Hugh Calkins, MD
Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology · Baltimore, MDNPI 1710945068
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — consulting fees (45.5%), speaking fees and travel and lodging — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 19 manufacturers reported payments, led by Medtronic at 39.3% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2022 at $51,742 and has fallen 93.2% since, to $3,542 in 2025. Among clinical cardiac electrophysiology clinicians in MD with any reported payments, this total sits in the top 5% — high for the specialty, which is a reason to read the composition above rather than the number alone.
Across 332 payments — averaging $609.69 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Medtronic$80K
- Boston Scientific$41K
- Atricure, Inc.$34K
- Abbott$19K
- Medical Device Business Services, Inc.$8K
- Biosense Webster, Inc.$6K
- plus $16K from 13 others
Across 282 payments — averaging $7067.45 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.
- Boston Scientific$561K
- Adagio Medical, Inc.$480K
- Biosense Webster, Inc.$339K
- Medtronic$170K
- Medical Device Business Services, Inc.$140K
- Abbott$135K
- plus $168K from 3 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$92,01145%
- Speaking & faculty fees$80,31640%
- Travel & lodging$18,9739%
- Food & beverage$11,1035%
- Education$140%
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(2 entities) | 127 | $79,508 |
| Boston Scientific | 60 | $41,117 |
| Atricure, Inc. | 35 | $33,716 |
| Abbott | 53 | $18,735 |
| Medical Device Business Services, Inc. | 4 | $7,540 |
| Biosense Webster, Inc. | 31 | $6,102 |
| Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC | 1 | $6,078 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim International GmbH | 2 | $3,864 |
| Integer Holdings Corporation | 5 | $2,500 |
| Janssen Scientific Affairs, LLC | 1 | $1,688 |
| Altathera Pharmaceuticals LLC | 1 | $1,200 |
| Ablacon, Inc. | 1 | $131 |
| Biotronik Inc. | 1 | $92 |
| Irhythm Technologies, Inc. | 3 | $47 |
| Bayer | 1 | $23 |
| GSK | 1 | $22 |
| ZOLL Services LLC (a/k/a ZOLL Lifecor Corp) | 3 | $21 |
| Philips North America LLC | 1 | $19 |
| 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.
- EPI-SENSE GUIDED COAGULATION SYS$22,475
- GENERAL - THERAPIES$19,646
- Arctic Front$12,717
- Carto 3$9,215
- EPI-SENSE GUIDED COAGULATION SYSTEM WITH VISITRAX$8,749
- Ensite Cardiac Mapping System$8,220
- MULTAQ$6,078
- PRADAXA$3,864
- Carto 3 System$3,484
- CLINICAL TRIAL PRODUCT$3,088
- EnSite Precision Cardiac Mapping System$1,800
- XARELTO$1,688
- Sotalol Hydrochloride$1,200
- Farapulse$1,164
- ENSITE PRECISION$643
- CardioMEMS HF System$483
- Thermocool SF$269
- Micra$140
- AVEIR$137
- HeartMate 3 Left Ventricular Dev$137
How this compares
$202,417 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 63 clinical cardiac electrophysiology providers in Maryland.
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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 | 133 | $156,875 |
| XareltoRivaroxaban | 15 | $20,026 |
| Dofetilide | 22 | $6,386 |
| Flecainide Acetate | 145 | $4,216 |
| Propafenone Hcl ErPropafenone Hcl | 14 | $2,327 |
| Metoprolol Succinate | 143 | $2,169 |
| Amiodarone Hcl | 53 | $901 |
| Amlodipine Besylate | 15 | $188 |
| Furosemide | 12 | $5 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other clinical cardiac electrophysiology in Baltimore
- Charles LoveBaltimore$238K
- Paresh ShahBaltimore$97K
- Jonathan ChrispinBaltimore$77K
- Stephen ShorofskyBaltimore$63K
- Richard JonesBaltimore$49K
- Benjamin RosenBaltimore$41K
- Zeshan AhmadBaltimore$37K
- Ronald BergerBaltimore$26K
- Klitos KonstantinidisBaltimore$24K
- Sunjeet SidhuBaltimore$21K
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.