Guy Kulbak, MD
Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology · Burlington, MANPI 1609103746
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — food and beverage (51.6%), travel and lodging and grants — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 12 manufacturers reported payments, led by Abbott at 38.8% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2024 at $4,895 and has fallen 66.8% since, to $1,627 in 2025.
Across 197 payments — averaging $75.41 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Abbott$6K
- Boston Scientific$3K
- Medtronic$3K
- Biosense Webster, Inc.$1K
- Biotronik Inc.$791
- ZOLL Services LLC (a/k/a ZOLL Lifecor Corp)$334
- plus $428 from 6 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$9566%
- Grants$1,2248%
- Travel & lodging$5,01634%
- Food & beverage$7,65952%
Most of this is food and beverage — typically meals provided during product presentations at a clinic or hospital. Nationally that is the single largest category of reported payments by count.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Abbott | 65 | $5,763 |
| Boston Scientific | 65 | $3,444 |
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 28 | $2,682 |
| Biosense Webster, Inc. | 6 | $1,413 |
| Biotronik Inc. | 10 | $791 |
| ZOLL Services LLC (a/k/a ZOLL Lifecor Corp) | 12 | $334 |
| Elutia, Inc. | 2 | $145 |
| Davol Inc. | 1 | $130 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 4 | $70 |
| Novartis | 2 | $34 |
| Cardiva Medical, Inc. | 1 | $30 |
| Irhythm Technologies, Inc. | 1 | $19 |
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$2,974
- GENERAL TACHY$1,224
- Carto 3 System$956
- ENSITE PRECISION$904
- EVERA MRI XT DR SURESCAN$771
- Micra$577
- AVEIR$401
- WATCHMAN FLX$318
- GENERAL - THERAPIES$291
- Carto 3$282
- Soundstar$282
- PulseSelect$271
- WATCHMAN Access System$177
- AFFERA MAPPING SYSTEM$175
- NUVISION ICE CATHETER$173
- Rhythmia Mapping System$148
- Zero Gravity$147
- Watchman$139
- ECM Patch,Pouch$137
- NA$136
How this compares
$14,856 in reported general payments places this provider in the 55th percentile of 106 clinical cardiac electrophysiology providers in Massachusetts.
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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 |
|---|---|---|
| XareltoRivaroxaban | 16 | $21,365 |
| EliquisApixaban | 14 | $18,096 |
| Metoprolol Succinate | 21 | $282 |
| Amiodarone Hcl | 15 | $150 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Johnson & JohnsonXarelto | $70 | $21,36516 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 55th percentile of 106 clinical cardiac electrophysiology providers in Massachusetts.
Other clinical cardiac electrophysiology in Burlington
- Matthew ReynoldsBurlington$217K
- Jonathan SilverBurlington$102K
- Bruce HookBurlington$68K
- Ghulam ChaudhryBurlington$15K
- Elad AnterBoston$3.9M
- Nitesh SoodFall River$668K
- Jagmeet SinghBoston$619K
- Andre DavilaBoston$379K
- Kevin FloydWorcester$278K
- Daniel KramerBoston$247K
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.