Dr. Marc Sakwa, MD
Payment Breakdown by Category
Payments by Nature
| Nature of Payment | Amount | Transactions | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Consulting Fee | $90,624 | 36 | 56.5% |
| Travel and Lodging | $29,767 | 19 | 18.6% |
| Food and Beverage | $19,786 | 279 | 12.3% |
| Compensation for serving as faculty or as a speaker for a non-accredited and noncertified continuing education program | $10,500 | 1 | 6.5% |
| Compensation for services other than consulting, including serving as faculty or as a speaker at a venue other than a continuing education program | $9,744 | 6 | 6.1% |
Top Paying Companies
| Company | Total | Records | Latest Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| Abbott Laboratories | $70,061 | 134 | $0 (2024) |
| LSI SOLUTIONS INC | $62,462 | 13 | $0 (2020) |
| Medtronic Vascular, Inc. | $23,174 | 120 | $0 (2020) |
| Medtronic, Inc. | $1,096 | 15 | $0 (2024) |
| ATRICURE, INC. | $990.79 | 16 | $0 (2024) |
| ABIOMED | $817.32 | 11 | $0 (2024) |
| Edwards Lifesciences Corporation | $726.24 | 9 | $0 (2022) |
| Zimmer Biomet Holdings, Inc. | $689.91 | 9 | $0 (2023) |
| Smith+Nephew, Inc. | $185.73 | 4 | $0 (2023) |
| ABBVIE INC. | $55.49 | 3 | $0 (2024) |
Payment History by Year
| Year | Amount | Transactions | Top Company |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $1,372 | 22 | Abbott Laboratories ($428.19) |
| 2023 | $2,133 | 31 | Abbott Laboratories ($782.76) |
| 2022 | $7,884 | 26 | Abbott Laboratories ($6,974) |
| 2021 | $7,254 | 23 | Abbott Laboratories ($6,080) |
| 2020 | $12,185 | 21 | Abbott Laboratories ($11,830) |
| 2019 | $39,572 | 94 | Medtronic Vascular, Inc. ($14,167) |
| 2018 | $56,628 | 63 | LSI SOLUTIONS INC ($33,084) |
| 2017 | $33,393 | 61 | LSI SOLUTIONS INC ($15,631) |
All Payment Transactions
341 individual payment records from CMS Open Payments — Page 1 of 14
| Date | Company | Product | Nature | Form | Amount | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11/09/2024 | ATRICURE, INC. | ATRICURE CRYOICE CRYOSPHERE CRYOABLATION SYSTEM (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $120.75 | General |
| Category: CARDIOVASCULAR | ||||||
| 09/30/2024 | Bolton Medical Inc | RELAY THORACIC STENT-GRAFT WITH PLUS DELIVERY SYSTEM (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $27.05 | General |
| Category: ENDOVASCULAR AORTIC REPAIR | ||||||
| 08/27/2024 | Abbott Laboratories | EPIC (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $20.12 | General |
| Category: Structural Heart | ||||||
| 08/05/2024 | ATRICURE, INC. | ATRICURE CRYOICE CRYOSPHERE CRYOABLATION SYSTEM (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $3.60 | General |
| Category: CARDIOVASCULAR | ||||||
| 07/16/2024 | ATRICURE, INC. | ATRICLIP LAA EXCLUSION SYSTEM (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $159.16 | General |
| Category: CARDIOVASCULAR | ||||||
| 06/28/2024 | ATRICURE, INC. | ATRICURE CRYOICE CRYOSPHERE CRYOABLATION SYSTEM (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $31.99 | General |
| Category: CARDIOVASCULAR | ||||||
| 06/11/2024 | Abbott Laboratories | EPIC (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $18.59 | General |
| Category: Structural Heart | ||||||
| 06/11/2024 | Abbott Laboratories | EPIC (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $11.32 | General |
| Category: Structural Heart | ||||||
| 05/22/2024 | Abbott Laboratories | NAVITOR (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $124.52 | General |
| Category: Vascular | ||||||
| 05/09/2024 | ATRICURE, INC. | ATRICURE CRYOICE CRYOSPHERE CRYOABLATION SYSTEM (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $15.80 | General |
| Category: CARDIOVASCULAR | ||||||
| 05/07/2024 | ABBVIE INC. | ALLODERM (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $16.94 | General |
| Category: PLASTIC SURGERY | ||||||
| 05/04/2024 | Medtronic, Inc. | COREVALVE EVOLUT R (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $28.21 | General |
| Category: Transcatheter Valve Systems | ||||||
| 05/03/2024 | Medtronic, Inc. | COREVALVE EVOLUT R (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $133.18 | General |
| Category: Transcatheter Valve Systems | ||||||
| 05/03/2024 | Medtronic, Inc. | COREVALVE EVOLUT R (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $15.84 | General |
| Category: Transcatheter Valve Systems | ||||||
| 05/02/2024 | Medtronic, Inc. | COREVALVE EVOLUT R (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $32.29 | General |
| Category: Transcatheter Valve Systems | ||||||
| 04/25/2024 | Abbott Laboratories | EPIC (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $179.28 | General |
| Category: Structural Heart | ||||||
| 04/06/2024 | Abbott Laboratories | EPIC (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $31.44 | General |
| Category: Structural Heart | ||||||
| 03/25/2024 | ATRICURE, INC. | ATRICURE CRYOICE CRYOSPHERE CRYOABLATION SYSTEM (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $32.11 | General |
| Category: CARDIOVASCULAR | ||||||
| 03/08/2024 | Abbott Laboratories | EPIC (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $42.92 | General |
| Category: Structural Heart | ||||||
| 02/22/2024 | ABIOMED | Impella (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $140.46 | General |
| Category: Cardiology/Vascular Diseases | ||||||
| 01/31/2024 | Medtronic, Inc. | VALIANT CAPTIVIA (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $133.87 | General |
| Category: Aortic Stent Grafts | ||||||
| 01/31/2024 | ATRICURE, INC. | SYNERGY ABLATION SYSTEM (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $52.59 | General |
| Category: CARDIOVASCULAR | ||||||
| 12/22/2023 | AbbVie Inc. | ALLODERM (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $14.55 | General |
| Category: PLASTIC SURGERY | ||||||
| 12/19/2023 | Abbott Laboratories | EPIC (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $23.14 | General |
| Category: Structural Heart | ||||||
| 11/29/2023 | Medtronic, Inc. | Penditure (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $16.32 | General |
| Category: Ablation | ||||||
Medicare Billing by Year
| Year | Procedures | Beneficiaries | Services | Submitted | Medicare Paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 3 | 35 | 36 | $70,397 | $25,387 |
| 2022 | 4 | 57 | 57 | $106,964 | $40,443 |
| 2021 | 5 | 71 | 71 | $103,442 | $34,171 |
| 2020 | 2 | 26 | 26 | $40,996 | $16,054 |
All Medicare Procedures & Services
14 procedure records from CMS Medicare Utilization
| HCPCS | Description | Setting | Year | Patients | Services | Charges | Medicare Paid | Ratio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 33430 | Replacement of mitral valve on heart-lung machine | Facility | 2023 | 11 | 12 | $58,378 | $21,458 | 36.8% |
| 34714 | Exposure of major groin artery with creation of conduit | Facility | 2023 | 11 | 11 | $7,210 | $2,026 | 28.1% |
| 99204 | New patient office or other outpatient visit, 45-59 minutes | Office | 2023 | 13 | 13 | $4,810 | $1,903 | 39.6% |
| 33430 | Replacement of mitral valve on heart-lung machine | Facility | 2022 | 15 | 15 | $86,350 | $33,544 | 38.8% |
| 34714 | Exposure of major groin artery with creation of conduit | Facility | 2022 | 12 | 12 | $8,590 | $2,415 | 28.1% |
| 99204 | New patient office or other outpatient visit, 45-59 minutes | Office | 2022 | 17 | 17 | $6,290 | $2,259 | 35.9% |
| 99223 | Initial hospital inpatient care per day, typically 70 minutes | Facility | 2022 | 13 | 13 | $5,733 | $2,225 | 38.8% |
| 33533 | Heart artery bypass, single graft | Facility | 2021 | 22 | 22 | $83,599 | $27,212 | 32.6% |
| 34714 | Exposure of one groin artery with creation of conduit, open procedure | Facility | 2021 | 12 | 12 | $8,590 | $2,544 | 29.6% |
| 99205 | New patient outpatient visit, total time 60-74 minutes | Office | 2021 | 11 | 11 | $5,338 | $2,145 | 40.2% |
| 99223 | Initial hospital inpatient care, typically 70 minutes per day | Facility | 2021 | 12 | 12 | $5,292 | $2,082 | 39.3% |
| 33508 | Harvest of veins for coronary artery bypass procedure using an endoscope | Facility | 2021 | 14 | 14 | $622.00 | $188.44 | 30.3% |
| 33533 | Heart artery bypass to repair one artery | Facility | 2020 | 14 | 14 | $40,660 | $15,918 | 39.1% |
| 33508 | Harvest of veins for coronary artery bypass procedure using an endoscope | Facility | 2020 | 12 | 12 | $336.00 | $135.67 | 40.4% |
About Dr. Marc Sakwa, MD
Dr. Marc Sakwa, MD is a Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) healthcare provider based in Long Beach, California. This provider has been registered with the National Plan and Provider Enumeration System (NPPES) since 11/17/2005. The National Provider Identifier (NPI) number assigned to this provider is 1750363552.
According to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Open Payments database, Dr. Marc Sakwa, MD has received a total of $160,421 in payments from pharmaceutical and medical device companies, with $1,372 received in 2024. These payments were reported across 341 transactions from 16 companies. The most common payment nature is "Consulting Fee" ($90,624).
As a Medicare-enrolled provider, Sakwa has provided services to 189 Medicare beneficiaries, totaling 190 services with total Medicare billing of $116,055. Data is available for 4 years (2020–2023), covering 14 distinct procedure/service records.
Practice Information
- Specialty Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery)
- Other Specialties Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery)
- Location Long Beach, CA
- Active Since 11/17/2005
- Last Updated 11/22/2019
- Taxonomy Code 208G00000X
- Entity Type Individual
- NPI Number 1750363552
Products in Payments
- COR KNOT (Device) $47,458
- Trifecta GT Tissue Heart Valve (Device) $32,052
- RAM (Device) $15,004
- Aortic and Mitral Mechanical Valves (Device) $14,484
- CoreValve Evolut (Device) $10,881
- EPIC (Device) $7,587
- AMPLATZER Occluders (Device) $5,600
- Avalus (Device) $5,022
- MitraClip System (Device) $4,530
- Epic Stented Tissue Valve (Device) $3,367
- Profile 3D (Device) $3,248
- Hancock (Device) $2,474
- Impella (Device) $817.32
- Masters Mechanical Heart Valve (Device) $700.00
- 3F (Device) $614.41
- INSPIRIS RESILIA AORTIC VALVE (Device) $501.12
- Aortic and Mitral Tissue Stented (Device) $442.07
- Mosaic (Device) $419.49
- COREVALVE EVOLUT R (Device) $375.62
- Trifecta Tissue Heart Valve (Device) $359.53
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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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