Ashish Patel, MD
Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology · Raleigh, NCNPI 1831366731
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — speaking fees (40.0%), travel and lodging and food and beverage — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 17 manufacturers reported payments, led by Boston Scientific at 36.9% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $8,971 and has fallen 70.3% since, to $2,661 in 2025. That places this record below the midpoint for clinical cardiac electrophysiology clinicians in NC, where the typical reported total is $16,673.
Across 141 payments — averaging $106.36 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Boston Scientific$6K
- Biosense Webster, Inc.$4K
- Biotronik Inc.$2K
- Abbott$2K
- Medical Device Business Services, Inc.$971
- Medtronic$334
- plus $644 from 11 others
Across 51 payments — averaging $3771.69 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.
- Biosense Webster, Inc.$106K
- Abbott$47K
- Boston Scientific$21K
- Medical Device Business Services, Inc.$18K
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$2,05014%
- Speaking & faculty fees$6,00040%
- Travel & lodging$3,46023%
- Food & beverage$3,39223%
- Entertainment$951%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Boston Scientific | 28 | $5,532 |
| Biosense Webster, Inc. | 56 | $3,541 |
| Biotronik Inc. | 4 | $2,183 |
| Abbott | 13 | $1,792 |
| Medical Device Business Services, Inc. | 7 | $971 |
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 8 | $334 |
| Siemens Medical Solutions USA, Inc. | 4 | $162 |
| Irhythm Technologies, Inc. | 4 | $101 |
| Globus Medical | 1 | $99 |
| Musculoskeletal Transplant Foundation Inc. | 1 | $95 |
| ZOLL Services LLC (a/k/a ZOLL Lifecor Corp) | 9 | $62 |
| Cardiva Medical, Inc. | 1 | $25 |
| Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC | 1 | $24 |
| Daiichi Sankyo Inc. | 1 | $21 |
| Baxter Healthcare | 1 | $20 |
| Atricure, Inc. | 1 | $20 |
| Kestra Medical Technology Services, Inc. | 1 | $15 |
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.
- Watchman$4,000
- Carto 3$1,858
- TactiCath Quartz CFA Catheter$1,454
- GENERAL - THERAPIES$1,156
- Assurity Pacemaker$230
- ACUSON Origin Diagnostic Ultrasound System$143
- BioMonitor$132
- Solia$132
- Edora$132
- Acticor$132
- Rivacor$132
- QDOT MICRO Catheter$114
How this compares
$14,997 in reported general payments places this provider in the 40th percentile of 98 clinical cardiac electrophysiology providers in North Carolina.
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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 | 199 | $180,800 |
| XareltoRivaroxaban | 49 | $47,976 |
| MultaqDronedarone Hcl | 21 | $16,355 |
| Flecainide Acetate | 91 | $2,493 |
| Dofetilide | 20 | $1,753 |
| Metoprolol Succinate | 116 | $1,611 |
| SotalolSotalol Hcl | 16 | $482 |
| Metoprolol Tartrate | 44 | $341 |
| Carvedilol | 37 | $244 |
| Amiodarone Hcl | 18 | $213 |
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.
| Company | Paid to this provider | Part D cost of their drugs |
|---|---|---|
| Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLCMultaq | $24 | $16,35521 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 40th percentile of 98 clinical cardiac electrophysiology providers in North Carolina.
Other clinical cardiac electrophysiology in Raleigh
- Kevin ManochaRaleigh$146K
- Marc SilverRaleigh$113K
- Sidharth ShahRaleigh$55K
- Joseph BumgarnerRaleigh$53K
- Michael ManogueAsheville$230K
- Daniel FriedmanDurham$196K
- James AllredGreensboro$184K
- John RhynerAsheville$168K
- Gregory HarrisGreenville$164K
- John CatanzaroGreenville$159K
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.