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Bledi Zaku
NPI 1275846727
$27,095.89
in general payments reported to CMS, 2019-2025
22 companies · $4,246 in 2025
The $4,246 reported for 2025 was more than what 80% of Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) providers received nationally (typical 2025 total: $796).
See the full distribution for Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery)
Payments by year
General payments by program year, as reported to CMS.
General payments by year: 2019: $1,062 · 2020: $5,945 · 2021: $2,938 · 2022: $4,338 · 2023: $3,845 · 2024: $4,722 · 2025: $4,246.
What the payments were for
Nature of payment as categorized by the reporting companies: meals, consulting, travel, and so on.
Food and Beverage: $13K.
View as a table
| Payment type | Amount (2023-2025) |
|---|---|
| Food and Beverage | $12,813.28 |
Payment-type detail covers 2023-2025; earlier years are included in totals but not broken out here.
Who reported paying
General payments only, as reported to CMS. Product names cover 2023-2025.
| Company | General payments | Years | Top products |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medtronic, INC. | $10,562.16 | 2021-2025 | Corevalve Evolut R, Avalus, Mosaic |
| Edwards Lifesciences Corporation | $7,994.52 | 2019-2025 | Mitris Resilia Mitral Valve, Inspiris Resilia Aortic Valve, Edwards Sapien 3 Ultra Transcatheter Heart Valve |
| Atricure, INC. | $3,784.41 | 2019-2025 | Atriclip Laa Exclusion System, Epi-Sense Guided Coagulation System With Visitrax, Atricure Cryoice Cryoablation System (Cryo2) |
| Medtronic Vascular, INC. | $1,350.85 | 2019-2020 | |
| Abbott Laboratories | $1,348.09 | 2021-2025 | Navitor, Mitraclip |
| Abiomed | $1,070.14 | 2022-2025 | Impella |
| Angiodynamics, INC. | $170.81 | 2019-2023 | Angiovac |
| Kci USA, INC. | $140.60 | 2021 | |
| Philips North America LLC | $132.15 | 2020 | |
| Zoll Services LLC (A/K/A Zoll Lifecor Corp) | $119.38 | 2022-2023 | Lifevest |
| Zimmer Biomet Holdings, INC. | $87.07 | 2021-2022 | |
| Baxter Healthcare | $68.23 | 2020-2021 | |
| Ethicon US, LLC | $50.49 | 2019-2020 | |
| Davol INC. | $49.95 | 2021 | |
| Lsi Solutions INC | $43.63 | 2025 | Cor-Knot |
Show all 22 companies
| Company | General payments | Years | Top products |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kls-Martin L.P. | $23.34 | 2020 | |
| Haemonetics Corporation | $19.38 | 2022 | |
| Artivion, INC. | $19.27 | 2021 | |
| Molnlycke Health Care US, LLC | $17.23 | 2023 | Avance, Mepilex Border Ag |
| Seapearl East, INC | $16.92 | 2025 | |
| Pfizer INC. | $13.68 | 2019 | |
| E.R. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. | $13.59 | 2019 |
Drugs and devices associated with these payments
CMS records which products a payment was associated with, not how the money was allocated. Association is not allocation: one payment can be associated with several products, and a product listing does not mean the payment was made because of that product. Product detail covers 2023-2025.
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- "I saw Bledi Zaku listed in the CMS Open Payments database. Can you tell me about your work with those companies?"
- "Is there a generic or alternative to this medication, and would it work as well for me?"
- "What made you choose this particular treatment for my situation?"
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Source: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019-2025, as reported to CMS by drug and device makers (published June 30, 2026). Drug and device detail covers 2023-2025.