RxDoctor Payments Data

Andre Gauri, MD

Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology · Grand Rapids, MINPI 1215928684

Payments from drug & device makers

What this record shows

The money is spread across several categories — consulting fees (46.9%), speaking fees and food and beverage — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 21 manufacturers reported payments, led by Medtronic at 42.5% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2022 at $34,529 and has fallen 78.7% since, to $7,362 in 2025. Among clinical cardiac electrophysiology clinicians in MI with any reported payments, this total sits in the top 10% — high for the specialty, which is a reason to read the composition above rather than the number alone.

$125,512in general payments, 2019–2025

Across 342 payments — averaging $366.99 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.

  • Medtronic$53K
  • Atricure, Inc.$48K
  • Irhythm Technologies, Inc.$9K
  • Boston Scientific$7K
  • Abbott$5K
  • Biosense Webster, Inc.$2K
  • plus $2K from 15 others
$367,134in research payments, 2019–2025

Across 103 payments — averaging $3564.41 each. Payments tied to a research study. These frequently flow through the physician to a hospital or research institution rather than to the physician personally.

  • Medtronic$261K
  • Boston Scientific$90K
  • Medical Device Business Services, Inc.$17K

What the payments were for

  • Consulting fees$58,92547%
  • Speaking & faculty fees$36,05029%
  • Grants$2,5002%
  • Travel & lodging$11,7419%
  • Food & beverage$16,28213%
  • Education$140%

General payments by program year

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Who reported the general payments

Companies are grouped under their corporate parent — a single manufacturer often files under several CMS reporting entities. Research and ownership payments are counted separately and are not in this table.

What the payments were tied to

Products named in the reported payments. Only payments of $100 or more are attributed here — the typical reported payment nationally is a meal worth about $16, and listing those product-by-product would be noise.

How this compares

$125,512 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 105 clinical cardiac electrophysiology providers in Michigan.

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Medicare billing

Part B allowed, 2024
$97,355
Medicare patients
659
Services billed
1,636

What this is not: this is the amount Original Medicare Part B allowed for services this provider billed in 2024. It is not their income. It excludes Medicare Advantage — now more than half of all Medicare enrollment — along with Medicaid and all commercial insurance, and it is gross practice revenue before staff, rent, supplies and malpractice premiums. CMS also suppresses any figure covering ten or fewer patients, so low-volume providers appear smaller than they are.

Most prescribed under Part D

DrugClaimsCost to plans & patients
EliquisApixaban558$728,128
XareltoRivaroxaban196$235,977
MultaqDronedarone Hcl21$42,982
Dofetilide103$30,270
Flecainide Acetate195$11,677
Metoprolol Succinate323$11,606
Diltiazem 24hr Er (Cd)Diltiazem Hcl95$4,907
Amiodarone Hcl152$3,570
Propafenone Hcl ErPropafenone Hcl12$3,260
SotalolSotalol Hcl67$2,146
Digoxin32$1,081
Cartia XtDiltiazem Hcl11$375
Omeprazole21$297
Carvedilol11$269
Metoprolol Tartrate25$178

Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.

Companies that both paid and supply prescribed drugs

These companies both reported payments to this provider and make drugs the provider prescribed under Medicare Part D in 2024. For most specialties this overlap is expected — a cardiologist who is paid by a cardiology drugmaker also treats heart disease. It is shown so the reader can see it, not because it implies anything on its own.

CompanyPaid to this providerPart D cost of their drugs
PfizerEliquis$16$728,128558 claims
Johnson & JohnsonXarelto$175$235,977196 claims

Reading this fairly. The Part D column is what drug plans and patients paid pharmacies — this provider received none of it, and it reflects how many patients they treat and what those drugs cost. Against peers, this provider's reported payments sit in the 90th percentile of 105 clinical cardiac electrophysiology providers in Michigan.

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