Total Payments
$9,004
2024 Payments
$2,079
Companies
37
Transactions
390
Medicare Patients
7,293
Medicare Billing
$565,820
Payment Breakdown by Category
Food & Beverage$6,433 (71.4%)
Travel$2,469 (27.4%)
Education$101.86 (1.1%)
Other$0.00 (0.0%)
Payments by Nature
| Nature of Payment | Amount | Transactions | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Food and Beverage | $6,433 | 377 | 71.4% |
| Travel and Lodging | $2,469 | 10 | 27.4% |
| Education | $101.86 | 3 | 1.1% |
Top Paying Companies
| Company | Total | Records | Latest Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| Abbott Laboratories | $1,999 | 20 | $0 (2024) |
| Medtronic Vascular, Inc. | $1,428 | 41 | $0 (2020) |
| Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation | $985.69 | 111 | $0 (2022) |
| ZOLL Services LLC (A/K/A ZOLL LifeCor Corp) | $642.45 | 35 | $0 (2024) |
| EKOS Corporation | $593.29 | 6 | $0 (2019) |
| Biocompatibles, Inc. | $503.21 | 2 | $0 (2019) |
| Janssen Pharmaceuticals, Inc | $469.15 | 38 | $0 (2022) |
| Boston Scientific Corporation | $418.73 | 22 | $0 (2024) |
| Amgen Inc. | $311.88 | 18 | $0 (2021) |
| ABIOMED | $284.69 | 3 | $0 (2024) |
Payment History by Year
| Year | Amount | Transactions | Top Company |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $2,079 | 21 | Abbott Laboratories ($1,792) |
| 2023 | $168.02 | 2 | Abbott Laboratories ($148.80) |
| 2022 | $204.34 | 5 | ABIOMED ($122.08) |
| 2021 | $431.34 | 27 | ZOLL Services LLC (A/K/A ZOLL LifeCor Corp) ($139.65) |
| 2020 | $418.77 | 27 | Janssen Pharmaceuticals, Inc ($143.89) |
| 2019 | $2,673 | 101 | Medtronic Vascular, Inc. ($992.77) |
| 2018 | $1,592 | 83 | EKOS Corporation ($548.96) |
| 2017 | $1,438 | 124 | Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation ($281.43) |
All Payment Transactions
390 individual payment records from CMS Open Payments — Page 1 of 16
| Date | Company | Product | Nature | Form | Amount | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12/20/2024 | ZOLL Services LLC (A/K/A ZOLL LifeCor Corp) | LifeVest (Device) | Food and Beverage | Cash or cash equivalent | $9.94 | General |
| Category: Electromedical and Electrotherapeutic Apparatus | ||||||
| 11/07/2024 | ShockWave Medical, Inc | Shockwave IVL System with the Shockwave C2 Coronary IVL Catheter (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $24.55 | General |
| Category: Lithoplasty | ||||||
| 05/31/2024 | Abbott Laboratories | OPTIS (Device) | Travel and Lodging | In-kind items and services | $428.33 | General |
| Category: Vascular | ||||||
| 05/31/2024 | Abbott Laboratories | COROFLOW (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $35.65 | General |
| Category: Vascular | ||||||
| 05/31/2024 | Abbott Laboratories | OPTIS (Device) | Travel and Lodging | In-kind items and services | $9.02 | General |
| Category: Vascular | ||||||
| 05/23/2024 | Abbott Laboratories | OPTIS (Device) | Travel and Lodging | In-kind items and services | $219.29 | General |
| Category: Vascular | ||||||
| 05/23/2024 | Abbott Laboratories | OPTIS (Device) | Travel and Lodging | In-kind items and services | $219.29 | General |
| Category: Vascular | ||||||
| 05/23/2024 | Abbott Laboratories | OPTIS (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $174.93 | General |
| Category: Vascular | ||||||
| 05/23/2024 | Abbott Laboratories | OPTIS (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $68.14 | General |
| Category: Vascular | ||||||
| 05/23/2024 | Abbott Laboratories | OPTIS (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $64.49 | General |
| Category: Vascular | ||||||
| 05/23/2024 | Abbott Laboratories | OPTIS (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $64.49 | General |
| Category: Vascular | ||||||
| 05/23/2024 | Abbott Laboratories | OPTIS (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $59.62 | General |
| Category: Vascular | ||||||
| 05/23/2024 | Abbott Laboratories | OPTIS (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $47.36 | General |
| Category: Vascular | ||||||
| 05/23/2024 | Abbott Laboratories | OPTIS (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $45.98 | General |
| Category: Vascular | ||||||
| 05/23/2024 | Abbott Laboratories | OPTIS (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $44.57 | General |
| Category: Vascular | ||||||
| 05/23/2024 | Abbott Laboratories | OPTIS (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $24.36 | General |
| Category: Vascular | ||||||
| 05/20/2024 | Abbott Laboratories | OPTIS (Device) | Travel and Lodging | In-kind items and services | $286.42 | General |
| Category: Vascular | ||||||
| 05/13/2024 | Boston Scientific Corporation | SYNERGY (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $54.85 | General |
| Category: SYNERGY_IC | ||||||
| 04/29/2024 | Boston Scientific Corporation | SYNERGY (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $33.33 | General |
| Category: SYNERGY_IC | ||||||
| 04/25/2024 | ABIOMED | Impella (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $145.55 | General |
| Category: Cardiology/Vascular Diseases | ||||||
| 01/09/2024 | ZOLL Services LLC (A/K/A ZOLL LifeCor Corp) | LifeVest (Device) | Food and Beverage | Cash or cash equivalent | $18.91 | General |
| Category: Electromedical and Electrotherapeutic Apparatus | ||||||
| 07/13/2023 | ZOLL Services LLC (A/K/A ZOLL LifeCor Corp) | LifeVest (Device) | Food and Beverage | Cash or cash equivalent | $19.22 | General |
| Category: Electromedical and Electrotherapeutic Apparatus | ||||||
| 07/04/2023 | Abbott Laboratories | OPTIS (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $148.80 | General |
| Category: Vascular | ||||||
| 08/24/2022 | ABIOMED | Impella (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $122.08 | General |
| Category: Cardiology/Vascular Diseases | ||||||
| 02/25/2022 | ZOLL Services LLC (A/K/A ZOLL LifeCor Corp) | LifeVest (Device) | Food and Beverage | Cash or cash equivalent | $18.01 | General |
| Category: Electromedical and Electrotherapeutic Apparatus | ||||||
Medicare Billing by Year
| Year | Procedures | Beneficiaries | Services | Submitted | Medicare Paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 30 | 1,934 | 2,446 | $848,474 | $183,625 |
| 2022 | 24 | 1,424 | 1,648 | $786,477 | $124,213 |
| 2021 | 24 | 1,936 | 2,418 | $1.6M | $120,338 |
| 2020 | 28 | 1,999 | 2,449 | $1.7M | $137,643 |
Total Patients
7,293
Total Services
8,961
Medicare Billing
$565,820
Procedure Codes
117
All Medicare Procedures & Services
117 procedure records from CMS Medicare Utilization — Page 1 of 5
| 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 | 276 | 292 | $219,000 | $41,385 | 18.9% |
| 99233 | Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making, if using time, at least 50 minutes | Facility | 2023 | 239 | 403 | $155,155 | $39,681 | 25.6% |
| 99214 | Established patient office or other outpatient visit, 30-39 minutes | Office | 2023 | 134 | 200 | $57,000 | $18,542 | 32.5% |
| 93458 | Insertion of tube in left lower heart chamber and coronary artery for diagnosis with review by radiologist | Facility | 2023 | 77 | 77 | $95,605 | $15,069 | 15.8% |
| 92928 | Insertion of stents with balloon dilation of coronary artery or branch, single artery or branch | Facility | 2023 | 23 | 29 | $71,073 | $13,591 | 19.1% |
| 93306 | Ultrasound of heart with color-depicted blood flow, rate, direction and valve function | Facility | 2023 | 217 | 217 | $58,373 | $11,599 | 19.9% |
| 99291 | Critical care, first 30-74 minutes | Facility | 2023 | 24 | 25 | $20,850 | $4,521 | 21.7% |
| 99204 | New patient office or other outpatient visit, 45-59 minutes | Office | 2023 | 36 | 36 | $15,660 | $4,000 | 25.5% |
| G2066 | Interrogation device evaluation(s), (remote) up to 30 days; implantable cardiovascular physiologic monitor system, implantable loop recorder system, or subcutaneous cardiac rhythm monitor system, remote data acquisition(s), receipt of transmissions and tec | Office | 2023 | 24 | 109 | $16,023 | $3,267 | 20.4% |
| 78452 | Nuclear medicine studies of heart muscle at rest and with stress and spect | Facility | 2023 | 52 | 52 | $15,080 | $3,173 | 21.0% |
| 99232 | Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making, if using time, at least 35 minutes | Facility | 2023 | 37 | 41 | $11,070 | $2,675 | 24.2% |
| 99215 | Established patient office or other outpatient visit, 40-54 minutes | Facility | 2023 | 16 | 22 | $6,468 | $2,627 | 40.6% |
| 93298 | Evaluation of cardiac rhythm monitor system, remote up to 30 days | Office | 2023 | 24 | 109 | $10,682 | $2,312 | 21.6% |
| 93312 | Ultrasound of heart with probe in esophagus, with report | Facility | 2023 | 22 | 24 | $9,672 | $2,078 | 21.5% |
| 93308 | Ultrasound of heart, follow-up | Facility | 2023 | 96 | 99 | $9,405 | $1,987 | 21.1% |
| 99222 | Initial hospital care with straightforward or low-level medical decision making, if using time, at least 55 minutes | Facility | 2023 | 17 | 17 | $8,670 | $1,862 | 21.5% |
| 93306 | Ultrasound of heart with color-depicted blood flow, rate, direction and valve function | Office | 2023 | 31 | 31 | $8,339 | $1,692 | 20.3% |
| 99205 | New patient office or other outpatient visit, 60-74 minutes | Facility | 2023 | 11 | 11 | $4,939 | $1,675 | 33.9% |
| 92960 | External shock to heart to regulate heart beat | Facility | 2023 | 17 | 18 | $7,398 | $1,628 | 22.0% |
| 92978 | Ultrasound evaluation of heart blood vessel or graft with review by radiologist, initial vessel | Facility | 2023 | 16 | 17 | $6,630 | $1,404 | 21.2% |
| 93571 | Ultrasound evaluation of heart blood vessel during diagnosis or treatment, initial vessel | Facility | 2023 | 27 | 27 | $6,718 | $1,319 | 19.6% |
| 93280 | Programming of dual lead pacemaker system | Office | 2023 | 13 | 19 | $4,503 | $1,229 | 27.3% |
| 99214 | Established patient office or other outpatient visit, 30-39 minutes | Facility | 2023 | 13 | 13 | $2,704 | $1,058 | 39.1% |
| 93016 | Exercise or drug-induced heart stress test with electrocardiogram (ecg) with supervision by physician | Facility | 2023 | 51 | 51 | $4,182 | $853.50 | 20.4% |
| 93000 | Routine electrocardiogram (ecg) using at least 12 leads with interpretation and report | Office | 2023 | 74 | 78 | $4,914 | $786.99 | 16.0% |
About Dr. Ramesh Chandra, MD
Dr. Ramesh Chandra, MD is a Interventional Cardiology healthcare provider based in Fort Myers, Florida. This provider has been registered with the National Plan and Provider Enumeration System (NPPES) since 01/10/2012. The National Provider Identifier (NPI) number assigned to this provider is 1326318130.
According to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Open Payments database, Dr. Ramesh Chandra, MD has received a total of $9,004 in payments from pharmaceutical and medical device companies, with $2,079 received in 2024. These payments were reported across 390 transactions from 37 companies. The most common payment nature is "Food and Beverage" ($6,433).
As a Medicare-enrolled provider, Chandra has provided services to 7,293 Medicare beneficiaries, totaling 8,961 services with total Medicare billing of $565,820. Data is available for 4 years (2020–2023), covering 117 distinct procedure/service records.
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Practice Information
- Specialty Interventional Cardiology
- Other Specialties Interventional Cardiology
- Location Fort Myers, FL
- Active Since 01/10/2012
- Last Updated 03/16/2022
- Taxonomy Code 207RI0011X
- Entity Type Individual
- NPI Number 1326318130
Products in Payments
- OPTIS (Device) $1,905
- EKOSONIC (Device) $1,097
- ENTRESTO (Drug) $985.69
- Azure (Device) $794.25
- LifeVest (Device) $642.45
- XARELTO (Drug) $469.15
- ELIQUIS (Drug) $335.63
- Impella (Device) $284.69
- Reveal LINQ (Device) $188.18
- Repatha (Biological) $186.36
- BRILINTA (Drug) $179.01
- TYRX (Device) $137.07
- SYNERGY (Device) $132.74
- Resolute (Device) $131.78
- Corlanor (Drug) $125.52
- Micra (Device) $108.89
- Peripheral Orbital Atherectomy System (Device) $91.42
- GENERAL - STENTS (Device) $79.72
- CHANTIX (Drug) $77.65
- Coronary Orbital Atherectomy System (Device) $67.19
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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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