Charles Te, MD
Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology · Oklahoma City, OKNPI 1285830760
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — travel and lodging (40.3%), consulting fees and food and beverage — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 12 manufacturers reported payments, led by Medtronic at 52.4% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $7,824 and has fallen 94.3% since, to $444 in 2025. That places this record below the midpoint for clinical cardiac electrophysiology clinicians in OK, where the typical reported total is $22,745.
Across 149 payments — averaging $143.01 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Medtronic$11K
- Biosense Webster, Inc.$7K
- Medical Device Business Services, Inc.$2K
- Impulse Dynamics (USA) Inc.$228
- Atricure, Inc.$196
- ZOLL Services LLC (a/k/a ZOLL Lifecor Corp)$76
- plus $261 from 6 others
Across 31 payments — averaging $3393.50 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$68K
- Impulse Dynamics (USA) Inc.$37K
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$8,47740%
- Travel & lodging$8,59440%
- Food & beverage$4,23920%
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) | 73 | $11,162 |
| Biosense Webster, Inc. | 47 | $7,346 |
| Medical Device Business Services, Inc. | 6 | $2,041 |
| Impulse Dynamics (USA) Inc. | 4 | $228 |
| Atricure, Inc. | 2 | $196 |
| ZOLL Services LLC (a/k/a ZOLL Lifecor Corp) | 4 | $76 |
| Irhythm Technologies, Inc. | 4 | $71 |
| E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. | 3 | $52 |
| Philips North America LLC | 1 | $44 |
| Pfizer | 2 | $44 |
| Kestra Medical Technology Services, Inc. | 2 | $36 |
| Boston Scientific | 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.
- Carto 3 System$2,992
- Carto Smarttouch$600
- Carto CFAE$600
- CartoSound$600
- Carto 3$474
- OPTIMIZER$325
- QDOT MICRO Catheter$294
- EPI-SENSE GUIDED COAGULATION SYSTEM WITH VISITRAX$163
- AZURE XT DR MRI SURESCAN$153
- Micra$138
- LINQ II$101
How this compares
$21,309 in reported general payments places this provider in the 45th percentile of 30 clinical cardiac electrophysiology providers in Oklahoma.
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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 | 648 | $533,295 |
| XareltoRivaroxaban | 89 | $102,816 |
| Flecainide Acetate | 699 | $18,211 |
| Dofetilide | 99 | $16,703 |
| Amiodarone Hcl | 293 | $4,567 |
| Mexiletine Hcl | 39 | $2,728 |
| SotalolSotalol Hcl | 61 | $1,570 |
| Metoprolol Succinate | 125 | $1,275 |
| Propafenone Hcl | 34 | $1,216 |
| Verapamil ErVerapamil Hcl | 14 | $912 |
| Diltiazem 24hr Er (Cd)Diltiazem Hcl | 39 | $750 |
| Propranolol Hcl ErPropranolol Hcl | 12 | $748 |
| Warfarin Sodium | 34 | $321 |
| Metoprolol Tartrate | 58 | $261 |
| Carvedilol | 20 | $253 |
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 | $44 | $533,295648 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 45th percentile of 30 clinical cardiac electrophysiology providers in Oklahoma.
Other clinical cardiac electrophysiology in Oklahoma City
- Warren JackmanOklahoma City$2.3M
- Sunny PoOklahoma City$260K
- John SummersOklahoma City$135K
- Sean HalleranOklahoma City$105K
- Ian ParkerOklahoma City$74K
- Paul GarabelliOklahoma City$33K
- Coty JewellOklahoma City$24K
- Krittapoom AkrawinthawongOklahoma City$24K
- Terrance KhastgirOklahoma City$19K
- Cliona MurphyOklahoma City$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.