Edriss Charaf, MD
Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology · Saint Paul, MNNPI 1629267588
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by travel and lodging: $2,967 of the $3,755 with a category attached, or 79.0%. 4 manufacturers reported payments, led by Medtronic at 50.8% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2022 at $1,752 and has fallen 73.2% since, to $470 in 2025. That places this record below the midpoint for clinical cardiac electrophysiology clinicians in MN, where the typical reported total is $10,629.
Across 29 payments — averaging $129.48 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Medtronic$2K
- Abbott$2K
- Philips North America LLC$81
- ZOLL Services LLC (a/k/a ZOLL Lifecor Corp)$14
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$2,96779%
- Food & beverage$78821%
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 | 18 | $1,907 |
| Abbott | 9 | $1,752 |
| Philips North America LLC | 1 | $81 |
| ZOLL Services LLC (a/k/a ZOLL Lifecor Corp) | 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.
- AVEIR$1,437
- EVERA MRI XT DR SURESCAN$524
How this compares
$3,755 in reported general payments places this provider in the 30th percentile of 72 clinical cardiac electrophysiology providers in Minnesota.
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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 | 127 | $144,747 |
| XareltoRivaroxaban | 18 | $21,055 |
| Bisoprolol Fumarate | 276 | $8,343 |
| Mexiletine Hcl | 42 | $6,090 |
| Metoprolol Succinate | 128 | $3,026 |
| SotalolSotalol Hcl | 66 | $1,244 |
| Propranolol Hcl | 38 | $1,079 |
| Flecainide Acetate | 32 | $902 |
| Verapamil ErVerapamil Hcl | 13 | $637 |
| Carvedilol | 57 | $618 |
| Amiodarone Hcl | 35 | $396 |
| Omeprazole | 31 | $313 |
| Losartan Potassium | 11 | $137 |
| Metoprolol Tartrate | 27 | $122 |
| Colchicine | 16 | $59 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other clinical cardiac electrophysiology in Saint Paul
- Ryan KoeneSaint Paul$14K
- Stuart AdlerSaint Paul$12K
- Michael PetersonSaint Paul$10K
- Omer IqbalSaint Paul$8K
- Gregory GranrudSaint Paul$330
- Samuel AsirvathamRochester$1M
- John SchoenhardSt Cloud$210K
- Daniel MelbyMinneapolis$94K
- Suraj KapaRochester$92K
- David HayesRochester$86K
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.