Benjamin D Souza, MD
Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology · Cherry Hill, NJNPI 1518167824
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — consulting fees (44.0%), speaking fees and travel and lodging — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. It is spread thinly across 30 manufacturers, the largest accounting for just 15.6%. Among clinical cardiac electrophysiology clinicians in NJ with any reported payments, this total sits in the top 5% — high for the specialty, which is a reason to read the composition above rather than the number alone.
Across 1,431 payments — averaging $517.87 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- ZOLL Services LLC (a/k/a ZOLL Lifecor Corp)$116K
- Abbott$111K
- Impulse Dynamics (USA) Inc.$87K
- Boston Scientific$80K
- Medical Device Business Services, Inc.$76K
- Biosense Webster, Inc.$69K
- plus $203K from 24 others
Across 173 payments — averaging $2620.55 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.
- Boston Scientific$201K
- Biosense Webster, Inc.$85K
- Elutia, Inc.$58K
- Abbott$31K
- Volta Medical Inc$25K
- Janssen Research & Development, LLC$24K
- plus $30K from 4 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$325,76944%
- Speaking & faculty fees$321,85343%
- Travel & lodging$50,0577%
- Food & beverage$42,4376%
- Education$6510%
- Entertainment$3110%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| ZOLL Services LLC (a/k/a ZOLL Lifecor Corp) | 103 | $115,574 |
| Abbott | 523 | $110,775 |
| Impulse Dynamics (USA) Inc. | 110 | $86,926 |
| Boston Scientific | 91 | $80,044 |
| Medical Device Business Services, Inc. | 62 | $76,282 |
| Biosense Webster, Inc. | 130 | $68,812 |
| Elutia, Inc. | 69 | $68,712 |
| Atricure, Inc. | 50 | $26,345 |
| Stereotaxis Inc | 31 | $23,138 |
| Biotronik Inc. | 87 | $13,101 |
| Volta Medical Inc | 20 | $12,929 |
| Vektor Medical Inc. | 6 | $12,338 |
| GE HealthCare | 15 | $12,070 |
| Cardiva Medical, Inc. | 19 | $6,833 |
| Baylis Medical Company Inc | 4 | $5,326 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 8 | $5,005 |
| Covidien LP | 3 | $4,800 |
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 57 | $4,199 |
| Inspire Medical Systems, Inc. | 13 | $3,951 |
| Cvrx, Inc. | 11 | $1,856 |
| Altathera Pharmaceuticals LLC | 1 | $850 |
| Catheter Precision Inc. | 6 | $692 |
| Siemens Medical Solutions USA, Inc. | 2 | $172 |
| ZOLL Respicardia, Inc. | 1 | $125 |
| Itamar Medical Inc | 3 | $77 |
| Smith+Nephew | 1 | $75 |
| Amgen | 2 | $26 |
| Akcea Therapeutics, Inc. | 1 | $18 |
| Pfizer | 1 | $14 |
| Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC | 1 | $12 |
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.
- LifeVest$114,185
- Carto 3$108,174
- OPTIMIZER$92,021
- ECM Patch,Pouch$68,344
- OPTIMIZER SMART SYSTEM$37,614
- Watchman$35,654
- WATCHMAN Access System$28,996
- Carto 3 System$28,344
- EPI-SENSE GUIDED COAGULATION SYSTEM WITH VISITRAX$25,295
- Niobe$22,361
- Ensite Cardiac Mapping System$20,263
- VX1$12,747
- vMap$12,250
- VersaCross Access Solution$11,663
- AVEIR$11,287
- Carto Smarttouch$9,663
- CartoSound$9,663
- EnSite Precision Cardiac Mapping System$8,759
- ACCENT$8,444
- ENSITE PRECISION$8,050
How this compares
$741,076 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 102 clinical cardiac electrophysiology providers in New Jersey.
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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 | 165 | $188,415 |
| XareltoRivaroxaban | 72 | $81,499 |
| Dofetilide | 84 | $18,858 |
| Flecainide Acetate | 54 | $3,981 |
| Metoprolol Succinate | 176 | $3,709 |
| SotalolSotalol Hcl | 35 | $785 |
| Amiodarone Hcl | 43 | $767 |
| Propafenone Hcl | 14 | $485 |
| ClopidogrelClopidogrel Bisulfate | 21 | $294 |
| Atorvastatin Calcium | 24 | $290 |
| Carvedilol | 27 | $256 |
| Metoprolol Tartrate | 18 | $123 |
| Furosemide | 24 | $90 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| PfizerEliquis | $14 | $188,415165 claims |
| Johnson & JohnsonXarelto | $5,005 | $81,49972 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 95th percentile of 102 clinical cardiac electrophysiology providers in New Jersey.
Other clinical cardiac electrophysiology in Cherry Hill
- Evan BlankCherry Hill$31K
- Darius SholevarCherry Hill$29K
- Aatish GargCherry Hill$16K
- Heath SaltzmanCherry Hill$15K
- Suneet MittalParamus$722K
- George MarkHaddon Heights$312K
- Raffaele CorbisieroBrowns Mills$135K
- Emad AzizNewark$112K
- Marc RoelkeWest Orange$110K
- Arjun TheerthamParlin$102K
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.