Hemant Godara, MD
Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology · Columbia, MONPI 1417184029
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by food and beverage: $4,270 of the $6,824 with a category attached, or 62.6%. It is spread thinly across 19 manufacturers, the largest accounting for just 19.6%. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $3,177 and has fallen 78.2% since, to $694 in 2025. That places this record below the midpoint for clinical cardiac electrophysiology clinicians in MO, where the typical reported total is $14,594.
Across 151 payments — averaging $45.19 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Abbott$1K
- Medtronic$1K
- Medical Device Business Services, Inc.$1K
- Boston Scientific$1K
- Biosense Webster, Inc.$853
- ZOLL Services LLC (a/k/a ZOLL Lifecor Corp)$278
- plus $646 from 13 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$2,55437%
- Food & beverage$4,27063%
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 | 51 | $1,340 |
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 34 | $1,257 |
| Medical Device Business Services, Inc. | 10 | $1,234 |
| Boston Scientific | 8 | $1,217 |
| Biosense Webster, Inc. | 12 | $853 |
| ZOLL Services LLC (a/k/a ZOLL Lifecor Corp) | 18 | $278 |
| Impulse Dynamics (USA) Inc. | 1 | $162 |
| Edwards Lifesciences | 2 | $130 |
| Atricure, Inc. | 1 | $95 |
| Shockwave Medical, Inc | 2 | $54 |
| Amgen | 3 | $43 |
| Cordis US CORP. | 2 | $32 |
| Altathera Pharmaceuticals LLC | 1 | $25 |
| Livanova USA, Inc. | 1 | $24 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 1 | $23 |
| Siemens Medical Solutions USA, Inc. | 1 | $18 |
| Cardiovascular Systems Inc. | 1 | $13 |
| Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC | 1 | $13 |
| Pfizer | 1 | $13 |
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.
- Watchman$1,003
- Carto 3 System$959
- Micra$379
- OPTIMIZER$324
- Carto 3$256
- OCTARAY MAPPING CATHETER$132
- EVOQUE$114
How this compares
$6,824 in reported general payments places this provider in the 35th percentile of 74 clinical cardiac electrophysiology providers in Missouri.
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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 | 205 | $239,390 |
| XareltoRivaroxaban | 25 | $31,632 |
| EntrestoSacubitril/Valsartan | 14 | $14,215 |
| PradaxaDabigatran Etexilate Mesylate | 20 | $3,944 |
| Diltiazem 24hr Er (Cd)Diltiazem Hcl | 46 | $2,085 |
| Amiodarone Hcl | 78 | $1,462 |
| Metoprolol Succinate | 112 | $1,457 |
| Atorvastatin Calcium | 36 | $767 |
| Warfarin Sodium | 62 | $458 |
| ClopidogrelClopidogrel Bisulfate | 39 | $448 |
| Bumetanide | 11 | $331 |
| Metoprolol Tartrate | 38 | $329 |
| Lisinopril | 28 | $273 |
| Spironolactone | 36 | $254 |
| Losartan Potassium | 29 | $245 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| PfizerEliquis | $13 | $239,390205 claims |
| Boehringer IngelheimPradaxa | $23 | $3,94420 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 35th percentile of 74 clinical cardiac electrophysiology providers in Missouri.
Other clinical cardiac electrophysiology in Columbia
- Jason RytlewskiColumbia$34K
- Rahul JainColumbia$10K
- John VerbskyColumbia$8K
- Dan PierceColumbia$5K
- Greg FlakerColumbia$4K
- Zhenguo LiuColumbia$3K
- Phillip CuculichSaint Louis$473K
- Sanjaya GuptaKansas City$316K
- Daniel CooperSaint Louis$168K
- Jessica KlineKansas City$75K
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.