James Udelson, MD
Cardiovascular Disease · Boston, MANPI 1164469813
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by consulting fees: $259,286 of the $293,212 with a category attached, or 88.4%. 17 manufacturers reported payments, led by Pfizer at 31.0% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $134,932 and has fallen 93.3% since, to $9,040 in 2025. Among cardiovascular disease clinicians in MA 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 152 payments — averaging $1929.03 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Pfizer$91K
- Merck$72K
- Bayer$43K
- Livanova USA, Inc.$16K
- Sarepta Therapeutics, Inc.$10K
- GSK$8K
- plus $53K from 11 others
Across 12 payments — averaging $1295.00 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$13K
- Cleerly, Inc.$3K
- Abbott$170
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$259,28688%
- Speaking & faculty fees$14,1255%
- Travel & lodging$17,6326%
- Food & beverage$2,1691%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pfizer | 12 | $90,919 |
| Merck | 68 | $71,586 |
| Bayer | 29 | $43,402 |
| Livanova USA, Inc. | 7 | $16,479 |
| Sarepta Therapeutics, Inc. | 1 | $10,000 |
| GSK | 1 | $8,000 |
| Cvrx, Inc. | 2 | $7,700 |
| Lantheus Medical Imaging, Inc. | 6 | $6,680 |
| Vifor Pharma, Inc. | 7 | $6,348 |
| Abbott | 1 | $6,250 |
| GE HealthCare | 5 | $5,675 |
| Heartflow, Inc. | 3 | $5,619 |
| Scpharmaceuticals Inc. | 3 | $5,225 |
| Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. | 3 | $4,515 |
| Abiomed | 1 | $2,400 |
| Takeda Pharmaceutical Company, Limited | 2 | $2,015 |
| Medtronic | 1 | $400 |
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.
- STEGLATRO$88,108
- VNS Therapy$13,835
- VERQUVO$12,817
- Non-Covered$10,625
- Barostim Neo System$7,700
- Veltassa$6,204
- FUROSCIX$5,225
- FFRct$3,141
- Impella$2,400
- VYNDAQEL$2,000
- Definity$2,000
- VNS - Sentiva$1,644
- VNS - Vitaria$1,000
How this compares
$293,212 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 750 cardiovascular disease providers in Massachusetts.
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.
Other cardiovascular disease in Boston
- Marc SabatineBoston$3.9M
- Elizabeth NabelBoston$2.2M
- Kenneth RosenfieldBoston$1.4M
- James JanuzziBoston$1.1M
- Muthiah VaduganathanBoston$972K
- Joseph LoscalzoBoston$926K
- Sunil KapurBoston$823K
- Paul ZeiBoston$786K
- Paul RidkerBoston$572K
- Ignacio Inglessis-AzuajeBoston$545K
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.