Isaac Yepes
Chicago, ILNPI 1639662695
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — grants (37.7%), travel and lodging and food and beverage — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 14 manufacturers reported payments, led by Abbott at 47.9% of the total. 2025 is the largest year on record at $13,095, more than ten times the $286 reported in 2019.
Across 188 payments — averaging $176.46 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Abbott$16K
- Medtronic$5K
- Biotronik Inc.$5K
- Boston Scientific$4K
- Philips North America LLC$1K
- Biosense Webster, Inc.$232
- plus $693 from 8 others
What the payments were for
- Grants$12,50038%
- Travel & lodging$9,98830%
- Food & beverage$9,51729%
- Education$1,1694%
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 | 41 | $15,901 |
| Medtronic | 41 | $5,361 |
| Biotronik Inc. | 46 | $5,305 |
| Boston Scientific | 32 | $4,457 |
| Philips North America LLC | 8 | $1,225 |
| Biosense Webster, Inc. | 8 | $232 |
| Abiomed | 4 | $217 |
| Atricure, Inc. | 1 | $178 |
| Edwards Lifesciences | 2 | $155 |
| Irhythm Technologies, Inc. | 1 | $41 |
| Kestra Medical Technology Services, Inc. | 1 | $32 |
| Lantheus Medical Imaging, Inc. | 1 | $27 |
| UCB, Inc. | 1 | $22 |
| Cardiva Medical, Inc. | 1 | $20 |
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.
- TACTICATH$2,500
- ASSURITY$2,500
- WATCHMAN Access System$1,395
- ENSITE$1,166
- Acticor 7 VR-T DX$1,036
- ENSITE PRECISION$812
- VersaCross Access Solution$545
- Edora 8 DR-T$531
- Sentus$531
- Plexa ProMRI$531
- Solia$531
- PAMIRA$505
- (9520) IGT Devices Undivided$494
- (9124) LM Undivided$486
- WATCHMAN FLX$366
- Watchman$234
- EPI-SENSE GUIDED COAGULATION SYSTEM WITH VISITRAX$178
- Trifecta GT Tissue Heart Valve$161
- COBALT DR MRI SURESCAN$158
- Impella$149
Most prescribed under Part D
| Drug | Claims | Cost to plans & patients |
|---|---|---|
| EliquisApixaban | 19 | $14,963 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.