Antony Chu, MD
Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology · Bemidji, MNNPI 1063573764
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — food and beverage (41.0%), consulting fees and travel and lodging — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 13 manufacturers reported payments, led by Medtronic at 29.4% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2022 at $5,681 and has fallen 83.4% since, to $942 in 2025.
Across 113 payments — averaging $140.98 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Medtronic$5K
- Substrate HD$3K
- Boston Scientific$2K
- Volta Medical Inc$2K
- Biotronik Inc.$1K
- Abbott$897
- plus $2K from 7 others
Across 13 payments — averaging $12,113 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$157K
Across 5 payments — averaging $2626.63 each. An ownership or investment interest held by the physician or an immediate family member.
- Substrate HD$13K
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$4,56729%
- Speaking & faculty fees$6724%
- Travel & lodging$4,16826%
- Food & beverage$6,52441%
General payments by program year
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.
| Company | Payments | Total |
|---|---|---|
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 44 | $4,676 |
| Substrate HD | 1 | $3,250 |
| Boston Scientific | 24 | $2,239 |
| Volta Medical Inc | 1 | $1,650 |
| Biotronik Inc. | 17 | $1,297 |
| Abbott | 11 | $897 |
| Pacira Pharmaceuticals Incorporated | 1 | $672 |
| Dr.reddy's Laboratories,inc. | 1 | $542 |
| Biosense Webster, Inc. | 7 | $306 |
| Impulse Dynamics (USA) Inc. | 3 | $171 |
| Penumbra, Inc. | 1 | $90 |
| ZOLL Services LLC (a/k/a ZOLL Lifecor Corp) | 1 | $80 |
| Infobionic, Inc | 1 | $61 |
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.
- VX1$1,650
- EMBLEM MRI S-ICD$918
- EXPAREL$672
- LINQ II$318
- Rivacor$258
- Edora$258
- BioMonitor$258
- Acticor$258
- Solia$258
- Micra$216
- WATCHMAN Access System$144
- EnSite Precision Cardiac Mapping System$135
- Assurity Pacemaker$126
- INGEVITY$124
- ENSITE PRECISION$113
- Acticor 7 VR-T DX$107
- Edora 8 DR-T$103
How this compares
$15,931 in reported general payments places this provider in the 60th percentile of 72 clinical cardiac electrophysiology providers in Minnesota.
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Medicare billing
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
| Drug | Claims | Cost to plans & patients |
|---|---|---|
| EliquisApixaban | 12 | $19,731 |
| Flecainide Acetate | 11 | $304 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other clinical cardiac electrophysiology in Bemidji
- Samuel AsirvathamRochester$1M
- John SchoenhardSt Cloud$210K
- Daniel MelbyMinneapolis$94K
- Suraj KapaRochester$92K
- David HayesRochester$86K
- Paul FriedmanRochester$83K
- Keith LurieSt Cloud$74K
- Vy JocsonRobbinsdale$64K
- Venkatakrishna TholakanahalliMinneapolis$62K
- Mohsan ChaudhrySaint Cloud$55K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Billing: Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners, data year 2024. Original Medicare Part B only.
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.