Physician profile

Scott B Baron

Interventional Cardiology · Carmichael, CA

NPI 1215038930

$230,680.58

in general payments reported to CMS, 2019-2025

44 companies · $12K in 2025

The $12K reported for 2025 was more than what 90% of Interventional Cardiology providers received nationally (typical 2025 total: $1,092).

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Payments by year

General payments by program year, as reported to CMS.

What the payments were for

Nature of payment as categorized by the reporting companies: meals, consulting, travel, and so on.

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Payment typeAmount (2023-2025)
Compensation For Services Other Than Consulting, Including Serving As Faculty Or As A Speaker At A Venue Other Than A Continuing Education Program$77,695.00
Travel and Lodging$15,144.91
Honoraria$7,560.00
Food and Beverage$4,776.89

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.

CompanyGeneral paymentsYearsTop products
Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC $128,360.46 2021-2024 Verquvo
Amgen INC. $39,579.67 2019-2025 Repatha, Repatha
Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation $13,787.72 2019-2022
Pfizer INC. $12,759.88 2019-2022
Lexicon Pharmaceuticals, INC. $9,174.20 2023 Inpefa
E.R. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. $6,126.08 2019-2025 Camzyos, Eliquis
Abbott Laboratories $5,865.42 2019-2023 Mitraclip
Astrazeneca Pharmaceuticals LP $4,122.25 2019-2023 Farxiga
Medtronic, INC. $2,502.11 2021-2025 Ffrangio, Telescope, Symplicity G3
Sanofi-Aventis U.S. LLC $2,195.21 2019-2022
Medtronic Vascular, INC. $1,525.95 2019-2020
Boston Scientific Corporation $597.26 2019-2022
Janssen Pharmaceuticals, INC $509.77 2019-2022
Abiomed $358.03 2020-2023 Impella
Inari Medical, INC. $324.32 2020-2024 Flowtriever Catheter, S, Ct Thrombectomy System Kit
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CompanyGeneral paymentsYearsTop products
Novo Nordisk INC $278.35 2020-2022
Actelion Pharmaceuticals US, INC. $271.96 2019-2022
Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals, INC. $249.25 2019-2022
Shockwave Medical, INC $243.05 2022-2025 Shockwave Ivl System With The Shockwave C2 Coronary Ivl Catheter, Shockwave Ivl System With The Shockwave C2 Coronary Ivl Catheter
Bayer Healthcare Pharmaceuticals INC. $225.40 2020-2022
Amarin Pharma, INC. $224.79 2019-2022
Philips North America LLC $206.76 2019-2022
W. L. Gore & Associates, INC. $174.63 2025 Gore Cardioform Septal Occluder
Kestra Medical Technology Services, INC. $167.38 2023 Assure Wcd
Cvrx, INC. $108.69 2024 Barostim Neo System
Esperion Therapeutics, INC. $87.86 2020-2021
Kiniksa Pharmaceuticals, LTD. $85.38 2021-2022
United Therapeutics Corporation $80.74 2019-2022
Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, INC. $64.57 2019-2021
Portola Pharmaceuticals, LLC $63.70 2019
Zoll Services LLC (A/K/A Zoll Lifecor Corp) $59.72 2019-2022
Arbor Pharmaceuticals, INC. $36.87 2021-2022
Bardy Diagnostics, INC. $33.76 2019
Edwards Lifesciences Corporation $31.02 2019
Janssen Scientific Affairs, LLC $29.25 2022
Chiesi USA, INC. $27.27 2020
Livanova USA, INC. $26.66 2021
Kowa Pharmaceuticals America, INC. $26.11 2019-2020
Angiodynamics, INC. $20.15 2021
Biotronik INC. $19.43 2019
Gilead Sciences, INC. $19.12 2019
Heartflow, INC. $16.13 2019
Cathworks, INC. $14.25 2021

1 company reported research payments only; those appear in the research section below.

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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Payment summary

Scott B Baron

$230,680.58

in general payments reported 2019-2025

Years
2019-2025
Top company
Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC
Context
The $12K reported for 2025 was more than what 90% of Interventional Cardiology providers received nationally (typical 2025 total: $1,092).

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Source: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019-2025. Payments are legal and often routine.

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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.