RxDoctor Payments Data

Esteban Kloosterman, MD

Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology · Fort Lauderdale, FLNPI 1124069992

Payments from drug & device makers

What this record shows

The money is spread across several categories — consulting fees (44.5%), speaking fees and food and beverage — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 22 manufacturers reported payments, led by Medtronic at 46.0% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $33,355 and has fallen 63.6% since, to $12,131 in 2025.

$116,136in general payments, 2019–2025

Across 609 payments — averaging $190.70 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.

  • Medtronic$53K
  • Boston Scientific$49K
  • Abbott$4K
  • Biosense Webster, Inc.$3K
  • Biotronik Inc.$2K
  • Impulse Dynamics (USA) Inc.$647
  • plus $3K from 16 others
$141,373in research payments, 2019–2025

Across 80 payments — averaging $1767.16 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$117K
  • Abbott$14K
  • Boston Scientific$11K

What the payments were for

  • Consulting fees$51,70045%
  • Speaking & faculty fees$29,65026%
  • Travel & lodging$11,86010%
  • Food & beverage$22,92720%

General payments by program year

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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.

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.

How this compares

$116,136 in reported general payments places this provider in the 85th percentile of 249 clinical cardiac electrophysiology providers in Florida.

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Medicare billing

Part B allowed, 2024
$1,192,685
Medicare patients
2,848
Services billed
10,272

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

DrugClaimsCost to plans & patients
EliquisApixaban270$226,675
MultaqDronedarone Hcl122$162,295
XareltoRivaroxaban123$119,211
Propafenone Hcl ErPropafenone Hcl110$17,156
Disopyramide Phosphate47$10,864
Flecainide Acetate206$8,788
Dofetilide28$3,872
Metoprolol Succinate144$2,458
Amiodarone Hcl118$2,425
Midodrine Hcl28$2,006
Mexiletine Hcl14$1,652
ClopidogrelClopidogrel Bisulfate135$1,292
Diltiazem 24hr Er (Cd)Diltiazem Hcl50$891
SotalolSotalol Hcl38$871
Propafenone Hcl22$811

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.

CompanyPaid to this providerPart D cost of their drugs
PfizerEliquis$142$226,675270 claims
Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLCMultaq$131$162,295122 claims
Johnson & JohnsonXarelto$189$119,211123 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 85th percentile of 249 clinical cardiac electrophysiology providers in Florida.

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