Payment Breakdown by Category
Payments by Nature
| Nature of Payment | Amount | Transactions | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Consulting Fee | $63,025 | 13 | 55.1% |
| Travel and Lodging | $19,953 | 83 | 17.4% |
| Compensation for services other than consulting, including serving as faculty or as a speaker at a venue other than a continuing education program | $18,800 | 7 | 16.4% |
| Food and Beverage | $7,606 | 109 | 6.6% |
| Honoraria | $5,000 | 2 | 4.4% |
Top Paying Companies
| Company | Total | Records | Latest Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| Boston Scientific Corporation | $72,802 | 84 | $0 (2023) |
| Edwards Lifesciences Corporation | $13,763 | 61 | $0 (2024) |
| Medtronic, Inc. | $13,758 | 18 | $0 (2024) |
| Medtronic Vascular, Inc. | $5,555 | 22 | $0 (2020) |
| Abbott Laboratories | $4,603 | 19 | $0 (2024) |
| AngioDynamics, Inc. | $3,325 | 1 | $0 (2021) |
| Longeviti Neuro Solutions LLC | $209.14 | 1 | $0 (2023) |
| NuVasive, Inc. | $137.75 | 1 | $0 (2021) |
| Corindus Inc. | $83.55 | 2 | $0 (2017) |
| Siemens Medical Solutions USA, Inc. | $70.91 | 1 | $0 (2022) |
Payment History by Year
| Year | Amount | Transactions | Top Company |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $2,860 | 20 | Edwards Lifesciences Corporation ($1,439) |
| 2023 | $5,146 | 20 | Edwards Lifesciences Corporation ($2,881) |
| 2022 | $30,359 | 35 | Boston Scientific Corporation ($22,071) |
| 2021 | $9,998 | 14 | Medtronic, Inc. ($3,750) |
| 2020 | $6,354 | 5 | Boston Scientific Corporation ($5,523) |
| 2019 | $19,477 | 35 | Boston Scientific Corporation ($18,982) |
| 2018 | $11,008 | 14 | Boston Scientific Corporation ($6,985) |
| 2017 | $29,180 | 71 | BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION ($19,206) |
All Payment Transactions
214 individual payment records from CMS Open Payments — Page 1 of 9
| Date | Company | Product | Nature | Form | Amount | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12/31/2024 | ABIOMED | Impella (Device) | Food and Beverage | Cash or cash equivalent | $35.80 | General |
| Category: Cardiology/Vascular Diseases | ||||||
| 12/17/2024 | Abbott Laboratories | — | Travel and Lodging | In-kind items and services | $770.95 | General |
| Category: Structural Heart | ||||||
| 12/17/2024 | Abbott Laboratories | — | Travel and Lodging | In-kind items and services | $9.02 | General |
| Category: Structural Heart | ||||||
| 12/11/2024 | Abbott Laboratories | — | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $116.27 | General |
| Category: Structural Heart | ||||||
| 11/22/2024 | Abbott Laboratories | — | Travel and Lodging | In-kind items and services | $304.62 | General |
| Category: Structural Heart | ||||||
| 11/22/2024 | Abbott Laboratories | — | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $27.81 | General |
| Category: Structural Heart | ||||||
| 11/22/2024 | Abbott Laboratories | — | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $27.81 | General |
| Category: Structural Heart | ||||||
| 11/22/2024 | Abbott Laboratories | — | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $27.81 | General |
| Category: Structural Heart | ||||||
| 11/22/2024 | Abbott Laboratories | — | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $4.19 | General |
| Category: Structural Heart | ||||||
| 09/30/2024 | Edwards Lifesciences Corporation | SAPIEN 3 Ultra RESILIA (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $86.24 | General |
| Category: Transcatheter Heart Valves | ||||||
| 07/24/2024 | Amgen Inc. | Repatha (Biological) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $19.37 | General |
| Category: Cardiology | ||||||
| 04/26/2024 | Edwards Lifesciences Corporation | EDWARDS SAPIEN 3 TRANSCATHETER HEART VALVE (THV) (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $83.39 | General |
| Category: Transcatheter Heart Valves | ||||||
| 04/26/2024 | Edwards Lifesciences Corporation | EDWARDS SAPIEN 3 TRANSCATHETER HEART VALVE (THV) (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $71.45 | General |
| Category: Transcatheter Heart Valves | ||||||
| 04/26/2024 | Edwards Lifesciences Corporation | EDWARDS SAPIEN 3 TRANSCATHETER HEART VALVE (THV) (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $64.15 | General |
| Category: Transcatheter Heart Valves | ||||||
| 04/25/2024 | Edwards Lifesciences Corporation | EDWARDS SAPIEN 3 TRANSCATHETER HEART VALVE (THV) (Device) | Travel and Lodging | In-kind items and services | $386.25 | General |
| Category: Transcatheter Heart Valves | ||||||
| 04/25/2024 | Edwards Lifesciences Corporation | EDWARDS SAPIEN 3 TRANSCATHETER HEART VALVE (THV) (Device) | Travel and Lodging | In-kind items and services | $172.96 | General |
| Category: Transcatheter Heart Valves | ||||||
| 04/25/2024 | Edwards Lifesciences Corporation | EDWARDS SAPIEN 3 TRANSCATHETER HEART VALVE (THV) (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $88.72 | General |
| Category: Transcatheter Heart Valves | ||||||
| 04/25/2024 | Edwards Lifesciences Corporation | EDWARDS SAPIEN 3 TRANSCATHETER HEART VALVE (THV) (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $82.47 | General |
| Category: Transcatheter Heart Valves | ||||||
| 02/13/2024 | Medtronic, Inc. | COREVALVE EVOLUT R (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $77.58 | General |
| Category: Transcatheter Valve Systems | ||||||
| 02/08/2024 | Edwards Lifesciences Corporation | EDWARDS SAPIEN 3 TRANSCATHETER HEART VALVE (THV) (Device) | Travel and Lodging | In-kind items and services | $403.59 | General |
| Category: Transcatheter Heart Valves | ||||||
| 10/12/2023 | Longeviti Neuro Solutions LLC | ClearFit (Device), InvisiShunt Implant Kit | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $209.14 | General |
| Category: Neurosurgical Implant | ||||||
| 05/05/2023 | Edwards Lifesciences Corporation | EDWARDS SAPIEN 3 TRANSCATHETER HEART VALVE (THV) (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $58.93 | General |
| Category: Transcatheter Heart Valves | ||||||
| 05/05/2023 | Edwards Lifesciences Corporation | EDWARDS SAPIEN 3 TRANSCATHETER HEART VALVE (THV) (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $57.22 | General |
| Category: Transcatheter Heart Valves | ||||||
| 05/05/2023 | Edwards Lifesciences Corporation | EDWARDS SAPIEN 3 TRANSCATHETER HEART VALVE (THV) (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $44.50 | General |
| Category: Transcatheter Heart Valves | ||||||
| 05/04/2023 | Edwards Lifesciences Corporation | EDWARDS SAPIEN 3 TRANSCATHETER HEART VALVE (THV) (Device) | Travel and Lodging | In-kind items and services | $701.04 | General |
| Category: Transcatheter Heart Valves | ||||||
Medicare Billing by Year
| Year | Procedures | Beneficiaries | Services | Submitted | Medicare Paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 12 | 452 | 510 | $325,819 | $78,799 |
| 2022 | 11 | 405 | 452 | $305,423 | $74,837 |
| 2021 | 16 | 464 | 499 | $360,894 | $88,871 |
| 2020 | 16 | 493 | 552 | $257,294 | $69,759 |
All Medicare Procedures & Services
55 procedure records from CMS Medicare Utilization — Page 1 of 3
| HCPCS | Description | Setting | Year | Patients | Services | Charges | Medicare Paid | Ratio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 33361 | Replacement of aortic valve through the skin and femoral artery | Facility | 2023 | 46 | 46 | $116,705 | $25,357 | 21.7% |
| 33418 | Repair of mitral valve through the skin, initial prosthesis | Facility | 2023 | 12 | 12 | $75,756 | $15,852 | 20.9% |
| 99223 | Initial hospital care with moderate level of medical decision making, if using time, at least 75 minutes | Facility | 2023 | 70 | 75 | $41,250 | $9,644 | 23.4% |
| 99214 | Established patient office or other outpatient visit, 30-39 minutes | Facility | 2023 | 114 | 119 | $25,585 | $8,088 | 31.6% |
| 99205 | New patient office or other outpatient visit, 60-74 minutes | Facility | 2023 | 40 | 40 | $18,360 | $5,197 | 28.3% |
| 99233 | Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making, if using time, at least 50 minutes | Facility | 2023 | 32 | 49 | $13,916 | $4,273 | 30.7% |
| 99232 | Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making, if using time, at least 35 minutes | Facility | 2023 | 31 | 58 | $11,426 | $3,391 | 29.7% |
| 99215 | Established patient office or other outpatient visit, 40-54 minutes | Facility | 2023 | 26 | 29 | $8,787 | $3,061 | 34.8% |
| 99238 | Hospital discharge day management, 30 minutes or less | Facility | 2023 | 28 | 28 | $5,544 | $1,714 | 30.9% |
| 99222 | Initial hospital care with straightforward or low-level medical decision making, if using time, at least 55 minutes | Facility | 2023 | 13 | 13 | $4,862 | $1,216 | 25.0% |
| 99213 | Established patient office or other outpatient visit, 20-29 minutes | Facility | 2023 | 19 | 19 | $2,660 | $800.96 | 30.1% |
| 99152 | Use of a drug to induce depression of consciousness by physician performing a procedure (5 years or older), initial 15 minutes | Facility | 2023 | 21 | 22 | $968.00 | $206.80 | 21.4% |
| 33361 | Replacement of aortic valve through the skin and femoral artery | Facility | 2022 | 41 | 42 | $103,461 | $24,317 | 23.5% |
| 33418 | Repair of mitral valve through the skin, initial prosthesis | Facility | 2022 | 15 | 15 | $94,695 | $20,408 | 21.6% |
| 99223 | Initial hospital inpatient care per day, typically 70 minutes | Facility | 2022 | 58 | 61 | $33,550 | $8,410 | 25.1% |
| 99214 | Established patient office or other outpatient visit, 30-39 minutes | Facility | 2022 | 80 | 93 | $19,995 | $6,548 | 32.7% |
| 99205 | New patient office or other outpatient visit, 60-74 minutes | Facility | 2022 | 30 | 30 | $13,770 | $4,187 | 30.4% |
| 99233 | Follow-up hospital inpatient care per day, typically 35 minutes | Facility | 2022 | 24 | 32 | $9,088 | $2,411 | 26.5% |
| 99204 | New patient office or other outpatient visit, 45-59 minutes | Facility | 2022 | 25 | 25 | $8,775 | $2,219 | 25.3% |
| 99213 | Established patient office or other outpatient visit, 20-29 minutes | Facility | 2022 | 43 | 46 | $6,440 | $2,081 | 32.3% |
| 99232 | Follow-up hospital inpatient care per day, typically 25 minutes | Facility | 2022 | 19 | 37 | $7,289 | $2,026 | 27.8% |
| 99238 | Hospital discharge day management, 30 minutes or less | Facility | 2022 | 34 | 34 | $6,732 | $1,870 | 27.8% |
| 99152 | Use of a drug to induce depression of consciousness by physician performing a procedure (5 years or older), initial 15 minutes | Facility | 2022 | 36 | 37 | $1,628 | $360.96 | 22.2% |
| 33418 | Replacement of mitral valve with prosthetic valve accessed through the skin, initial | Facility | 2021 | 18 | 18 | $113,634 | $24,347 | 21.4% |
| 33361 | Replacement of aortic valve with prosthetic valve, accessed through the skin | Facility | 2021 | 36 | 37 | $82,621 | $21,858 | 26.5% |
About Dr. David Zhao, MD
Dr. David Zhao, MD is a Specialist healthcare provider based in Winston Salem, North Carolina. This provider has been registered with the National Plan and Provider Enumeration System (NPPES) since 03/15/2006. The National Provider Identifier (NPI) number assigned to this provider is 1366411159.
According to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Open Payments database, Dr. David Zhao, MD has received a total of $114,383 in payments from pharmaceutical and medical device companies, with $2,860 received in 2024. These payments were reported across 214 transactions from 14 companies. The most common payment nature is "Consulting Fee" ($63,025).
As a Medicare-enrolled provider, Zhao has provided services to 1,814 Medicare beneficiaries, totaling 2,013 services with total Medicare billing of $312,266. Data is available for 4 years (2020–2023), covering 55 distinct procedure/service records.
Practice Information
- Specialty Specialist
- Other Specialties Cardiovascular Disease, Interventional Cardiology
- Location Winston Salem, NC
- Active Since 03/15/2006
- Last Updated 03/07/2023
- Taxonomy Code 174400000X
- Entity Type Individual
- NPI Number 1366411159
Products in Payments
- General - Therapies (Device) $22,071
- GENERAL - STRUCTURAL HEART (Device) $11,751
- COREVALVE EVOLUT R (Device) $10,008
- GENERAL STRUCTURAL HEART (Device) $9,673
- GENERAL - THERAPIES (Device) $9,092
- CoreValve Evolut (Device) $9,044
- GENERAL VASCULAR ACCESS (Device) $7,367
- GENERAL THERAPIES (Device) $6,082
- EDWARDS SAPIEN 3 TRANSCATHETER HEART VALVE (THV) (Device) $4,229
- GENERAL - VASCULAR ACCESS (Device) $3,752
- AngioVac (Device) $3,325
- GENERAL THERAPIES (Device) $1,863
- Perclose ProGlide suture mediated closure system (Device) $1,806
- AMPLATZER Vascular Plugs (Device) $913.60
- THERAPIES (Device) $866.07
- PASCAL (Device) $735.57
- Edwards SAPIEN 3 Ultra Transcatheter Heart Valve (Device) $472.11
- CardioMEMS HF System (Device) $470.90
- CG Future (Device) $251.90
- Edwards SAPIEN 3 Transcatheter Heart Valve (Device) $251.38
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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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