Christopher Austin, MD
Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology · Jacksonville Beach, FLNPI 1508178567
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 250 payments — averaging $47.94 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Medtronic$5K
- Biosense Webster, Inc.$1K
- Boston Scientific$1K
- Abbott$920
- Medical Device Business Services, Inc.$589
- Johnson & Johnson$470
- plus $3K from 33 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$3,45029%
- Food & beverage$8,45871%
- Education$761%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 49 | $4,995 |
| Biosense Webster, Inc. | 23 | $1,061 |
| Boston Scientific | 23 | $1,030 |
| Abbott | 18 | $920 |
| Medical Device Business Services, Inc. | 2 | $589 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 28 | $470 |
| Cvrx, Inc. | 15 | $339 |
| Biotronik Inc. | 7 | $330 |
| Acutus Medical, Inc. | 4 | $270 |
| Atricure, Inc. | 2 | $240 |
| Pfizer | 10 | $176 |
| Elutia, Inc. | 2 | $156 |
| Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC | 6 | $146 |
| ZOLL Services LLC (a/k/a ZOLL Lifecor Corp) | 4 | $141 |
| Baxter Healthcare | 7 | $107 |
| Novo Nordisk | 6 | $101 |
| Philips North America LLC | 3 | $77 |
| Cardiofocus, Inc. | 1 | $74 |
| E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. | 4 | $73 |
| AstraZeneca | 4 | $67 |
| Catheter Precision Inc. | 1 | $56 |
| Scpharmaceuticals Inc. | 3 | $53 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 3 | $49 |
| Kiniksa Pharmaceuticals International, PLC | 2 | $46 |
| Esperion Therapeutics, Inc. | 3 | $44 |
| Actelion Pharmaceuticals US, Inc. | 2 | $40 |
| Impulse Dynamics (USA) Inc. | 2 | $40 |
| Cordis US CORP. | 2 | $39 |
| Novartis | 2 | $37 |
| Alnylam Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 2 | $36 |
| Stryker | 1 | $28 |
| Amgen | 2 | $26 |
| Tactile Systems Technology Inc | 1 | $24 |
| Convatec Inc. | 1 | $20 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 1 | $20 |
| Merck | 1 | $20 |
| Kestra Medical Technology Services, Inc. | 1 | $16 |
| Innovation Technologies Inc | 1 | $15 |
| Kiniksa Pharmaceuticals, Ltd. | 1 | $13 |
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$1,120
- AVEIR$281
- GENERAL - THERAPIES$261
- COBALT DR MRI SURESCAN$230
- AFFERA MAPPING SYSTEM$216
- CapSure Sense$168
- Smartablate$163
- THERMOCOOL SMARTTOUCH$163
- EPI-SENSE GUIDED COAGULATION SYSTEM WITH VISITRAX$143
- ECM Patch,Pouch$141
- SelectSecure$141
- AZURE XT DR MRI SURESCAN$132
- EnSite Precision Cardiac Mapping System$131
- QDOT MICRO Catheter$127
- NA$127
- Azure$127
- WATCHMAN FLX$123
- Edora 8 DR-T$123
- Rivacor 7 DR-T$123
- BioMonitor$123
How this compares
$11,985 in reported general payments places this provider in the 20th percentile of 249 clinical cardiac electrophysiology providers in Florida.
See all clinical cardiac electrophysiology providers in Florida →
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 | 264 | $333,762 |
| XareltoRivaroxaban | 70 | $66,183 |
| EntrestoSacubitril/Valsartan | 33 | $57,585 |
| Dofetilide | 103 | $24,554 |
| Flecainide Acetate | 122 | $5,699 |
| Metoprolol Succinate | 321 | $3,869 |
| Diltiazem 24hr Er (Cd)Diltiazem Hcl | 61 | $1,750 |
| Amiodarone Hcl | 79 | $1,442 |
| SotalolSotalol Hcl | 65 | $1,400 |
| Pantoprazole Sodium | 23 | $331 |
| Carvedilol | 45 | $316 |
| Verapamil ErVerapamil Hcl | 11 | $291 |
| Losartan Potassium | 31 | $242 |
| Atorvastatin Calcium | 42 | $234 |
| Potassium Chloride | 11 | $221 |
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 | $176 | $333,762264 claims |
| Johnson & JohnsonXarelto | $470 | $66,18370 claims |
| NovartisEntresto | $37 | $57,58533 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 20th percentile of 249 clinical cardiac electrophysiology providers in Florida.
Other clinical cardiac electrophysiology in Jacksonville Beach
- Jose Osorio FilhoMiami$16.4M
- Saumil OzaJacksonville$4.1M
- Usman SiddiquiWinter Park$3.6M
- David KenigsbergFort Lauderdale$1.3M
- Venkata SagiJacksonville$1.2M
- Raul WeissMiami Beach$1.1M
- Robert FishelAtlantis$1.1M
- Naushad ShaikKissimmee$1.1M
- Neal KaveshLakeland$967K
- Antonio MorettaSarasota$891K
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.