Benjamin Steinberg
Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology · Denver, CONPI 1407065188
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — speaking fees (54.2%), consulting fees and food and beverage — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 12 manufacturers reported payments, led by Altathera Pharmaceuticals LLC at 54.0% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2022 at $59,918 and has fallen 85.7% since, to $8,595 in 2025.
Across 214 payments — averaging $459.88 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Altathera Pharmaceuticals LLC$53K
- Boston Scientific$16K
- Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC$13K
- Pfizer$6K
- Merit Medical Systems Inc$4K
- Bayer$3K
- plus $4K from 6 others
Across 40 payments — averaging $7186.35 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.
- Cardiva Medical, Inc.$95K
- Biosense Webster, Inc.$92K
- Boston Scientific$88K
- Abbott$9K
- Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC$3K
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$38,43939%
- Speaking & faculty fees$53,30054%
- Travel & lodging$2,6683%
- Food & beverage$4,0084%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Altathera Pharmaceuticals LLC | 7 | $53,128 |
| Boston Scientific | 24 | $15,771 |
| Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC | 4 | $12,789 |
| Pfizer | 1 | $6,300 |
| Merit Medical Systems Inc | 5 | $3,519 |
| Bayer | 1 | $3,000 |
| Biosense Webster, Inc. | 130 | $2,166 |
| Abbott | 31 | $1,446 |
| Biotronik Inc. | 3 | $121 |
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 6 | $90 |
| Synaptic Medical Corporation | 1 | $57 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 1 | $27 |
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.
- Sotalol Hydrochloride$53,074
- MULTAQ$12,789
- GENERAL - THERAPIES$9,818
- ELIQUIS$6,300
- ENSITE PRECISION$321
- Carto 3$224
How this compares
$98,415 in reported general payments places this provider in the 85th percentile of 66 clinical cardiac electrophysiology providers in Colorado.
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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 | 36 | $33,959 |
| Flecainide Acetate | 19 | $1,262 |
| Metoprolol Succinate | 27 | $378 |
| Amiodarone Hcl | 11 | $169 |
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 | $6,300 | $33,95936 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 85th percentile of 66 clinical cardiac electrophysiology providers in Colorado.
Other clinical cardiac electrophysiology in Denver
- Raphael SungDenver$69K
- Alexis TumoloDenver$41K
- Christopher BarrettDenver$34K
- Jason HuangDenver$12K
- Francis NgoDenver$7K
- Srikanth SundaramLittleton$493K
- Bradley MikaelianColorado Springs$364K
- Wendy TzouAurora$350K
- Christopher PorterfieldAurora$340K
- Lohit GargAurora$147K
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.