Medicare Enrolled

Dr. Yakov Elgudin, MD

Thoracic Surgery · Cleveland, OH
Practice pattern: Interventional & Cardiac — Practice combining interventional and cardiac services
Low-engagement
11100 EUCLID AVE, Cleveland, OH 44106
2168445770
In practice since 2006 (20 years)
NPI: 1730107996 verify on NPPES ↗
Very High
DATA COVERAGE
Data in 4 of 4 federal sources
Measures public federal data availability — not provider quality
Informational, not a quality rating. This page presents federal public records about Dr. Elgudin from CMS (NPPES, Open Payments, Medicare Provider Utilization, PECOS). It is not medical advice, an endorsement, or a judgment of clinical quality. Always consult the provider directly and a licensed clinician for medical decisions. Read methodology →
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What this data tells you about Dr. Elgudin

Dr. Yakov Elgudin is a thoracic surgery specialist in Cleveland, OH, with 20 years of NPI registration. Based on federal Medicare data, Dr. Elgudin performed 13 Medicare services across 13 unique beneficiaries.

Between the years covered by Open Payments, Dr. Elgudin received a total of $19,321 from 33 pharmaceutical and/or device companies across 217 individual payments. These payments are legal, publicly disclosed under the federal Sunshine Act, and common in thoracic surgery. Most payments are for meals and travel — low-value interactions common across virtually all practicing physicians. Patients may wish to discuss these relationships with their provider.

The Data Coverage level for Dr. Elgudin is Very High — reflecting how much public federal data is available about this provider. Patients are encouraged to use this data as one of several factors when choosing a healthcare provider.

✓ 20 years in practice ▲ 13 Medicare services $19,321 industry payments

Medicare Practice Summary

Medicare Utilization ↗
13
Medicare services
Bottom 1% in OH for thoracic surgery
Lower Medicare volume may reflect subspecialty focus, hospital-based work, or a higher share of non-Medicare patients.
13
Unique beneficiaries
$592
Avg. Medicare payment
Medicare patients only (65+ / disabled) · How to read this →
~1 Medicare services per year of practice

Top procedures by volume

Ranked by number of services performed for Medicare patients. Avg. submitted charge is what the provider billed; avg. Medicare payment is what CMS paid.

Procedure Volume Avg. paid Avg. submitted
Transcatheter aortic valve replacement via femoral artery
A minimally invasive procedure to replace a diseased aortic heart valve using a catheter inserted through the skin and femoral artery.
13 $592 $5,613
How to read this data: This reflects Medicare patients only (typically 65+). Payment amounts are what Medicare paid the provider, not your out-of-pocket cost. A higher procedure volume generally indicates more experience with that procedure.
100.0% high complexity
0.0% medium
0.0% routine

Industry Payment Transparency

Open Payments through 2024 ↗
$19,321
Total received (2018-2024)
Avg $2,760/year across 7 years
Top 20% in OH for thoracic surgery
A higher payment rank reflects disclosed industry relationships (consulting, research, speaking) common among subspecialists — not wrongdoing.
33
Companies
217
Individual payments
All payments are legal and publicly reported · Not evidence of wrongdoing · How to interpret →

Payment profile

Industry payments classified by relationship type. Not all payments are equal — research and consulting reflect different relationships than speaking programs or meals.

Meals & Travel
Food, beverages, travel, and lodging — typically low-value
$17,612 (91.2%)
Consulting
Expert advisory fees, typically reflecting recognized clinical expertise
$1,709 (8.8%)

Payment trend by year

Annual totals from pharmaceutical and medical device companies.

2024
$1,654
2023
$2,475
2022
$2,222
2021
$4,806
2020
$586
2019
$2,309
2018
$5,270

Payments by company (2024)

Consulting
Speaking
Meals & Travel
Research
Medtronic, Inc.
$356
Bolton Medical Inc
$347
Edwards Lifesciences Corporation
$282
Ethicon US, LLC
$150
Zimmer Biomet Holdings, Inc.
$146
EnableCV Inc.
$144
LeMaitre Vascular, Inc.
$88
DePuy Synthes Sales Inc.
$75
ATRICURE, INC.
$43
Argentum Medical
$19
INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC.
$5
Top 3 companies account for 59.5% of 2024 payments
All-time payments by company (2018-2024) ›
Abbott Laboratories
$6,050
Medtronic Vascular, Inc.
$3,425
Medtronic, Inc.
$2,587
ATRICURE, INC.
$1,430
Artivion, Inc.
$992
Bolton Medical Inc
$893
AtriCure, Inc.
$664
Edwards Lifesciences Corporation
$659
W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc.
$613
Cook Medical LLC
$381
ABIOMED
$342
Ethicon US, LLC
$180
Zimmer Biomet Holdings, Inc.
$159
EnableCV Inc.
$144
La Jolla Pharmaceutical Company
$120
HemoSonics LLC
$108
Corcym Inc
$102
LeMaitre Vascular, Inc.
$99
DePuy Synthes Sales Inc.
$75
Intuitive Surgical, Inc.
$63
Terumo Cardiovascular Systems Corporation
$29
BAXTER HEALTHCARE
$28
LSI SOLUTIONS INC
$26
Baxter Healthcare
$22
Argentum Medical
$19
Amgen Inc.
$18
Avanos Medical
$18
CryoLife, Inc.
$17
GENZYME CORPORATION
$16
PFIZER INC.
$15
Maquet Cardiovascular U.S. Sales, L.L.C.
$13
Esperion Therapeutics, Inc.
$12
INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC.
$5
Top 3 companies account for 62.4% of all-time payments
Associated products mentioned in payments ›
3F · ACC2 Cardiac Cryosurgical System · ATRICLIP LAA EXCLUSION SYSTEM · ATRICURE CRYOICE CRYOSPHERE CRYOABLATION SYSTEM · AVALUS · AtriCure AtriClip LAA Exclusion System · Avalus · BIOMEDICUS · C3 Delivery System · CONTOUR 3D · COOK · COR KNOT · COREVALVE EVOLUT R · COSEAL · CRYOVALVE SG PULMONARY HUMAN HEART VALVE · Cardiac non-SynerGraft · Cardioblate · Circulatory Support · Contour 3D · CoreValve Evolut · Crescent Catheter · Da Vinci Surgical System · EPI-SENSE GUIDED COAGULATION SYSTEM WITH VISITRAX · EPIC · EVERPOINT · FABRAZYME · FREESTYLE · Freestyle · GIAPREZA · GORE TAG Conformable Thoracic Endoprosthesis · GORE TAG Thoracic Branch Endoprosthesis · Grafts · HeartMate 3 Left Ventricular Assist Device · HeartMate 3 Left Ventricular Dev · Impella · MATRIXRIB · MC3 NAUTILUS(TM) ECMO OXYGENATOR · Mitra Clip system · MitraClip System · Mosaic · NEXLETOL · OCTOPUS · ON-Q* PUMP AND ACCESSORIES · Octopus · PENDITURE · PERCEVAL · PORTICO · Penditure · Perclose ProGlide suture mediated closure system · QUANTRA QPLUS SYSTEM · RAM · RELAY THORACIC STENT-GRAFT WITH PLUS DELIVERY SYSTEM · RESTOREFLOW · Relay Grafts · Relay Plus · Repatha · Resolute · SIMULUS · STERNALOCK BLU SYSTEM · SURGICEL NU-KNIT · SYNERGY ABLATION SYSTEM · Simulus · SternaLock Blu · TACHOSIL · THORATEC HEARTMATE 3 LVAS IMPLANT KIT · THRUPORT SYSTEMS INTRACLUDE INTRA-AORTIC OCCLUSION DEVICE · TREO ABDOMINAL STENT-GRAFT SYSTEM · Tri-Ad · Trifecta GT Tissue Heart Valve · VASOVIEW · VYNDAQEL · Vascutek · Virtuosaph · ZENITH ALPHA · autoLog
Should you be concerned? Payments from pharmaceutical and device companies are legal and common — 57% of U.S. physicians receive at least one. They often reflect legitimate consulting, research, or education. What matters is whether a recommended drug or device appears in your doctor's payment records. If so, consider asking your doctor about it. How to interpret this data →

Most payments (91%) are for meals and travel — low-value interactions that are common across virtually all practicing physicians.

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Geographic Context

Thoracic surgerists within 10 mi
30
Per 100K population
2.4
County median income
$62,823
Nearest hospital
LOUIS STOKES CLEVELAND VA MEDICAL CENTER
0.0 mi

Data Sources

Provider Registry NPPES Weekly updates
Medicare Enrollment PECOS Monthly updates
Practice Data Medicare Util. Annual (CY lag)
Industry Payments Open Payments CY 2024
Disciplinary History — Not public N/A

This provider has data in 4 of 4 available federal datasets, with a Data Coverage level of Very High. This reflects how much public data is available about a provider. How we calculate this →

Summary

Dr. Elgudin is an interventional & cardiac specialist, with moderate Medicare volume, with low-engagement industry engagement in the top 20% of OH peers, with 20 years of NPI registration.

This summary is auto-generated from federal data, describing data availability and patterns. Read our methodology →

Frequently Asked Questions

Is Dr. Elgudin experienced with transcatheter aortic valve replacement via femoral artery?
Based on Medicare claims data, Dr. Elgudin performed 13 transcatheter aortic valve replacement via femoral artery services. Research suggests that higher procedure volume is often associated with better outcomes, particularly for complex procedures. Note that Medicare data only captures patients aged 65 and older, so the total practice volume across all patients is likely higher.
Does Dr. Elgudin receive payments from pharmaceutical companies?
Yes. Dr. Elgudin received a total of $19,321 from 33 companies across 217 individual payments. These payments are legal, publicly disclosed under the federal Sunshine Act, and common among physicians — 57% of all U.S. physicians receive at least one industry payment. Patients may wish to ask their doctor about these relationships, especially if a recommended drug or device appears in the payment records.
How do Dr. Elgudin's costs compare to other thoracic surgerists in Cleveland?
Dr. Elgudin's average Medicare payment per service is $592. Note that these figures represent what Medicare pays, not your out-of-pocket cost, which depends on your specific insurance plan and deductible. Procedure-level data above shows both what was submitted and what Medicare paid for each service type.
What does Data Coverage mean?
Data Coverage (currently Very High for Dr. Elgudin) measures how much public federal data is available about a provider. It is not a quality rating. A "Very High" or "High" level means the provider has data across multiple federal sources (NPPES, PECOS, Medicare Utilization, Open Payments), indicating a long track record of practice, Medicare participation, and industry disclosure. A "Low" or "Moderate" level may simply mean the provider is newer, does not see Medicare patients, or has not received any industry payments — none of which are inherently negative. Read our full methodology →
Is this data up to date?
Each data source has its own update cycle. Provider registry data (NPPES) is updated weekly. Medicare enrollment (PECOS) is updated monthly. Medicare practice data has a ~2 year lag — the most recent available is typically 2 years prior. Industry payment data (Open Payments) is published annually, usually in June, covering the prior calendar year. We display the data date prominently on each section so you always know how current it is. See our data freshness policy →
About this page

All data on this page is sourced verbatim from public federal records published by the U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS): NPPES ↗, Open Payments ↗, Medicare Provider Utilization ↗, and PECOS. Publication is mandated by the Physician Payments Sunshine Act (§6002 ACA, 42 U.S.C. §1320a-7h) and the Freedom of Information Act.

This page is not medical advice, an endorsement, a recommendation, or a quality rating. Data Coverage reflects data completeness — how much federal information exists for this provider — not clinical performance, patient outcomes, or quality of care. Always verify information directly with the provider and consult a licensed clinician before making medical decisions.

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Data Disclaimer — Data sourced from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS): National Plan and Provider Enumeration System (NPPES), Open Payments program, Medicare Provider Utilization and Payment Data, and Provider Enrollment & Certification data (PECOS). Published under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA). This website is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or authorized by CMS, HHS, or the U.S. Government. Data may contain errors as reported to CMS by providers and reporting entities. Payments from industry are legal and do not indicate wrongdoing. Medicare data reflects only patients aged 65+ or those with qualifying disabilities. For corrections, contact CMS directly. This information does not constitute medical advice and should not be used as the sole basis for choosing a healthcare provider. Procedure descriptions use plain language and do not reference CPT® codes, which are copyrighted by the American Medical Association. Full methodology → · Report a data error → · Privacy policy →