Arshneel Kochar, MD
Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology · Cleveland, OHNPI 1679968085
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — travel and lodging (45.8%), grants and food and beverage — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 8 manufacturers reported payments, led by Abbott at 43.4% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2022 at $26,582 and has fallen 86.8% since, to $3,511 in 2025.
Across 245 payments — averaging $199.63 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Abbott$21K
- Boston Scientific$12K
- Medtronic$11K
- Biotronik Inc.$4K
- Philips North America LLC$322
- ZOLL Services LLC (a/k/a ZOLL Lifecor Corp)$87
- plus $55 from 2 others
What the payments were for
- Grants$15,00031%
- Travel & lodging$22,40146%
- Food & beverage$10,67622%
- Education$8312%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Abbott | 71 | $21,220 |
| Boston Scientific | 36 | $11,978 |
| Medtronic | 102 | $10,984 |
| Biotronik Inc. | 28 | $4,262 |
| Philips North America LLC | 3 | $322 |
| ZOLL Services LLC (a/k/a ZOLL Lifecor Corp) | 3 | $87 |
| Novo Nordisk | 1 | $35 |
| Volta Medical Inc | 1 | $21 |
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.
- EMBLEM MRI S-ICD$5,000
- ENSITE$4,390
- ENSITE PRECISION$3,515
- Rivacor 7 DR-T$1,248
- Acticor 7 VR-T DX$1,248
- Edora 8 DR-T$1,248
- AVEIR$1,050
- WATCHMAN Access System$823
- Micra$814
- Rhythmia Mapping System$785
- Solia$778
- BioMonitor$778
- Sentus$471
- AFFERA MAPPING SYSTEM$469
- NA$458
- AURORA EV-ICD MRI SURESCAN$398
- EVERA MRI XT DR SURESCAN$386
- ARCTIC FRONT ADVANCE$296
- Arctic Front$239
- GENERAL EP$158
How this compares
$48,908 in reported general payments places this provider in the 80th percentile of 159 clinical cardiac electrophysiology providers in Ohio.
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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 | 134 | $122,707 |
| XareltoRivaroxaban | 19 | $11,568 |
| Flecainide Acetate | 33 | $3,348 |
| Metoprolol Succinate | 114 | $1,500 |
| Amiodarone Hcl | 37 | $449 |
| Carvedilol | 17 | $187 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other clinical cardiac electrophysiology in Cleveland
- Walid SalibaCleveland$511K
- Bruce WilkoffCleveland$213K
- Judith MackallCleveland$129K
- Albert WaldoCleveland$127K
- Thomas CallahanCleveland$119K
- Ayman HusseinCleveland$98K
- Muhammad ButtCleveland$82K
- Shady NakhlaCleveland$47K
- Mauricio ArrudaCleveland$38K
- Maki OnoCleveland$37K
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.