Payment Breakdown by Category
Payments by Nature
| Nature of Payment | Amount | Transactions | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Consulting Fee | $190,564 | 104 | 44.7% |
| Compensation for services other than consulting, including serving as faculty or as a speaker at a venue other than a continuing education program | $147,380 | 60 | 34.6% |
| Travel and Lodging | $58,748 | 181 | 13.8% |
| Food and Beverage | $23,218 | 445 | 5.4% |
| Honoraria | $3,700 | 2 | 0.9% |
| Unspecified | $2,629 | 4 | 0.6% |
| Education | $154.09 | 5 | 0.0% |
Payments by Type
Top Paying Companies
| Company | Total | Records | Latest Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| United Therapeutics Corporation | $241,262 | 387 | $0 (2024) |
| Actelion Pharmaceuticals US, Inc. | $87,984 | 227 | $0 (2024) |
| Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC | $26,043 | 35 | $0 (2024) |
| Insmed, Inc. | $14,997 | 18 | $0 (2024) |
| Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | $14,850 | 17 | $0 (2022) |
| Bayer Healthcare Pharmaceuticals Inc. | $12,337 | 53 | $0 (2024) |
| Actelion Pharmaceuticals, Ltd | $10,150 | 11 | $0 (2017) |
| GlaxoSmithKline, LLC. | $8,202 | 14 | $0 (2020) |
| La Jolla Pharmaceutical Company | $4,786 | 10 | $0 (2021) |
| Genentech, Inc. | $4,256 | 2 | $0 (2023) |
Payment History by Year
| Year | Amount | Transactions | Top Company |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $102,864 | 174 | United Therapeutics Corporation ($53,866) |
| 2023 | $81,177 | 172 | United Therapeutics Corporation ($55,986) |
| 2022 | $68,664 | 133 | United Therapeutics Corporation ($40,908) |
| 2021 | $17,008 | 36 | United Therapeutics Corporation ($16,351) |
| 2020 | $10,378 | 21 | GlaxoSmithKline, LLC. ($3,900) |
| 2019 | $53,717 | 73 | United Therapeutics Corporation ($30,522) |
| 2018 | $50,930 | 110 | United Therapeutics Corporation ($29,947) |
| 2017 | $41,655 | 82 | Actelion Pharmaceuticals US, Inc. ($18,480) |
All Payment Transactions
801 individual payment records from CMS Open Payments — Page 1 of 33
| Date | Company | Product | Nature | Form | Amount | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12/18/2024 | Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC | — | Consulting Fee | Cash or cash equivalent | $6,710.00 | General |
| 12/18/2024 | United Therapeutics Corporation | — | 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 | $435.00 | General |
| 12/18/2024 | Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC | — | Travel and Lodging | Cash or cash equivalent | $150.00 | General |
| 12/18/2024 | Actelion Pharmaceuticals US, Inc. | OPSUMIT (Drug), UPTRAVI | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $36.59 | General |
| Category: Cardiology | ||||||
| 12/12/2024 | United Therapeutics Corporation | — | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $127.32 | General |
| 12/11/2024 | Bayer Healthcare Pharmaceuticals Inc. | Adempas (Drug) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $32.70 | General |
| Category: Cardio-pulmonary | ||||||
| 12/07/2024 | Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC | WINREVAIR (Biological) | 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 | $4,270.00 | General |
| Category: CARDIOVASCULAR | ||||||
| 12/06/2024 | Insmed, Inc. | — | Consulting Fee | Cash or cash equivalent | $2,240.00 | General |
| 12/05/2024 | Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC | WINREVAIR (Biological) | Travel and Lodging | Cash or cash equivalent | $75.00 | General |
| Category: CARDIOVASCULAR | ||||||
| 12/04/2024 | Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC | WINREVAIR (Biological) | Travel and Lodging | Cash or cash equivalent | $442.03 | General |
| Category: CARDIOVASCULAR | ||||||
| 12/04/2024 | Johnson & Johnson Health Care Systems Inc. | OPSUMIT (Drug), UPTRAVI | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $26.20 | General |
| Category: Cardiology | ||||||
| 12/03/2024 | Actelion Pharmaceuticals US, Inc. | OPSUMIT (Drug), UPTRAVI | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $30.82 | General |
| Category: Cardiology | ||||||
| 11/20/2024 | United Therapeutics Corporation | — | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $25.12 | General |
| 11/15/2024 | Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC | WINREVAIR (Biological) | 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 | $4,270.00 | General |
| Category: CARDIOVASCULAR | ||||||
| 11/15/2024 | Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC | WINREVAIR (Biological) | 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 | $4,270.00 | General |
| Category: CARDIOVASCULAR | ||||||
| 11/15/2024 | Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC | WINREVAIR (Biological) | Travel and Lodging | In-kind items and services | $1,254.67 | General |
| Category: CARDIOVASCULAR | ||||||
| 11/15/2024 | Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC | WINREVAIR (Biological) | Travel and Lodging | Cash or cash equivalent | $150.00 | General |
| Category: CARDIOVASCULAR | ||||||
| 11/15/2024 | Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC | WINREVAIR (Biological) | Travel and Lodging | In-kind items and services | $90.00 | General |
| Category: CARDIOVASCULAR | ||||||
| 11/15/2024 | Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC | WINREVAIR (Biological) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $64.11 | General |
| Category: CARDIOVASCULAR | ||||||
| 11/15/2024 | Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC | WINREVAIR (Biological) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $51.83 | General |
| Category: CARDIOVASCULAR | ||||||
| 11/15/2024 | Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC | WINREVAIR (Biological) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $34.36 | General |
| Category: CARDIOVASCULAR | ||||||
| 11/15/2024 | Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC | WINREVAIR (Biological) | Travel and Lodging | Cash or cash equivalent | $25.00 | General |
| Category: CARDIOVASCULAR | ||||||
| 11/14/2024 | Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC | WINREVAIR (Biological) | Travel and Lodging | In-kind items and services | $221.89 | General |
| Category: CARDIOVASCULAR | ||||||
| 11/14/2024 | Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC | WINREVAIR (Biological) | Travel and Lodging | In-kind items and services | $220.00 | General |
| Category: CARDIOVASCULAR | ||||||
| 11/13/2024 | United Therapeutics Corporation | TYVASO (Drug) | Travel and Lodging | Cash or cash equivalent | $80.40 | General |
| Category: Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension and Pulmonary Hypertension with Interstitial Lung Disease | ||||||
Medicare Billing by Year
| Year | Procedures | Beneficiaries | Services | Submitted | Medicare Paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 5 | 312 | 1,090 | $1.2M | $133,308 |
| 2022 | 6 | 361 | 1,200 | $1.4M | $151,705 |
| 2021 | 6 | 327 | 1,077 | $1.1M | $125,666 |
| 2020 | 7 | 466 | 1,214 | $966,333 | $154,992 |
All Medicare Procedures & Services
24 procedure records from CMS Medicare Utilization
| HCPCS | Description | Setting | Year | Patients | Services | Charges | Medicare Paid | Ratio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 99291 | Critical care, first 30-74 minutes | Facility | 2023 | 80 | 378 | $680,400 | $69,017 | 10.1% |
| 99233 | Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making, if using time, at least 50 minutes | Facility | 2023 | 83 | 344 | $233,920 | $35,008 | 15.0% |
| 99214 | Established patient office or other outpatient visit, 30-39 minutes | Facility | 2023 | 115 | 328 | $281,424 | $26,256 | 9.3% |
| 99215 | Established patient office or other outpatient visit, 40-54 minutes | Facility | 2023 | 19 | 25 | $24,000 | $2,747 | 11.4% |
| 94618 | Test for exercise-induced lung stress | Facility | 2023 | 15 | 15 | $6,435 | $280.31 | 4.4% |
| 99291 | Critical care, first 30-74 minutes | Facility | 2022 | 93 | 417 | $750,600 | $78,440 | 10.5% |
| 99233 | Follow-up hospital inpatient care per day, typically 35 minutes | Facility | 2022 | 81 | 374 | $254,320 | $32,814 | 12.9% |
| 99215 | Established patient office or other outpatient visit, 40-54 minutes | Facility | 2022 | 83 | 180 | $172,800 | $21,772 | 12.6% |
| 99214 | Established patient office or other outpatient visit, 30-39 minutes | Facility | 2022 | 79 | 179 | $153,582 | $14,218 | 9.3% |
| 99292 | Critical care, each additional 30 minutes | Facility | 2022 | 13 | 34 | $27,200 | $3,262 | 12.0% |
| 99443 | Telephone medical discussion with physician, 21-30 minutes | Office | 2022 | 12 | 16 | $3,998 | $1,200 | 30.0% |
| 99291 | Critical care delivery critically ill or injured patient, first 30-74 minutes | Facility | 2021 | 56 | 269 | $484,200 | $51,743 | 10.7% |
| 99233 | Subsequent hospital inpatient care, typically 35 minutes per day | Facility | 2021 | 76 | 392 | $266,560 | $34,297 | 12.9% |
| 99215 | Established patient outpatient visit, total time 40-54 minutes | Facility | 2021 | 86 | 181 | $173,760 | $22,255 | 12.8% |
| 99214 | Established patient outpatient visit, total time 30-39 minutes | Facility | 2021 | 75 | 196 | $168,168 | $16,010 | 9.5% |
| 99213 | Established patient outpatient visit, total time 20-29 minutes | Facility | 2021 | 19 | 21 | $10,668 | $1,009 | 9.5% |
| 94618 | Test for exercise-induced lung stress | Facility | 2021 | 15 | 18 | $7,722 | $352.26 | 4.6% |
| 99291 | Critical care delivery critically ill or injured patient, first 30-74 minutes | Facility | 2020 | 105 | 492 | $590,400 | $96,123 | 16.3% |
| 99233 | Subsequent hospital inpatient care, typically 35 minutes per day | Facility | 2020 | 80 | 237 | $107,835 | $21,562 | 20.0% |
| 99215 | Established patient office or other outpatient, visit typically 40 minutes | Facility | 2020 | 110 | 224 | $143,360 | $20,402 | 14.2% |
| 99292 | Critical care delivery critically ill or injured patient | Facility | 2020 | 28 | 72 | $38,160 | $7,123 | 18.7% |
| 99214 | Established patient office or other outpatient, visit typically 25 minutes | Facility | 2020 | 66 | 93 | $53,010 | $6,172 | 11.6% |
| 99213 | Established patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 15 minutes | Facility | 2020 | 63 | 80 | $32,480 | $3,410 | 10.5% |
| 76937 | Ultrasound guidance for accessing into blood vessel | Facility | 2020 | 14 | 16 | $1,088 | $199.65 | 18.4% |
About Dr. Rajan Saggar, MD
Dr. Rajan Saggar, MD is a Pulmonary Disease healthcare provider based in Los Angeles, California. This provider has been registered with the National Plan and Provider Enumeration System (NPPES) since 07/20/2006. The National Provider Identifier (NPI) number assigned to this provider is 1255351854.
According to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Open Payments database, Dr. Rajan Saggar, MD has received a total of $426,392 in payments from pharmaceutical and medical device companies, with $102,864 received in 2024. These payments were reported across 801 transactions from 19 companies. The most common payment nature is "Consulting Fee" ($190,564).
As a Medicare-enrolled provider, Saggar has provided services to 1,466 Medicare beneficiaries, totaling 4,581 services with total Medicare billing of $565,671. Data is available for 4 years (2020–2023), covering 24 distinct procedure/service records.
Practice Information
- Specialty Pulmonary Disease
- Other Specialties Internal Medicine
- Location Los Angeles, CA
- Active Since 07/20/2006
- Last Updated 11/23/2010
- Taxonomy Code 207RP1001X
- Entity Type Individual
- NPI Number 1255351854
Products in Payments
- TYVASO (Drug) $99,794
- NONE (Drug) $57,837
- UPTRAVI (Drug) $29,504
- OPSUMIT (Drug) $23,354
- WINREVAIR (Biological) $18,847
- REMODULIN (Drug) $15,425
- Adempas (Drug) $12,337
- ORENITRAM (Drug) $6,332
- GIAPREZA (Drug) $4,741
- Xolair (Biological) $4,216
- OFEV (Drug) $1,731
- FLOWTRIEVER CATHETER, S (Device) $495.43
- OPSUMIT MACITENTAN (Drug) $248.47
- Esbriet (Biological) $187.31
- Prolastin-C (Biological) $178.65
- ULTOMIRIS (Biological) $121.83
- XARELTO (Drug) $103.76
- TREPROSTINIL (Drug) $90.30
- All-In-One (Device) $32.46
- DRAGONFLY OPSTAR (Device) $19.92
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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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