Benjamin Rhee, MD
Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology · Urbana, ILNPI 1013957935
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — travel and lodging (52.1%), food and beverage and education — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. Medtronic accounts for 89.6% of it on its own, with 7 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2023 at $3,048 and has fallen 73.6% since, to $803 in 2025. That places this record below the midpoint for clinical cardiac electrophysiology clinicians in IL, where the typical reported total is $24,482.
Across 150 payments — averaging $70.77 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Medtronic$10K
- Biosense Webster, Inc.$737
- Cardiva Medical, Inc.$276
- Stryker$26
- Edwards Lifesciences$23
- Cordis US CORP.$20
- plus $26 from 2 others
Across 50 payments — averaging $3093.16 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$103K
- Boston Scientific$51K
- Biotronik Inc.$500
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$5,53552%
- Food & beverage$5,07048%
- Education$100%
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) | 118 | $9,507 |
| Biosense Webster, Inc. | 19 | $737 |
| Cardiva Medical, Inc. | 8 | $276 |
| Stryker | 1 | $26 |
| Edwards Lifesciences | 1 | $23 |
| Cordis US CORP. | 1 | $20 |
| Siemens Medical Solutions USA, Inc. | 1 | $14 |
| ZOLL Services LLC (a/k/a ZOLL Lifecor Corp) | 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.
How this compares
$10,615 in reported general payments places this provider in the 30th percentile of 158 clinical cardiac electrophysiology providers in Illinois.
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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 | 224 | $269,250 |
| XareltoRivaroxaban | 138 | $146,249 |
| EntrestoSacubitril/Valsartan | 21 | $34,680 |
| Flecainide Acetate | 221 | $16,304 |
| Dofetilide | 34 | $14,475 |
| Metoprolol Succinate | 190 | $3,274 |
| Dabigatran EtexilateDabigatran Etexilate Mesylate | 11 | $2,990 |
| Amiodarone Hcl | 71 | $2,092 |
| SotalolSotalol Hcl | 65 | $1,377 |
| Atorvastatin Calcium | 100 | $1,221 |
| Isosorbide Mononitrate ErIsosorbide Mononitrate | 53 | $1,169 |
| Warfarin Sodium | 56 | $1,132 |
| Digoxin | 32 | $973 |
| Carvedilol | 54 | $900 |
| Diltiazem 24hr Er (Cd)Diltiazem Hcl | 36 | $833 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other clinical cardiac electrophysiology in Urbana
- Michael BromanUrbana$40K
- Mansour RazminiaPalos Heights$927K
- Mark MetzlEvanston$799K
- Roderick TungChicago$795K
- Bradley KnightChicago$661K
- Gaurav UpadhyayChicago$593K
- Henry HuangGeneva$501K
- Kousik KrishnanNaperville$311K
- Hany DemoChicago$297K
- Cash CaseyElmhurst$287K
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.