Total Payments
$169,860
2024 Payments
$15,282
Companies
34
Transactions
893
Medicare Patients
1,505
Medicare Billing
$129,118
Payment Breakdown by Category
Consulting$66,306 (39.0%)
Other$40,333 (23.7%)
Food & Beverage$32,586 (19.2%)
Travel$30,635 (18.0%)
Payments by Nature
| Nature of Payment | Amount | Transactions | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Consulting Fee | $66,306 | 17 | 39.0% |
| Compensation for services other than consulting, including serving as faculty or as a speaker at a venue other than a continuing education program | $36,750 | 20 | 21.6% |
| Food and Beverage | $32,586 | 737 | 19.2% |
| Travel and Lodging | $30,635 | 117 | 18.0% |
| Honoraria | $3,500 | 1 | 2.1% |
| Grant | $83.38 | 1 | 0.0% |
Top Paying Companies
| Company | Total | Records | Latest Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| Edwards Lifesciences Corporation | $74,796 | 163 | $0 (2024) |
| Medtronic, Inc. | $31,289 | 80 | $0 (2024) |
| Boston Scientific Corporation | $30,767 | 139 | $0 (2024) |
| Abbott Laboratories | $18,747 | 185 | $0 (2024) |
| Medtronic Vascular, Inc. | $9,483 | 126 | $0 (2020) |
| Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation | $1,026 | 69 | $0 (2020) |
| LivaNova USA, Inc. | $904.41 | 9 | $0 (2023) |
| ABIOMED | $615.15 | 7 | $0 (2022) |
| Janssen Pharmaceuticals, Inc | $591.31 | 48 | $0 (2020) |
| E.R. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. | $195.98 | 15 | $0 (2020) |
Payment History by Year
| Year | Amount | Transactions | Top Company |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $15,282 | 63 | Edwards Lifesciences Corporation ($12,248) |
| 2023 | $38,215 | 108 | Edwards Lifesciences Corporation ($18,533) |
| 2022 | $55,698 | 113 | Edwards Lifesciences Corporation ($32,589) |
| 2021 | $17,140 | 65 | Edwards Lifesciences Corporation ($6,601) |
| 2020 | $12,470 | 86 | Boston Scientific Corporation ($6,376) |
| 2019 | $12,522 | 144 | Edwards Lifesciences Corporation ($4,395) |
| 2018 | $7,645 | 157 | Abbott Laboratories ($3,908) |
| 2017 | $10,888 | 157 | Abbott Laboratories ($7,565) |
All Payment Transactions
893 individual payment records from CMS Open Payments — Page 1 of 36
| Date | Company | Product | Nature | Form | Amount | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12/12/2024 | Boston Scientific Corporation | WATCHMAN FLX (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $86.67 | General |
| Category: WATCHMAN FLX_IC | ||||||
| 12/03/2024 | Abbott Laboratories | — | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $125.78 | General |
| Category: Structural Heart | ||||||
| 11/21/2024 | Medtronic, Inc. | COREVALVE EVOLUT R (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $100.86 | General |
| Category: Transcatheter Valve Systems | ||||||
| 11/06/2024 | Edwards Lifesciences Corporation | EDWARDS SAPIEN 3 TRANSCATHETER HEART VALVE (THV) (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $173.68 | General |
| Category: Transcatheter Heart Valves | ||||||
| 11/06/2024 | Medtronic, Inc. | COREVALVE EVOLUT R (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $26.61 | General |
| Category: Transcatheter Valve Systems | ||||||
| 11/05/2024 | Edwards Lifesciences Corporation | SAPIEN 3 Ultra RESILIA (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $36.22 | General |
| Category: Transcatheter Heart Valves | ||||||
| 10/15/2024 | Philips North America LLC | (BR0) Coronary Atherectomy (Device) | Food and Beverage | Cash or cash equivalent | $39.04 | General |
| Category: Medical Device | ||||||
| 10/11/2024 | Edwards Lifesciences Corporation | — | Travel and Lodging | In-kind items and services | $261.06 | General |
| 10/11/2024 | Edwards Lifesciences Corporation | — | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $97.17 | General |
| 10/11/2024 | Edwards Lifesciences Corporation | — | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $94.73 | General |
| 10/11/2024 | Edwards Lifesciences Corporation | — | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $80.39 | General |
| 10/11/2024 | Edwards Lifesciences Corporation | EVOQUE (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $71.49 | General |
| Category: Transcatheter Valve Repair | ||||||
| 10/11/2024 | Edwards Lifesciences Corporation | — | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $56.86 | General |
| 10/11/2024 | Edwards Lifesciences Corporation | — | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $34.94 | General |
| 10/10/2024 | Edwards Lifesciences Corporation | EVOQUE (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $17.31 | General |
| Category: Transcatheter Valve Repair | ||||||
| 09/24/2024 | Abbott Laboratories | NAVITOR (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $38.10 | General |
| Category: Vascular | ||||||
| 08/29/2024 | Edwards Lifesciences Corporation | EVOQUE (Device) | Travel and Lodging | In-kind items and services | $150.30 | General |
| Category: Transcatheter Valve Repair | ||||||
| 08/26/2024 | Edwards Lifesciences Corporation | EVOQUE (Device) | Travel and Lodging | In-kind items and services | $361.71 | General |
| Category: Transcatheter Valve Repair | ||||||
| 08/26/2024 | Edwards Lifesciences Corporation | EVOQUE (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $112.41 | General |
| Category: Transcatheter Valve Repair | ||||||
| 08/26/2024 | Edwards Lifesciences Corporation | EVOQUE (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $77.08 | General |
| Category: Transcatheter Valve Repair | ||||||
| 08/26/2024 | Edwards Lifesciences Corporation | EVOQUE (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $73.38 | General |
| Category: Transcatheter Valve Repair | ||||||
| 08/16/2024 | Edwards Lifesciences Corporation | EVOQUE (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $20.99 | General |
| Category: Transcatheter Valve Repair | ||||||
| 08/15/2024 | Edwards Lifesciences Corporation | EVOQUE (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $62.05 | General |
| Category: Transcatheter Valve Repair | ||||||
| 08/15/2024 | Edwards Lifesciences Corporation | EVOQUE (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $56.68 | General |
| Category: Transcatheter Valve Repair | ||||||
| 08/14/2024 | Edwards Lifesciences Corporation | SAPIEN 3 Ultra RESILIA (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $104.16 | General |
| Category: Transcatheter Heart Valves | ||||||
Medicare Billing by Year
| Year | Procedures | Beneficiaries | Services | Submitted | Medicare Paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 6 | 182 | 193 | $24,285 | $6,823 |
| 2022 | 11 | 513 | 566 | $120,925 | $31,451 |
| 2021 | 4 | 241 | 279 | $24,996 | $7,680 |
| 2020 | 19 | 569 | 593 | $233,485 | $83,164 |
Total Patients
1,505
Total Services
1,631
Medicare Billing
$129,118
Procedure Codes
40
All Medicare Procedures & Services
40 procedure records from CMS Medicare Utilization — Page 1 of 2
| HCPCS | Description | Setting | Year | Patients | Services | Charges | Medicare Paid | Ratio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 99223 | Initial hospital care with moderate level of medical decision making, if using time, at least 75 minutes | Facility | 2023 | 14 | 14 | $5,569 | $1,836 | 33.0% |
| 99205 | New patient office or other outpatient visit, 60-74 minutes | Facility | 2023 | 11 | 11 | $4,767 | $1,552 | 32.6% |
| 99214 | Established patient office or other outpatient visit, 30-39 minutes | Facility | 2023 | 18 | 20 | $4,522 | $1,494 | 33.0% |
| 99215 | Established patient office or other outpatient visit, 40-54 minutes | Facility | 2023 | 11 | 11 | $3,637 | $1,182 | 32.5% |
| 93010 | Routine electrocardiogram (ecg) using at least 12 leads with interpretation and report only | Facility | 2023 | 110 | 119 | $4,130 | $598.54 | 14.5% |
| 99152 | Use of a drug to induce depression of consciousness by physician performing a procedure (5 years or older), initial 15 minutes | Facility | 2023 | 18 | 18 | $1,660 | $159.52 | 9.6% |
| 33340 | Repair of left upper heart chamber with implant with review by radiologist | Facility | 2022 | 14 | 14 | $23,490 | $7,790 | 33.2% |
| 33361 | Replacement of aortic valve through the skin and femoral artery | Facility | 2022 | 14 | 14 | $42,118 | $7,698 | 18.3% |
| 99205 | New patient office or other outpatient visit, 60-74 minutes | Facility | 2022 | 29 | 29 | $11,403 | $3,784 | 33.2% |
| 93010 | Routine electrocardiogram (ecg) using at least 12 leads with interpretation and report only | Facility | 2022 | 347 | 393 | $13,755 | $2,380 | 17.3% |
| 99223 | Initial hospital inpatient care per day, typically 70 minutes | Facility | 2022 | 16 | 17 | $6,596 | $2,229 | 33.8% |
| 99214 | Established patient office or other outpatient visit, 30-39 minutes | Facility | 2022 | 26 | 29 | $6,052 | $2,012 | 33.2% |
| 99215 | Established patient office or other outpatient visit, 40-54 minutes | Facility | 2022 | 15 | 15 | $4,287 | $1,650 | 38.5% |
| 93454 | Insertion of tube in coronary artery for diagnosis with review by radiologist | Facility | 2022 | 11 | 11 | $5,874 | $1,473 | 25.1% |
| 99222 | Initial hospital inpatient care per day, typically 50 minutes | Facility | 2022 | 13 | 13 | $3,432 | $1,319 | 38.4% |
| 99232 | Follow-up hospital inpatient care per day, typically 25 minutes | Facility | 2022 | 17 | 20 | $2,786 | $1,014 | 36.4% |
| 99152 | Use of a drug to induce depression of consciousness by physician performing a procedure (5 years or older), initial 15 minutes | Facility | 2022 | 11 | 11 | $1,132 | $102.57 | 9.1% |
| 99215 | Established patient outpatient visit, total time 40-54 minutes | Facility | 2021 | 23 | 23 | $6,302 | $2,479 | 39.3% |
| 99214 | Established patient outpatient visit, total time 30-39 minutes | Facility | 2021 | 23 | 26 | $5,304 | $1,993 | 37.6% |
| 99205 | New patient outpatient visit, total time 60-74 minutes | Facility | 2021 | 15 | 15 | $5,865 | $1,858 | 31.7% |
| 93010 | Routine electrocardiogram (ekg) using at least 12 leads with interpretation and report | Facility | 2021 | 180 | 215 | $7,525 | $1,350 | 17.9% |
| 33340 | Repair of left upper heart | Facility | 2020 | 33 | 33 | $50,523 | $21,650 | 42.9% |
| 33361 | Replacement of aortic valve with prosthetic valve, accessed through the skin | Facility | 2020 | 28 | 29 | $71,391 | $18,135 | 25.4% |
| 92928 | Catheter insertion of stents in major coronary artery or branch, accessed through the skin | Facility | 2020 | 19 | 20 | $22,885 | $9,578 | 41.9% |
| 93306 | Ultrasound examination of heart including color-depicted blood flow rate, direction, and valve function | Facility | 2020 | 121 | 121 | $15,454 | $6,946 | 44.9% |
About Dr. Gaurav Dhar, MD
Dr. Gaurav Dhar, MD is a Internal Medicine healthcare provider based in Little Rock, Arkansas. This provider has been registered with the National Plan and Provider Enumeration System (NPPES) since 06/06/2006. The National Provider Identifier (NPI) number assigned to this provider is 1003856568.
According to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Open Payments database, Dr. Gaurav Dhar, MD has received a total of $169,860 in payments from pharmaceutical and medical device companies, with $15,282 received in 2024. These payments were reported across 893 transactions from 34 companies. The most common payment nature is "Consulting Fee" ($66,306).
As a Medicare-enrolled provider, Dhar has provided services to 1,505 Medicare beneficiaries, totaling 1,631 services with total Medicare billing of $129,118. Data is available for 4 years (2020–2023), covering 40 distinct procedure/service records.
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Practice Information
- Specialty Internal Medicine
- Other Specialties Interventional Cardiology, Interventional Cardiology
- Location Little Rock, AR
- Active Since 06/06/2006
- Last Updated 02/12/2021
- Taxonomy Code 207R00000X
- Entity Type Individual
- NPI Number 1003856568
Products in Payments
- EDWARDS SAPIEN 3 TRANSCATHETER HEART VALVE (THV) (Device) $63,480
- COREVALVE EVOLUT R (Device) $25,175
- CoreValve Evolut (Device) $13,901
- General - Therapies (Device) $8,666
- WATCHMAN (Device) $4,827
- Edwards SAPIEN 3 Transcatheter Heart Valve (Device) $4,498
- GENERAL - STRUCTURAL HEART (Device) $4,453
- Mitra Clip system (Device) $3,736
- Occluders (Device) $3,037
- Cardiac Mapping System (Device) $2,223
- PASCAL (Device) $2,185
- AMPLATZER Vascular Plugs (Device) $2,022
- GENERAL THERAPIES (Device) $2,000
- EVOQUE (Device) $1,602
- MitraClip System (Device) $1,490
- AMPLATZER AMULET (Device) $1,420
- 3F (Device) $1,226
- SAPIEN 3 Ultra RESILIA (Device) $1,135
- MITRACLIP (Device) $1,075
- ENTRESTO (Drug) $1,026
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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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