Caleb Norton
Cardiovascular Disease · Saint Louis, MONPI 1447782800
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by grants: $25,090 of the $40,071 with a category attached, or 62.6%. 12 manufacturers reported payments, led by Abbott at 37.9% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2023 at $18,076 and has fallen 69.3% since, to $5,555 in 2025. Among cardiovascular disease clinicians in MO with any reported payments, this total sits in the top 10% — high for the specialty, which is a reason to read the composition above rather than the number alone.
Across 198 payments — averaging $202.38 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Abbott$15K
- Medtronic$13K
- Boston Scientific$9K
- Biosense Webster, Inc.$2K
- Biotronik Inc.$248
- Cardiovascular Systems Inc.$133
- plus $269 from 6 others
What the payments were for
- Grants$25,09063%
- Travel & lodging$5,36313%
- Food & beverage$8,90822%
- Education$6262%
- Entertainment$840%
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 | 44 | $15,177 |
| Medtronic | 91 | $13,428 |
| Boston Scientific | 29 | $9,117 |
| Biosense Webster, Inc. | 23 | $1,699 |
| Biotronik Inc. | 4 | $248 |
| Cardiovascular Systems Inc. | 1 | $133 |
| Cardiva Medical, Inc. | 1 | $96 |
| Stereotaxis Inc | 1 | $84 |
| Impulse Dynamics (USA) Inc. | 1 | $30 |
| ZOLL Services LLC (a/k/a ZOLL Lifecor Corp) | 1 | $25 |
| E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. | 1 | $20 |
| Actelion Pharmaceuticals US, Inc. | 1 | $14 |
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.
- ENSITE$1,358
- Micra$1,070
- Carto 3$1,041
- GENERAL - THERAPIES$696
- AURORA EV-ICD MRI SURESCAN$275
- QDOT MICRO Catheter$269
- AMPLATZER AMULET$234
- COBALT DR MRI SURESCAN$167
- ARCTIC FRONT ADVANCE$162
- Farapulse$134
- Diamondback Coronary$133
- QDOT MICRO$127
- Acticor 7 VR-T DX$112
- QUARTET$105
How this compares
$40,071 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 391 cardiovascular disease providers in Missouri.
Other cardiovascular disease in Saint Louis
- Georges ChahoudSaint Louis$937K
- William BowenSaint Louis$726K
- Daniel KellySaint Louis$582K
- Osler Jay GuzonSaint Louis$211K
- Mohammad TahirSaint Louis$173K
- Robert RifkinSaint Louis$145K
- Martin SchwarzeSaint Louis$113K
- Joshua MitchellSaint Louis$103K
- Zainab MahmoudSaint Louis$100K
- Nizar AssiSaint Louis$81K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.