Craig McCotter, MD
Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology · Wilmington, NCNPI 1730127994
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by consulting fees: $38,000 of the $51,363 with a category attached, or 74.0%. 39 manufacturers reported payments, led by Biotronik Inc. at 41.7% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2020 at $24,906 and has fallen 94.7% since, to $1,310 in 2025.
Across 543 payments — averaging $94.59 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Biotronik Inc.$21K
- Abbott$20K
- ZOLL Services LLC (a/k/a ZOLL Lifecor Corp)$2K
- Boston Scientific$1K
- Atricure, Inc.$1K
- Johnson & Johnson$555
- plus $5K from 33 others
Across 415 payments — averaging $584.35 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.
- AstraZeneca$145K
- Biotronik Inc.$52K
- Abbott$24K
- Boston Scientific$14K
- Boehringer Ingelheim Pharma GmbH & Co.kg$7K
- Boehringer Ingelheim International GmbH$511
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$38,00074%
- Speaking & faculty fees$1,5003%
- Travel & lodging$2571%
- Food & beverage$11,44222%
- Education$1630%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Biotronik Inc. | 78 | $21,402 |
| Abbott | 68 | $19,784 |
| ZOLL Services LLC (a/k/a ZOLL Lifecor Corp) | 59 | $2,499 |
| Boston Scientific | 41 | $1,287 |
| Atricure, Inc. | 23 | $1,029 |
| Johnson & Johnson(2 entities) | 47 | $555 |
| E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. | 35 | $548 |
| Medtronic | 8 | $526 |
| Philips North America LLC | 35 | $488 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 19 | $435 |
| Merck | 25 | $390 |
| Abiomed | 2 | $347 |
| AstraZeneca | 19 | $302 |
| Novartis | 16 | $259 |
| Biosense Webster, Inc. | 2 | $207 |
| Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC | 11 | $189 |
| Pfizer | 10 | $157 |
| Cvrx, Inc. | 2 | $143 |
| Novo Nordisk | 6 | $122 |
| Impulse Dynamics (USA) Inc. | 1 | $90 |
| Baxter Healthcare | 2 | $76 |
| Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc. | 5 | $70 |
| Actelion Pharmaceuticals US, Inc. | 4 | $70 |
| Esperion Therapeutics, Inc. | 4 | $60 |
| Amarin Pharma, Inc. | 3 | $45 |
| Elutia, Inc. | 2 | $45 |
| Amgen | 3 | $40 |
| Lexicon Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 2 | $33 |
| Alnylam Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 1 | $20 |
| Chiesi USA, Inc. | 1 | $16 |
| Altathera Pharmaceuticals LLC | 1 | $16 |
| Kiniksa Pharmaceuticals, Ltd. | 1 | $16 |
| Lantheus Medical Imaging, Inc. | 1 | $16 |
| Inspire Medical Systems, Inc. | 1 | $15 |
| United Therapeutics Corporation | 1 | $15 |
| Scpharmaceuticals Inc. | 1 | $14 |
| Bayer | 1 | $14 |
| Corvista Health, Inc. | 1 | $13 |
| Lundbeck LLC | 1 | $12 |
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 Cardiac Mapping System$9,000
- Assurity Pacemaker$8,400
- Edora 8 DR-T$5,200
- Acticor 7 VR-T DX$4,000
- Edora$2,550
- LifeVest$1,605
- Acticor$1,350
- Rivacor$1,350
- Sentus$1,200
- Plexa$1,200
- Rivacor 7 DR-T$1,200
- EnSite Precision Cardiac Mapping System$1,102
- Impella$347
- EPI-SENSE GUIDED COAGULATION SYS$270
- ATRICURE ATRICLIP LAA EXCLUSION$270
- AVEIR$248
- Watchman$159
- BioMonitor$150
- Solia$150
- WATCHMAN FLX$145
How this compares
$51,363 in reported general payments places this provider in the 70th percentile of 98 clinical cardiac electrophysiology providers in North Carolina.
See all clinical cardiac electrophysiology providers in North Carolina →
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 | 448 | $450,028 |
| XareltoRivaroxaban | 98 | $117,952 |
| MultaqDronedarone Hcl | 33 | $35,473 |
| EntrestoSacubitril/Valsartan | 39 | $35,151 |
| Dofetilide | 41 | $12,431 |
| Metoprolol Succinate | 400 | $6,454 |
| Amiodarone Hcl | 220 | $3,464 |
| Flecainide Acetate | 106 | $2,380 |
| SotalolSotalol Hcl | 70 | $1,913 |
| Diltiazem 24hr ErDiltiazem Hcl | 53 | $1,663 |
| Mexiletine Hcl | 12 | $807 |
| Diltiazem 24hr Er (Cd)Diltiazem Hcl | 48 | $762 |
| Atorvastatin Calcium | 67 | $686 |
| Dilt-XrDiltiazem Hcl | 15 | $679 |
| Rosuvastatin Calcium | 33 | $596 |
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 | $157 | $450,028448 claims |
| Johnson & JohnsonXarelto | $555 | $117,95298 claims |
| Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLCMultaq | $189 | $35,47333 claims |
| NovartisEntresto | $259 | $35,15139 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 70th percentile of 98 clinical cardiac electrophysiology providers in North Carolina.
Other clinical cardiac electrophysiology in Wilmington
- Taylor BazemoreWilmington$62K
- William SmithWilmington$52K
- Meena RaoWilmington$15K
- Keith GoldenWilmington$14K
- Michael ManogueAsheville$230K
- Daniel FriedmanDurham$196K
- James AllredGreensboro$184K
- John RhynerAsheville$168K
- Gregory HarrisGreenville$164K
- John CatanzaroGreenville$159K
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.