Bharath Rajagopalan
Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology · Springfield, ILNPI 1700199445
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — travel and lodging (54.8%), food and beverage and education — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. Medtronic accounts for 62.2% of it on its own, with 8 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $9,137 and has fallen 57.8% since, to $3,858 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 180 payments — averaging $95.99 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Medtronic$11K
- Abbott$4K
- Boston Scientific$2K
- Atricure, Inc.$249
- Biosense Webster, Inc.$89
- E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C.$49
- plus $114 from 3 others
Across 48 payments — averaging $1320.21 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.
- Abbott$46K
- Medtronic$10K
- Boston Scientific$7K
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$9,46855%
- Food & beverage$7,13341%
- Education$6344%
- Gifts$420%
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) | 95 | $10,747 |
| Abbott | 44 | $3,994 |
| Boston Scientific | 29 | $2,035 |
| Atricure, Inc. | 2 | $249 |
| Biosense Webster, Inc. | 2 | $89 |
| E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. | 3 | $49 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 2 | $45 |
| Welch Allyn | 1 | $42 |
| Pfizer | 2 | $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.
- AVEIR$1,835
- GENERAL - THERAPIES$1,183
- EVERA MRI XT DR SURESCAN$1,064
- Micra$972
- Ensite Cardiac Mapping System$339
- ENSITE$253
- NA$163
- ATRICURE SYNERGY ABLATION SYSTEM$156
- Adapta$155
- OMNIASECURE MRI SURESCAN$146
- COBALT DR MRI SURESCAN$103
How this compares
$17,278 in reported general payments places this provider in the 40th 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 | 1,034 | $888,843 |
| XareltoRivaroxaban | 182 | $203,033 |
| Dofetilide | 275 | $61,199 |
| MultaqDronedarone Hcl | 13 | $11,816 |
| Metoprolol Succinate | 851 | $9,687 |
| Flecainide Acetate | 247 | $8,283 |
| Amiodarone Hcl | 381 | $5,758 |
| Propafenone Hcl ErPropafenone Hcl | 22 | $4,901 |
| Dabigatran EtexilateDabigatran Etexilate Mesylate | 12 | $4,398 |
| Diltiazem 24hr Er (Cd)Diltiazem Hcl | 87 | $1,828 |
| Carvedilol | 200 | $1,079 |
| Propafenone Hcl | 15 | $750 |
| Digoxin | 42 | $623 |
| ClopidogrelClopidogrel Bisulfate | 49 | $492 |
| Mexiletine Hcl | 11 | $315 |
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 | $27 | $888,8431,034 claims |
| Johnson & JohnsonXarelto | $45 | $203,033182 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 158 clinical cardiac electrophysiology providers in Illinois.
Other clinical cardiac electrophysiology in Springfield
- Ziad IssaSpringfield$202K
- Abdur Rahman AhmadSpringfield$46K
- Cody WilliamsSpringfield$36K
- Mansour RazminiaPalos Heights$927K
- Mark MetzlEvanston$799K
- Roderick TungChicago$795K
- Bradley KnightChicago$661K
- Gaurav UpadhyayChicago$593K
- Henry HuangGeneva$501K
- Kousik KrishnanNaperville$311K
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.