Erik Simon
Chicago, ILNPI 1093106700
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — grants (49.0%), consulting fees and food and beverage — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 21 manufacturers reported payments, led by Biosense Webster, Inc. at 42.6% of the total. 2025 is the largest year on record at $23,213, more than ten times the $400 reported in 2021.
Across 161 payments — averaging $222.54 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Biosense Webster, Inc.$15K
- Boston Scientific$7K
- Abbott$7K
- Medtronic$5K
- Biotronik Inc.$427
- ZOLL Services LLC (a/k/a ZOLL Lifecor Corp)$412
- plus $1K from 15 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$9,00025%
- Grants$17,54549%
- Travel & lodging$2,2716%
- Food & beverage$5,87916%
- Education$1,1333%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Biosense Webster, Inc. | 8 | $15,251 |
| Boston Scientific | 43 | $6,979 |
| Abbott | 29 | $6,587 |
| Medtronic | 28 | $5,004 |
| Biotronik Inc. | 3 | $427 |
| ZOLL Services LLC (a/k/a ZOLL Lifecor Corp) | 11 | $412 |
| AstraZeneca | 10 | $238 |
| Edwards Lifesciences | 3 | $185 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 4 | $109 |
| Esperion Therapeutics, Inc. | 1 | $101 |
| Pfizer | 4 | $97 |
| Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC | 1 | $89 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 3 | $79 |
| Merck | 3 | $66 |
| E.r. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. | 3 | $56 |
| Novartis | 2 | $46 |
| Abiomed | 1 | $26 |
| Lantheus Medical Imaging, Inc. | 1 | $24 |
| Amgen | 1 | $22 |
| Philips North America LLC | 1 | $17 |
| Terumo Medical Corporation | 1 | $15 |
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.
- GENERAL - THERAPIES$3,000
- TACTICATH$2,727
- ASSURITY$1,818
- ENSITE$844
- ENSITE PRECISION$632
- Micra$402
- EMBLEM MRI S-ICD$188
- SelectSecure$178
- LUX-Dx Insertable Cardiac Monitor$172
- Farapulse$170
- WATCHMAN FLX$138
- WATCHMAN Access System$129
- Carto 3$117
- Watchman$109
- RESONATE EL ICD VR$105
- NEXLETOL$101
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.