Bryan Baranowski
Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology · Cleveland, OHNPI 1518137017
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by consulting fees: $19,750 of the $30,951 with a category attached, or 63.8%. 7 manufacturers reported payments, led by Abbott at 58.2% of the total.
Across 57 payments — averaging $542.99 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Abbott$18K
- Biosense Webster, Inc.$6K
- Medical Device Business Services, Inc.$6K
- Boston Scientific$417
- Impulse Dynamics (USA) Inc.$149
- Medtronic$146
- plus $143 from 1 others
Across 12 payments — averaging $6012.63 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$72K
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$19,75064%
- Speaking & faculty fees$8,08826%
- Travel & lodging$5262%
- Food & beverage$2,5878%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Abbott | 37 | $18,000 |
| Biosense Webster, Inc. | 10 | $6,227 |
| Medical Device Business Services, Inc. | 3 | $5,869 |
| Boston Scientific | 3 | $417 |
| Impulse Dynamics (USA) Inc. | 2 | $149 |
| Medtronic | 1 | $146 |
| Atricure, Inc. | 1 | $143 |
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.
- Carto 3$11,791
- Ensite Cardiac Mapping System$7,154
- ENSITE PRECISION$5,652
- Confirm Rx$4,361
- OPTIMIZER$262
- ENSITE$262
- Carto 3 System$199
- GENERAL - THERAPIES$170
- ARCTIC FRONT ADVANCE$146
- ATRICURE ATRICLIP LAA EXCLUSION$143
- ATRICURE SYNERGY ABLATION SYSTEM$143
- WATCHMAN FLX$140
- S ICD$106
How this compares
$30,951 in reported general payments places this provider in the 65th percentile of 159 clinical cardiac electrophysiology providers in Ohio.
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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 | 589 | $699,077 |
| XareltoRivaroxaban | 130 | $157,186 |
| Dofetilide | 282 | $86,527 |
| MultaqDronedarone Hcl | 15 | $29,947 |
| Flecainide Acetate | 203 | $10,392 |
| EntrestoSacubitril/Valsartan | 12 | $10,272 |
| Metoprolol Succinate | 340 | $6,281 |
| Norpace CrDisopyramide Phosphate | 14 | $5,886 |
| Amiodarone Hcl | 166 | $3,255 |
| Diltiazem 24hr Er (Cd)Diltiazem Hcl | 87 | $3,110 |
| SotalolSotalol Hcl | 57 | $838 |
| Tiadylt ErDiltiazem Hcl | 25 | $669 |
| Diltiazem 24hr ErDiltiazem Hcl | 17 | $624 |
| Losartan Potassium | 58 | $573 |
| Metoprolol Tartrate | 102 | $446 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other clinical cardiac electrophysiology in Cleveland
- Walid SalibaCleveland$511K
- Bruce WilkoffCleveland$213K
- Judith MackallCleveland$129K
- Albert WaldoCleveland$127K
- Thomas CallahanCleveland$119K
- Ayman HusseinCleveland$98K
- Muhammad ButtCleveland$82K
- Arshneel KocharCleveland$49K
- Shady NakhlaCleveland$47K
- Mauricio ArrudaCleveland$38K
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.