Brandon Carag, PA
Medical · Charleston, WVNPI 1124512033
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
15 manufacturers reported payments, led by Atricure, Inc. at 57.7% of the total. Among medical clinicians in WV 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 171 payments — averaging $91.89 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Atricure, Inc.$9K
- Angiodynamics, Inc.$3K
- ZOLL Services LLC (a/k/a ZOLL Lifecor Corp)$981
- AstraZeneca$623
- Abbott$601
- Boston Scientific$355
- plus $1K from 9 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$7,43047%
- Food & beverage$8,28353%
Most of this is food and beverage — typically meals provided during product presentations at a clinic or hospital. Nationally that is the single largest category of reported payments by count.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Atricure, Inc. | 64 | $9,060 |
| Angiodynamics, Inc. | 15 | $2,770 |
| ZOLL Services LLC (a/k/a ZOLL Lifecor Corp) | 37 | $981 |
| AstraZeneca | 7 | $623 |
| Abbott | 10 | $601 |
| Boston Scientific | 4 | $355 |
| Corcym Inc | 15 | $306 |
| Kestra Medical Technology Services, Inc. | 6 | $267 |
| Heartflow, Inc. | 3 | $212 |
| Medical Device Business Services, Inc. | 3 | $163 |
| Medtronic | 1 | $131 |
| Recor Medical Inc | 1 | $104 |
| Edwards Lifesciences | 3 | $75 |
| Bridgebio Pharma, Inc. | 1 | $39 |
| Solventum Corporation | 1 | $26 |
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.
- SYNERGY ABLATION SYSTEM$5,477
- EPI-SENSE GUIDED COAGULATION SYSTEM WITH VISITRAX$4,790
- AngioVac$2,523
- ATRICURE CRYOICE CRYOABLATION SYSTEM (CRYO2)$2,268
- ATRICURE CRYOICE CRYOSPHERE CRYOABLATION SYSTEM$1,378
- FARXIGA$250
- Perceval$215
- WATCHMAN Access System$142
- THORATEC HEARTMATE 3 LVAS IMPLANT KIT$135
- COREVALVE EVOLUT R$131
- ASSURITY$129
- WAINUA$125
- MitraClip$113
- FFRct$108
- AVEIR$107
- SYNERGY$105
- Paradise Ultrasound Renal Denervation System$104
- LifeVest$103
- ATRICLIP LAA EXCLUSION SYSTEM$103
How this compares
$15,713 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 233 medical providers in West Virginia.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| ClopidogrelClopidogrel Bisulfate | 77 | $267 |
| Atorvastatin Calcium | 77 | $216 |
| Amiodarone Hcl | 43 | $190 |
| Metoprolol Tartrate | 88 | $107 |
| Pantoprazole Sodium | 36 | $95 |
| Potassium Chloride | 21 | $91 |
| Metoprolol Succinate | 16 | $81 |
| Losartan Potassium | 23 | $58 |
| Rosuvastatin Calcium | 11 | $54 |
| Spironolactone | 16 | $38 |
| Furosemide | 29 | $34 |
| Amlodipine Besylate | 14 | $14 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other medical in Charleston
- Scott EthridgeCharleston$16K
- Mohammad YousafCharleston$9K
- Gregory McCartneyCharleston$9K
- David WatkinsCharleston$5K
- Tara RobinsonCharleston$4K
- Julie StrotherCharleston$3K
- Katherine BoggsSouth Charleston$46K
- Lowell LarewMorgantown$31K
- Katie CarpenterSouth Charleston$26K
- Lauren DillonBeckley$18K
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.