Sandhya Balaram
Payment Breakdown by Category
Payments by Nature
| Nature of Payment | Amount | Transactions | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Food and Beverage | $3,176 | 50 | 72.9% |
| Travel and Lodging | $1,182 | 6 | 27.1% |
Top Paying Companies
| Company | Total | Records | Latest Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| ATRICURE, INC. | $1,982 | 28 | $0 (2023) |
| Abbott Laboratories | $1,947 | 20 | $0 (2024) |
| BIOTRONIK INC. | $119.67 | 1 | $0 (2017) |
| Baxter Healthcare | $89.57 | 2 | $0 (2024) |
| Terumo Cardiovascular Systems Corporation | $87.49 | 1 | $0 (2018) |
| Cook Medical LLC | $81.59 | 2 | $0 (2022) |
| Ethicon US, LLC | $26.12 | 1 | $0 (2024) |
| ABIOMED | $24.61 | 1 | $0 (2024) |
Payment History by Year
| Year | Amount | Transactions | Top Company |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $254.73 | 5 | Abbott Laboratories ($160.69) |
| 2023 | $202.28 | 3 | Abbott Laboratories ($116.19) |
| 2022 | $67.34 | 1 | Cook Medical LLC ($67.34) |
| 2021 | $23.63 | 1 | ATRICURE, INC. ($23.63) |
| 2020 | $75.45 | 2 | ATRICURE, INC. ($61.20) |
| 2019 | $1,723 | 18 | Abbott Laboratories ($1,670) |
| 2018 | $490.88 | 7 | AtriCure, Inc. ($403.39) |
| 2017 | $1,522 | 19 | AtriCure, Inc. ($1,402) |
All Payment Transactions
56 individual payment records from CMS Open Payments — Page 1 of 3
| Date | Company | Product | Nature | Form | Amount | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 06/12/2024 | Ethicon US, LLC | Harmonic (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $26.12 | General |
| Category: Energy | ||||||
| 06/12/2024 | ABIOMED | Impella (Device) | Food and Beverage | Cash or cash equivalent | $24.61 | General |
| Category: Cardiology/Vascular Diseases | ||||||
| 05/21/2024 | Baxter Healthcare | FLOSEAL (Biological) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $43.31 | General |
| Category: Surgical Care | ||||||
| 03/08/2024 | Abbott Laboratories | MITRACLIP (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $117.72 | General |
| Category: Vascular | ||||||
| 02/15/2024 | Abbott Laboratories | EPIC (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $42.97 | General |
| Category: Structural Heart | ||||||
| 06/01/2023 | Abbott Laboratories | MITRACLIP (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $116.19 | General |
| Category: Vascular | ||||||
| 04/13/2023 | Baxter Healthcare | PREVELEAK (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $46.26 | General |
| Category: Surgical Care | ||||||
| 02/07/2023 | ATRICURE, INC. | ATRICURE CRYOICE CRYOABLATION SYSTEM (CRYO2) (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $39.83 | General |
| Category: CARDIOVASCULAR | ||||||
| 06/30/2022 | Cook Medical LLC | COOK (Device) | Food and Beverage | Cash or cash equivalent | $67.34 | General |
| Category: Aortic Intervention | ||||||
| 03/01/2021 | ATRICURE, INC. | ATRICURE CRYOICE CRYOSPHERE CRYOABLATION SYSTEM (Device), ATRICLIP LAA EXCLUSION SYSTEM | Food and Beverage | Cash or cash equivalent | $23.63 | General |
| Category: CARDIOVASCULAR | ||||||
| 07/31/2020 | Cook Medical LLC | Cook Medical Angioplasty (Device) | Food and Beverage | Cash or cash equivalent | $14.25 | General |
| Category: Peripheral Intervention | ||||||
| 01/17/2020 | ATRICURE, INC. | ACC2 CARDIAC CRYOSURGICAL SYSTEM (Device), ATRICURE ATRICLIP LAA EXCLUSION | Food and Beverage | Cash or cash equivalent | $61.20 | General |
| Category: CARDIOVASCULAR | ||||||
| 11/07/2019 | Abbott Laboratories | Mitra Clip system (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $45.97 | General |
| Category: Vascular | ||||||
| 11/07/2019 | Abbott Laboratories | Mitra Clip system (Device) | Travel and Lodging | Cash or cash equivalent | $36.41 | General |
| Category: Vascular | ||||||
| 10/11/2019 | Abbott Laboratories | Mitra Clip system (Device) | Travel and Lodging | Cash or cash equivalent | $430.69 | General |
| Category: Vascular | ||||||
| 10/11/2019 | Abbott Laboratories | Mitra Clip system (Device) | Travel and Lodging | In-kind items and services | $303.97 | General |
| Category: Vascular | ||||||
| 10/11/2019 | Abbott Laboratories | Mitra Clip system (Device) | Travel and Lodging | In-kind items and services | $303.97 | General |
| Category: Vascular | ||||||
| 10/11/2019 | Abbott Laboratories | Mitra Clip system (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $70.81 | General |
| Category: Vascular | ||||||
| 10/11/2019 | Abbott Laboratories | Mitra Clip system (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $56.38 | General |
| Category: Vascular | ||||||
| 10/11/2019 | Abbott Laboratories | Mitra Clip system (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $33.83 | General |
| Category: Vascular | ||||||
| 10/11/2019 | Abbott Laboratories | Mitra Clip system (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $15.99 | General |
| Category: Vascular | ||||||
| 10/11/2019 | Abbott Laboratories | — | Travel and Lodging | In-kind items and services | $7.99 | General |
| 10/10/2019 | Abbott Laboratories | Mitra Clip system (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $93.36 | General |
| Category: Vascular | ||||||
| 10/10/2019 | Abbott Laboratories | Mitra Clip system (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $68.18 | General |
| Category: Vascular | ||||||
| 10/10/2019 | Abbott Laboratories | Mitra Clip system (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $68.11 | General |
| Category: Vascular | ||||||
Medicare Billing by Year
| Year | Procedures | Beneficiaries | Services | Submitted | Medicare Paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 1 | 14 | 15 | $11,913 | $2,764 |
| 2021 | 1 | 18 | 18 | $14,400 | $3,352 |
| 2020 | 1 | 26 | 26 | $18,500 | $4,571 |
All Medicare Procedures & Services
3 procedure records from CMS Medicare Utilization
| HCPCS | Description | Setting | Year | Patients | Services | Charges | Medicare Paid | Ratio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 99223 | Initial hospital inpatient care per day, typically 70 minutes | Facility | 2022 | 14 | 15 | $11,913 | $2,764 | 23.2% |
| 99223 | Initial hospital inpatient care, typically 70 minutes per day | Facility | 2021 | 18 | 18 | $14,400 | $3,352 | 23.3% |
| 99223 | Initial hospital inpatient care, typically 70 minutes per day | Facility | 2020 | 26 | 26 | $18,500 | $4,571 | 24.7% |
About Sandhya Balaram
Sandhya Balaram is a Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) healthcare provider based in Brooklyn, New York. This provider has been registered with the National Plan and Provider Enumeration System (NPPES) since 10/17/2005. The National Provider Identifier (NPI) number assigned to this provider is 1215926837.
According to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Open Payments database, Sandhya Balaram has received a total of $4,359 in payments from pharmaceutical and medical device companies, with $254.73 received in 2024. These payments were reported across 56 transactions from 8 companies. The most common payment nature is "Food and Beverage" ($3,176).
As a Medicare-enrolled provider, Balaram has provided services to 58 Medicare beneficiaries, totaling 59 services with total Medicare billing of $10,688. Data is available for 3 years (2020–2022), covering 3 distinct procedure/service records.
Practice Information
- Specialty Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery)
- Location Brooklyn, NY
- Active Since 10/17/2005
- Last Updated 07/04/2024
- Taxonomy Code 208G00000X
- Entity Type Individual
- NPI Number 1215926837
Products in Payments
- Mitra Clip system (Device) $1,662
- ATRICURE SYNERGY ABLATION SYSTEM (Device) $629.12
- AtriCure AtriClip LAA Exclusion System (Device) $377.30
- ATRICURE ATRICLIP LAA EXCLUSION SYSTEM (Device) $340.99
- ATRICURE CRYOSURGICAL SYSTEM (Device) $290.51
- MITRACLIP (Device) $233.91
- ATRICLIP PRO2 (Device) $105.54
- ACM1, CRYO2 (Device) $87.95
- Hercules (Device) $87.49
- COOK (Device) $67.34
- ACC2 CARDIAC CRYOSURGICAL SYSTEM (Device) $61.20
- PREVELEAK (Device) $46.26
- FLOSEAL (Biological) $43.31
- EPIC (Device) $42.97
- ATRICURE CRYOICE CRYOABLATION SYSTEM (CRYO2) (Device) $39.83
- Harmonic (Device) $26.12
- Cobra Fusion Ablation System (Device) $26.09
- Impella (Device) $24.61
- ATRICURE CRYOICE CRYOSPHERE CRYOABLATION SYSTEM (Device) $23.63
- Cook Medical Angioplasty (Device) $14.25
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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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