Varun Avula
NPI: 1356754949
Total Payments
$29,273
2024 Payments
$16,381
Companies
36
Transactions
375
Medicare Patients
1,124
Medicare Billing
$85,466
Payment Breakdown by Category
Food & Beverage$14,264 (48.7%)
Other$7,705 (26.3%)
Travel$7,235 (24.7%)
Education$68.99 (0.2%)
Payments by Nature
| Nature of Payment | Amount | Transactions | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Food and Beverage | $14,264 | 355 | 48.7% |
| Travel and Lodging | $7,235 | 12 | 24.7% |
| Compensation for serving as faculty or as a speaker for a medical education program | $6,600 | 4 | 22.5% |
| Grant | $1,105 | 3 | 3.8% |
| Education | $68.99 | 1 | 0.2% |
Top Paying Companies
| Company | Total | Records | Latest Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medtronic, Inc. | $12,761 | 103 | $0 (2024) |
| ShockWave Medical, Inc | $7,850 | 42 | $0 (2024) |
| Boston Scientific Corporation | $1,598 | 17 | $0 (2024) |
| Edwards Lifesciences Corporation | $1,218 | 37 | $0 (2024) |
| ABIOMED | $1,179 | 24 | $0 (2024) |
| Abbott Laboratories | $1,109 | 24 | $0 (2024) |
| Inari Medical, Inc. | $926.58 | 14 | $0 (2024) |
| AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP | $433.28 | 17 | $0 (2024) |
| ZOLL Services LLC (A/K/A ZOLL LifeCor Corp) | $323.88 | 28 | $0 (2024) |
| Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | $203.74 | 6 | $0 (2024) |
Payment History by Year
| Year | Amount | Transactions | Top Company |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $16,381 | 176 | Medtronic, Inc. ($9,621) |
| 2023 | $6,041 | 94 | ShockWave Medical, Inc ($2,918) |
| 2022 | $2,832 | 52 | Medtronic, Inc. ($1,471) |
| 2021 | $2,384 | 34 | Medtronic, Inc. ($504.35) |
| 2020 | $1,262 | 7 | Boston Scientific Corporation ($1,157) |
| 2019 | $47.74 | 1 | Edwards Lifesciences Corporation ($47.74) |
| 2018 | $265.77 | 8 | Abbott Laboratories ($252.42) |
| 2017 | $59.45 | 3 | Abbott Laboratories ($30.20) |
All Payment Transactions
375 individual payment records from CMS Open Payments — Page 1 of 15
| Date | Company | Product | Nature | Form | Amount | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12/30/2024 | Medtronic, Inc. | COREVALVE EVOLUT R (Device) | Travel and Lodging | In-kind items and services | $5,758.91 | General |
| Category: Transcatheter Valve Systems | ||||||
| 12/30/2024 | Medtronic, Inc. | COREVALVE EVOLUT R (Device) | Travel and Lodging | In-kind items and services | $35.07 | General |
| Category: Transcatheter Valve Systems | ||||||
| 12/12/2024 | ShockWave Medical, Inc | Shockwave IVL System with the Shockwave C2 Coronary IVL Catheter (Device) | Compensation for serving as faculty or as a speaker for a medical education program | Cash or cash equivalent | $2,750.00 | General |
| Category: Lithoplasty | ||||||
| 12/09/2024 | Bayer Healthcare Pharmaceuticals Inc. | Kerendia (Drug) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $13.22 | General |
| Category: Cardio-renal | ||||||
| 12/04/2024 | ZOLL Services LLC (A/K/A ZOLL LifeCor Corp) | LifeVest (Device) | Food and Beverage | Cash or cash equivalent | $10.11 | General |
| Category: Electromedical and Electrotherapeutic Apparatus | ||||||
| 12/04/2024 | Edwards Lifesciences Corporation | EDWARDS SAPIEN 3 TRANSCATHETER HEART VALVE (THV) (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $4.22 | General |
| Category: Transcatheter Heart Valves | ||||||
| 11/22/2024 | ZOLL Services LLC (A/K/A ZOLL LifeCor Corp) | LifeVest (Device) | Food and Beverage | Cash or cash equivalent | $5.59 | General |
| Category: Electromedical and Electrotherapeutic Apparatus | ||||||
| 11/12/2024 | Medtronic, Inc. | COREVALVE EVOLUT R (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $149.47 | General |
| Category: Transcatheter Valve Systems | ||||||
| 11/12/2024 | ZOLL Services LLC (A/K/A ZOLL LifeCor Corp) | LifeVest (Device) | Food and Beverage | Cash or cash equivalent | $25.09 | General |
| Category: Electromedical and Electrotherapeutic Apparatus | ||||||
| 11/12/2024 | Medtronic, Inc. | COREVALVE EVOLUT R (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $6.77 | General |
| Category: Transcatheter Valve Systems | ||||||
| 11/12/2024 | ABIOMED | Impella (Device) | Food and Beverage | Cash or cash equivalent | $3.30 | General |
| Category: Cardiology/Vascular Diseases | ||||||
| 11/04/2024 | PFIZER INC. | VYNDAQEL (Drug) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $15.65 | General |
| Category: CARDIOVASCULAR | ||||||
| 10/31/2024 | ShockWave Medical, Inc | Shockwave IVL System with the Shockwave C2 Coronary IVL Catheter (Device) | Compensation for serving as faculty or as a speaker for a medical education program | Cash or cash equivalent | $550.00 | General |
| Category: Lithoplasty | ||||||
| 10/30/2024 | PFIZER INC. | ELIQUIS (Drug) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $20.06 | General |
| Category: CARDIOVASCULAR;METABOLIC DISEASE | ||||||
| 10/30/2024 | Edwards Lifesciences Corporation | SAPIEN 3 Ultra RESILIA (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $9.97 | General |
| Category: Transcatheter Heart Valves | ||||||
| 10/29/2024 | Abbott Laboratories | CARDIOMEMS (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $14.63 | General |
| Category: Heart Failure | ||||||
| 10/29/2024 | ZOLL Services LLC (A/K/A ZOLL LifeCor Corp) | LifeVest (Device) | Food and Beverage | Cash or cash equivalent | $12.10 | General |
| Category: Electromedical and Electrotherapeutic Apparatus | ||||||
| 10/24/2024 | iRhythm Technologies, Inc. | Zio monitor (Device), ZIO XT Patch | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $14.74 | General |
| Category: Cardiology/Vascular Diseases | ||||||
| 10/23/2024 | Medtronic, Inc. | COREVALVE EVOLUT R (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $9.73 | General |
| Category: Transcatheter Valve Systems | ||||||
| 10/22/2024 | Medtronic, Inc. | COREVALVE EVOLUT R (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $159.05 | General |
| Category: Transcatheter Valve Systems | ||||||
| 10/22/2024 | ZOLL Services LLC (A/K/A ZOLL LifeCor Corp) | LifeVest (Device) | Food and Beverage | Cash or cash equivalent | $5.00 | General |
| Category: Electromedical and Electrotherapeutic Apparatus | ||||||
| 10/17/2024 | Inspire Medical Systems, Inc. | INSPIRE (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $43.96 | General |
| Category: NEUROLOGY | ||||||
| 10/14/2024 | ABIOMED | Impella (Device) | Food and Beverage | Cash or cash equivalent | $5.00 | General |
| Category: Cardiology/Vascular Diseases | ||||||
| 10/09/2024 | Edwards Lifesciences Corporation | SAPIEN 3 Ultra RESILIA (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $62.43 | General |
| Category: Transcatheter Heart Valves | ||||||
| 10/09/2024 | Edwards Lifesciences Corporation | Edwards SAPIEN 3 Ultra Transcatheter Heart Valve (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $4.14 | General |
| Category: Transcatheter Heart Valves | ||||||
Medicare Billing by Year
| Year | Procedures | Beneficiaries | Services | Submitted | Medicare Paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 12 | 464 | 493 | $119,232 | $39,991 |
| 2022 | 13 | 496 | 573 | $90,470 | $36,684 |
| 2021 | 6 | 164 | 174 | $18,622 | $8,791 |
Total Patients
1,124
Total Services
1,240
Medicare Billing
$85,466
Procedure Codes
34
All Medicare Procedures & Services
34 procedure records from CMS Medicare Utilization — Page 1 of 2
| HCPCS | Description | Setting | Year | Patients | Services | Charges | Medicare Paid | Ratio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 99214 | Established patient office or other outpatient visit, 30-39 minutes | Office | 2023 | 108 | 129 | $22,237 | $10,980 | 49.4% |
| 33361 | Replacement of aortic valve through the skin and femoral artery | Facility | 2023 | 11 | 11 | $21,901 | $6,267 | 28.6% |
| 93458 | Insertion of tube in left lower heart chamber and coronary artery for diagnosis with review by radiologist | Facility | 2023 | 29 | 29 | $25,520 | $5,194 | 20.4% |
| 99204 | New patient office or other outpatient visit, 45-59 minutes | Office | 2023 | 33 | 33 | $8,580 | $3,682 | 42.9% |
| 93306 | Ultrasound of heart with color-depicted blood flow, rate, direction and valve function | Office | 2023 | 71 | 71 | $9,563 | $3,462 | 36.2% |
| 93456 | Insertion of tube in right heart chambers and coronary artery for diagnosis with review by radiologist | Facility | 2023 | 12 | 12 | $10,296 | $2,771 | 26.9% |
| 99223 | Initial hospital care with moderate level of medical decision making, if using time, at least 75 minutes | Facility | 2023 | 20 | 20 | $7,088 | $2,664 | 37.6% |
| 93306 | Ultrasound of heart with color-depicted blood flow, rate, direction and valve function | Facility | 2023 | 49 | 49 | $5,782 | $1,746 | 30.2% |
| 99232 | Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making, if using time, at least 35 minutes | Facility | 2023 | 16 | 22 | $3,206 | $1,336 | 41.7% |
| 99213 | Established patient office or other outpatient visit, 20-29 minutes | Office | 2023 | 13 | 13 | $1,534 | $862.62 | 56.2% |
| 93000 | Routine electrocardiogram (ecg) using at least 12 leads with interpretation and report | Office | 2023 | 42 | 44 | $1,980 | $438.00 | 22.1% |
| 99152 | Use of a drug to induce depression of consciousness by physician performing a procedure (5 years or older), initial 15 minutes | Facility | 2023 | 46 | 46 | $820.00 | $433.38 | 52.9% |
| 76937 | Ultrasonic guidance for blood vessel access | Facility | 2023 | 14 | 14 | $725.00 | $152.88 | 21.1% |
| 93458 | Insertion of tube in left lower heart chamber and coronary artery for diagnosis with review by radiologist | Facility | 2022 | 27 | 27 | $23,760 | $5,613 | 23.6% |
| 99213 | Established patient office or other outpatient visit, 20-29 minutes | Office | 2022 | 61 | 80 | $9,593 | $5,298 | 55.2% |
| 99233 | Follow-up hospital inpatient care per day, typically 35 minutes | Facility | 2022 | 37 | 60 | $10,020 | $4,614 | 46.1% |
| 99232 | Follow-up hospital inpatient care per day, typically 25 minutes | Facility | 2022 | 43 | 74 | $8,584 | $4,063 | 47.3% |
| 93306 | Ultrasound of heart with color-depicted blood flow, rate, direction and valve function | Office | 2022 | 61 | 62 | $8,738 | $3,595 | 41.1% |
| 93306 | Ultrasound of heart with color-depicted blood flow, rate, direction and valve function | Facility | 2022 | 69 | 69 | $8,142 | $3,590 | 44.1% |
| 78452 | Nuclear medicine studies of heart muscle at rest and with stress and spect | Office | 2022 | 14 | 14 | $4,580 | $2,269 | 49.5% |
| 99203 | New patient office or other outpatient visit, 30-44 minutes | Office | 2022 | 29 | 29 | $4,901 | $2,075 | 42.3% |
| 99214 | Established patient office or other outpatient visit, 30-39 minutes | Office | 2022 | 16 | 16 | $2,736 | $1,584 | 57.9% |
| 99221 | Initial hospital inpatient care per day, typically 30 minutes | Facility | 2022 | 21 | 21 | $3,423 | $1,550 | 45.3% |
| 99222 | Initial hospital inpatient care per day, typically 50 minutes | Facility | 2022 | 12 | 12 | $2,640 | $1,252 | 47.4% |
| 99152 | Use of a drug to induce depression of consciousness by physician performing a procedure (5 years or older), initial 15 minutes | Facility | 2022 | 51 | 53 | $901.00 | $513.89 | 57.0% |
About Varun Avula
Varun Avula is a Student in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program healthcare provider based in Butler, Pennsylvania. This provider has been registered with the National Plan and Provider Enumeration System (NPPES) since 06/11/2014. The National Provider Identifier (NPI) number assigned to this provider is 1356754949.
According to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Open Payments database, Varun Avula has received a total of $29,273 in payments from pharmaceutical and medical device companies, with $16,381 received in 2024. These payments were reported across 375 transactions from 36 companies. The most common payment nature is "Food and Beverage" ($14,264).
As a Medicare-enrolled provider, Avula has provided services to 1,124 Medicare beneficiaries, totaling 1,240 services with total Medicare billing of $85,466. Data is available for 3 years (2021–2023), covering 34 distinct procedure/service records.
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Practice Information
- Specialty Student in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program
- Other Specialties Cardiovascular Disease
- Location Butler, PA
- Active Since 06/11/2014
- Last Updated 09/08/2021
- Taxonomy Code 390200000X
- Entity Type Individual
- Practice Solo Practitioner
- NPI Number 1356754949
Products in Payments
- COREVALVE EVOLUT R (Device) $12,257
- Shockwave IVL System with the Shockwave C2 Coronary IVL Catheter (Device) $4,491
- SHOCKWAVE IVL SYSTEM WITH THE SHOCKWAVE C2 CORONARY IVL CATHETER (Device) $3,054
- Impella (Device) $1,179
- GENERAL - STRUCTURAL (Device) $1,105
- FLOWTRIEVER CATHETER, S (Device) $926.58
- AMPLATZER AMULET (Device) $727.53
- CoreValve Evolut (Device) $504.35
- Edwards SAPIEN 3 Ultra Transcatheter Heart Valve (Device) $498.44
- LifeVest (Device) $323.88
- SAPIEN 3 Ultra RESILIA (Device) $314.59
- Vascular Lithotripsy (Device) $258.03
- BRILINTA (Drug) $223.32
- WATCHMAN (Device) $221.73
- JARDIANCE (Drug) $203.74
- WATCHMAN Access System (Device) $168.32
- XARELTO (Drug) $159.64
- Kerendia (Drug) $148.97
- FARXIGA (Drug) $147.98
- Diamondback Coronary (Device) $137.34
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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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