39 minutes Office 2023 95 111 $18,870 $8,800 46.6%
99205 New patient office or other outpatient visit, 60-74 minutes Office 2023 44 44 $15,180 $6,618 43.6%
93306 Ultrasound of heart with color-depicted blood flow, rate, direction and valve function Facility 2023 127 127 $60,642 $5,821 9.6%
93451 Insertion of tube in right heart chambers for measurement Facility 2023 45 48 $68,160 $4,096 6.0%
99223 Initial hospital care with moderate level of medical decision making, if using time, at least 75 minutes Facility 2023 25 28 $8,960 $3,709 41.4%
93750 Evaluation of lower heart chamber assist device Facility 2023 25 114 $9,918 $3,378 34.1%
93264 Remote monitoring of pulmonary artery pressure sensor, up to 30 days Office 2023 15 83 $10,126 $3,155 31.2%
93505 Biopsy of heart muscle Facility 2023 12 16 $14,080 $2,304 16.4%
99204 New patient office or other outpatient visit, 45-59 minutes Office 2023 17 17 $4,590 $1,899 41.4%
99239 Hospital discharge day management, more than 30 minutes Facility 2023 17 19 $4,655 $1,656 35.6%
99443 Telephone medical discussion with physician, 21-30 minutes Office 2023 15 17 $2,550 $1,146 44.9%
93750 Evaluation of lower heart chamber assist device Office 2023 11 23 $2,001 $863.65 43.2%
93308 Ultrasound of heart, follow-up Facility 2023 38 46 $6,210 $841.72 13.6%
76937 Ultrasonic guidance for blood vessel access Facility 2023 49 58 $4,582 $594.42 13.0%
99152 Use of a drug to induce depression of consciousness by physician performing a procedure (5 years or older), initial 15 minutes Facility 2023 53 61 $7,381 $546.40 7.4%
94618 Test for exercise-induced lung stress Office 2023 22 23 $4,025 $537.18 13.3%
G2212 Prolonged office or other outpatient evaluation and management service(s) beyond the maximum required time of the primary procedure which has been selected using total time on the date of the primary service; each additional 15 minutes by the physician or Office 2023 21 21 $1,785 $490.60 27.5%
93321 Ultrasound of heart blood flow, valves and chambers, follow-up Facility 2023 34 42 $3,990 $218.00 5.5%
93000 Routine electrocardiogram (ecg) using at least 12 leads with interpretation and report Office 2023 15 15 $1,305 $151.48 11.6%
93325 Ultrasound of heart with color-depicted blood flow, rate and valve function Facility 2023 42 50 $5,000 $112.80 2.3%
99215 Established patient office or other outpatient visit, 40-54 minutes Office 2022 122 171 $39,330 $21,152 53.8%
99291 Critical care, first 30-74 minutes Facility 2022 19 72 $42,480 $11,633 27.4%

About Dr. Ashwin Ravichandran, MD

Dr. Ashwin Ravichandran, MD is a Internal Medicine healthcare provider based in Indianapolis, Indiana. This provider has been registered with the National Plan and Provider Enumeration System (NPPES) since 08/05/2008. The National Provider Identifier (NPI) number assigned to this provider is 1407012776.

According to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Open Payments database, Dr. Ashwin Ravichandran, MD has received a total of $398,583 in payments from pharmaceutical and medical device companies, with $35,534 received in 2024. These payments were reported across 700 transactions from 23 companies. The most common payment nature is "Compensation for services other than consulting, including serving as faculty or as a speaker at a venue other than a continuing education program" ($270,768).

As a Medicare-enrolled provider, Ravichandran has provided services to 3,917 Medicare beneficiaries, totaling 5,520 services with total Medicare billing of $385,667. Data is available for 4 years (2020–2023), covering 95 distinct procedure/service records.

Practice Information

  • Specialty Internal Medicine
  • Other Specialties Cardiovascular Disease, Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant Cardiology
  • Location Indianapolis, IN
  • Active Since 08/05/2008
  • Last Updated 08/10/2022
  • Taxonomy Code 207R00000X
  • Entity Type Individual
  • NPI Number 1407012776

Products in Payments

  • UPTRAVI (Drug) $87,573
  • ORENITRAM (Drug) $38,971
  • Adempas (Drug) $32,464
  • REMODULIN (Drug) $24,567
  • Circulatory Support (Device) $16,344
  • OPSUMIT (Drug) $15,520
  • NONE (Drug) $14,686
  • HeartMate 3 Left Ventricular Dev (Device) $14,099
  • HeartWare HVAD (Device) $13,252
  • THORATEC HEARTMATE 3 LVAS IMPLANT KIT (Device) $12,612
  • OPSUMIT MACITENTAN (Drug) $11,449
  • CardioMEMS HF System (Device) $9,808
  • CARDIOMEMS (Device) $8,413
  • TYVASO (Drug) $6,405
  • Barostim Neo System (Device) $4,187
  • HeartMate (Device) $2,844
  • HeartMate 3 Left Ventricular Assist Device (Device) $2,453
  • Impella (Device) $333.27
  • Mitra Clip system (Device) $320.76
  • ENTRESTO (Drug) $271.17

Data Sources

Provider data from NPPES. Payment data from CMS Open Payments. Medicare data from CMS Medicare Provider Utilization. All data is public and updated periodically.

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