Dr. Michael Sassower, MD

Interventional Cardiology Utica, NY Male
NPI: 1710945159
Total Payments
$29,660
2024 Payments
$729.78
Companies
34
Transactions
270
Medicare Patients
11,391
Medicare Billing
$1.5M

Payment Breakdown by Category

Other$20,695 (69.8%)
Food & Beverage$5,323 (17.9%)
Travel$3,642 (12.3%)

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 $20,695 9 69.8%
Food and Beverage $5,323 244 17.9%
Travel and Lodging $3,642 17 12.3%

Top Paying Companies

Company Total Records Latest Year
Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation $13,503 78 $0 (2024)
Boston Scientific Corporation $7,791 30 $0 (2024)
Gilead Sciences, Inc. $4,311 18 $0 (2018)
Medical Device Business Services, Inc. $1,462 11 $0 (2019)
Edwards Lifesciences Corporation $502.72 17 $0 (2024)
Cardiovascular Systems Inc. $357.03 16 $0 (2020)
ABIOMED $308.60 9 $0 (2021)
PFIZER INC. $248.22 19 $0 (2024)
ZOLL Services LLC (A/K/A ZOLL LifeCor Corp) $167.82 14 $0 (2023)
Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC $127.50 8 $0 (2024)

Payment History by Year

Year Amount Transactions Top Company
2024 $729.78 49 Boston Scientific Corporation ($276.60)
2023 $476.21 29 Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation ($134.16)
2022 $566.37 33 Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation ($202.04)
2021 $419.57 21 ABIOMED ($196.91)
2020 $211.87 9 ABIOMED ($100.00)
2019 $2,350 34 Medical Device Business Services, Inc. ($1,462)
2018 $7,801 52 BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION ($6,776)
2017 $17,104 43 Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation ($12,898)

All Payment Transactions

270 individual payment records from CMS Open Payments — Page 1 of 11

Date Company Product Nature Form Amount Type
12/05/2024 PFIZER INC. VYNDAQEL (Drug) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $15.21 General
Category: CARDIOVASCULAR
11/21/2024 Alnylam Pharmaceuticals Inc. ONPATTRO (Drug) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $14.82 General
Category: Genetic Disease
11/15/2024 Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation LEQVIO (Drug), ENTRESTO Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $13.61 General
Category: Cardiology/Vascular Diseases
11/14/2024 Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation LEQVIO (Drug), ENTRESTO Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $4.49 General
Category: Cardiology/Vascular Diseases
11/11/2024 Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation LEQVIO (Drug), ENTRESTO Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $18.69 General
Category: Cardiology/Vascular Diseases
10/29/2024 Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation ENTRESTO (Drug), LEQVIO Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $4.89 General
Category: Cardiology/Vascular Diseases
10/21/2024 Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation ENTRESTO (Drug), LEQVIO Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $27.44 General
Category: Cardiology/Vascular Diseases
10/02/2024 Daiichi Sankyo Inc. INJECTAFER (Drug) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $16.00 General
Category: Iron Deficiency Anemia
09/26/2024 Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation LEQVIO (Drug), ENTRESTO Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $5.11 General
Category: Cardiology/Vascular Diseases
09/26/2024 Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation ENTRESTO (Drug), LEQVIO Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $0.89 General
Category: Cardiology/Vascular Diseases
08/26/2024 Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation ENTRESTO (Drug), LEQVIO Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $10.06 General
Category: Cardiology/Vascular Diseases
08/13/2024 Edwards Lifesciences Corporation — Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $22.37 General
08/05/2024 Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation LEQVIO (Drug), ENTRESTO Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $5.59 General
Category: Cardiology/Vascular Diseases
08/05/2024 Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation ENTRESTO (Drug), LEQVIO Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $0.89 General
Category: Cardiology/Vascular Diseases
07/31/2024 Edwards Lifesciences Corporation — Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $22.65 General
07/30/2024 Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation ENTRESTO (Drug), LEQVIO Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $5.78 General
Category: Cardiology/Vascular Diseases
07/30/2024 Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation LEQVIO (Drug), ENTRESTO Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $0.89 General
Category: Cardiology/Vascular Diseases
07/18/2024 E.R. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. CAMZYOS (Drug) Food and Beverage Cash or cash equivalent $23.41 General
Category: Cardiovascular
07/11/2024 Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation LEQVIO (Drug), ENTRESTO Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $4.19 General
Category: Cardiology/Vascular Diseases
07/11/2024 Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation LEQVIO (Drug), ENTRESTO Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $0.87 General
Category: Cardiology/Vascular Diseases
06/25/2024 Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation LEQVIO (Drug), ENTRESTO Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $12.65 General
Category: Cardiology/Vascular Diseases
06/25/2024 Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation ENTRESTO (Drug), LEQVIO Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $0.09 General
Category: Cardiology/Vascular Diseases
06/21/2024 Kiniksa Pharmaceuticals International, plc Arcalyst (Drug) Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $20.41 General
Category: Not Applicable
06/20/2024 Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation LEQVIO (Drug), ENTRESTO Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $4.82 General
Category: Cardiology/Vascular Diseases
06/20/2024 Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation LEQVIO (Drug), ENTRESTO Food and Beverage In-kind items and services $0.92 General
Category: Cardiology/Vascular Diseases
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Medicare Billing by Year

Year Procedures Beneficiaries Services Submitted Medicare Paid
2023 34 3,206 3,933 $1.1M $408,068
2022 28 3,146 3,760 $1.0M $391,579
2021 33 2,972 3,621 $961,770 $379,166
2020 29 2,067 2,384 $701,640 $275,293
Total Patients
11,391
Total Services
13,698
Medicare Billing
$1.5M
Procedure Codes
131

All Medicare Procedures & Services

131 procedure records from CMS Medicare Utilization — Page 1 of 6

HCPCS Description Setting Year Patients Services Charges Medicare Paid Ratio
93880 Ultrasound of both sides of head and neck blood flow Office 2023 920 929 $317,115 $113,040 35.6%
78452 Nuclear medicine studies of heart muscle at rest and with stress and spect Office 2023 153 153 $125,474 $51,336 40.9%
99214 Established patient office or other outpatient visit, 30-39 minutes Office 2023 338 368 $64,400 $33,257 51.6%
J2785 Injection, regadenoson, 0.1 mg Office 2023 157 628 $40,650 $27,276 67.1%
93306 Ultrasound of heart with color-depicted blood flow, rate, direction and valve function Office 2023 170 170 $80,320 $22,005 27.4%
99223 Initial hospital care with moderate level of medical decision making, if using time, at least 75 minutes Facility 2023 120 122 $39,040 $16,490 42.2%
93458 Insertion of tube in left lower heart chamber and coronary artery for diagnosis with review by radiologist Facility 2023 89 90 $53,100 $15,413 29.0%
78431 Nuclear medicine studies of blood flow in heart muscle at rest and with stress with concurrent ct scan Office 2023 11 11 $38,500 $13,923 36.2%
A9502 Technetium tc-99m tetrofosmin, diagnostic, per study dose Office 2023 152 304 $17,328 $13,582 78.4%
92928 Insertion of stents with balloon dilation of coronary artery or branch, single artery or branch Facility 2023 29 33 $33,000 $13,501 40.9%
33340 Repair of left upper heart chamber with implant with review by radiologist Facility 2023 20 20 $30,000 $11,896 39.7%
93306 Ultrasound of heart with color-depicted blood flow, rate, direction and valve function Facility 2023 179 181 $25,340 $9,596 37.9%
33361 Replacement of aortic valve through the skin and femoral artery Facility 2023 16 16 $29,120 $9,076 31.2%
93015 Exercise or drug-induced heart stress test with electrocardiogram (ecg) with supervision and review by physician Office 2023 166 166 $62,250 $7,995 12.8%
A9555 Rubidium rb-82, diagnostic, per study dose, up to 60 millicuries Office 2023 11 22 $9,350 $7,502 80.2%
93925 Ultrasound of leg arteries or artery grafts Office 2023 40 40 $14,685 $6,609 45.0%
93460 Insertion of tube in right and left heart chambers and coronary artery for diagnosis with review by radiologist Facility 2023 18 18 $13,320 $4,951 37.2%
93978 Complete ultrasound of aorta, vena cava, groin vessels or bypass grafts Office 2023 36 36 $11,340 $4,538 40.0%
93923 Complete ultrasound study of arm and leg arteries Office 2023 46 46 $13,800 $4,217 30.6%
99204 New patient office or other outpatient visit, 45-59 minutes Office 2023 31 31 $8,525 $3,826 44.9%
99232 Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making, if using time, at least 35 minutes Facility 2023 39 57 $6,270 $3,532 56.3%
93351 Ultrasound of heart with continuous electrocardiogram (ecg) during rest, exercise and/or drug induced stress with review and report Office 2023 16 16 $8,400 $2,896 34.5%
76706 Ultrasound scan of abdominal aorta Office 2023 20 20 $3,000 $1,984 66.1%
93970 Ultrasound study of arm or leg veins with compression and maneuvers Office 2023 14 14 $4,620 $1,737 37.6%
99213 Established patient office or other outpatient visit, 20-29 minutes Office 2023 28 28 $3,080 $1,730 56.2%
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About Dr. Michael Sassower, MD

Dr. Michael Sassower, MD is a Interventional Cardiology healthcare provider based in Utica, New York. This provider has been registered with the National Plan and Provider Enumeration System (NPPES) since 05/03/2006. The National Provider Identifier (NPI) number assigned to this provider is 1710945159.

According to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Open Payments database, Dr. Michael Sassower, MD has received a total of $29,660 in payments from pharmaceutical and medical device companies, with $729.78 received in 2024. These payments were reported across 270 transactions from 34 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" ($20,695).

As a Medicare-enrolled provider, Sassower has provided services to 11,391 Medicare beneficiaries, totaling 13,698 services with total Medicare billing of $1.5M. Data is available for 4 years (2020–2023), covering 131 distinct procedure/service records.

Practice Information

  • Specialty Interventional Cardiology
  • Location Utica, NY
  • Active Since 05/03/2006
  • Last Updated 07/13/2012
  • Taxonomy Code 207RI0011X
  • Entity Type Individual
  • NPI Number 1710945159

Products in Payments

  • ENTRESTO (Drug) $13,272
  • GENERAL VASCULAR ACCESS (Device) $4,651
  • Ranexa (Drug) $4,220
  • WATCHMAN (Device) $1,567
  • Carto 3 System (Device) $1,462
  • THERAPIES (Device) $715.50
  • Impella (Device) $308.60
  • WATCHMAN Access System (Device) $288.36
  • LEQVIO (Drug) $230.81
  • GENERAL STENTS (Device) $219.95
  • Peripheral Orbital Atherectomy System (Device) $185.41
  • Coronary Orbital Atherectomy System (Device) $171.62
  • ELIQUIS (Drug) $171.34
  • LifeVest (Device) $167.82
  • Edwards SAPIEN 3 Transcatheter Heart Valve (Device) $162.54
  • VERQUVO (Drug) $127.50
  • PRADAXA (Drug) $121.87
  • GENERAL STENTS (Device) $119.40
  • XARELTO (Drug) $108.43
  • Cook Medical Zilver PTX (Device) $84.98

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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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