Darryl Wells, MD
Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology · Seattle, WANPI 1376662049
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — speaking fees (39.2%), travel and lodging and consulting fees — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 17 manufacturers reported payments, led by Medtronic at 32.9% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2020 at $26,778 and has fallen 83.5% since, to $4,422 in 2025. Among clinical cardiac electrophysiology clinicians in WA 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 300 payments — averaging $371.80 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Medtronic$37K
- Philips North America LLC$34K
- Abbott$13K
- Atricure, Inc.$10K
- Biosense Webster, Inc.$6K
- Boston Scientific$5K
- plus $8K from 11 others
Across 52 payments — averaging $2707.13 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$85K
- Medical Device Business Services, Inc.$38K
- Boston Scientific$15K
- Atricure, Inc.$2K
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$22,51020%
- Speaking & faculty fees$43,68339%
- Travel & lodging$30,43827%
- Food & beverage$14,89713%
- Education$140%
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) | 113 | $36,689 |
| Philips North America LLC | 17 | $33,904 |
| Abbott | 74 | $12,965 |
| Atricure, Inc. | 12 | $9,582 |
| Biosense Webster, Inc. | 12 | $5,724 |
| Boston Scientific | 41 | $4,802 |
| Siemens Medical Solutions USA, Inc. | 2 | $2,547 |
| ZOLL Respicardia, Inc. | 2 | $1,473 |
| Acutus Medical, Inc. | 5 | $1,302 |
| Impulse Dynamics (USA) Inc. | 10 | $1,159 |
| Preventice Services, LLC | 3 | $733 |
| Cvrx, Inc. | 2 | $262 |
| Cardiva Medical, Inc. | 3 | $229 |
| Biotronik Inc. | 1 | $70 |
| Catheter Precision Inc. | 1 | $50 |
| Cook Medical LLC | 1 | $26 |
| Stereotaxis Inc | 1 | $23 |
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.
- Spectranetics Undiv$22,370
- IGT D Peripheral$10,800
- Arctic Front$10,433
- SYNERGY ABLATION SYSTEM$9,143
- ATRICURE CRYOICE CRYOABLATION SYSTEM (CRYO2)$8,858
- Cardioblate$5,669
- Carto 3$5,094
- MitraClip System$5,044
- AVEIR$2,023
- OPTIMIZER$1,920
- remede System$1,473
- AMPLATZER AMULET$1,472
- EnSite Precision Cardiac Mapping System$966
- TACTICATH ABLATION CATHETER, SENSOR ENABLED$638
- ENSITE$451
- AFFERA MAPPING SYSTEM$435
- PulseSelect$423
- WATCHMAN Access System$410
- Ensite Cardiac Mapping System$312
- ARCTIC FRONT ADVANCE$287
How this compares
$111,541 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 68 clinical cardiac electrophysiology providers in Washington.
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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 | 14 | $23,472 |
| XareltoRivaroxaban | 12 | $17,007 |
| Metoprolol Succinate | 18 | $161 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other clinical cardiac electrophysiology in Seattle
- Gust BardySeattle$130.7M
- Babak NazerSeattle$124K
- Toshimasa OkabeSeattle$114K
- Arun R Mahankali SridharSeattle$94K
- Jeanne PooleSeattle$81K
- David RosenthalSeattle$54K
- Eathar RazakSeattle$50K
- Uyanga BatnyamSeattle$38K
- Carlos AlvesSeattle$29K
- Robert RhoSeattle$29K
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.