Jason Koontz
Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology · Durham, NCNPI 1386817104
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by consulting fees: $38,205 of the $45,942 with a category attached, or 83.2%. Merit Medical Systems Inc accounts for 83.9% of it on its own, with 7 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2021 at $29,114 and has fallen 97.3% since, to $789 in 2025.
Across 223 payments — averaging $206.02 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Merit Medical Systems Inc$39K
- Boston Scientific$6K
- Biosense Webster, Inc.$1K
- Medtronic$428
- ZOLL Services LLC (a/k/a ZOLL Lifecor Corp)$304
- Edwards Lifesciences$42
- plus $28 from 2 others
Across 44 payments — averaging $1879.08 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$70K
- Medical Device Business Services, Inc.$13K
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$38,20583%
- Speaking & faculty fees$2,6506%
- Travel & lodging$3761%
- Food & beverage$4,71110%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Merit Medical Systems Inc | 13 | $38,556 |
| Boston Scientific | 150 | $5,521 |
| Biosense Webster, Inc. | 38 | $1,063 |
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 14 | $428 |
| ZOLL Services LLC (a/k/a ZOLL Lifecor Corp) | 5 | $304 |
| Edwards Lifesciences | 1 | $42 |
| Portola Pharmaceuticals, LLC | 1 | $15 |
| Elutia, Inc. | 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.
- GENERAL - THERAPIES$1,800
- INGEVITY$625
- Carto 3$257
- LifeVest$207
- AURORA EV-ICD MRI SURESCAN$140
- WATCHMAN Access System$107
How this compares
$45,942 in reported general payments places this provider in the 65th percentile of 98 clinical cardiac electrophysiology providers in North Carolina.
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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 | 155 | $146,550 |
| MultaqDronedarone Hcl | 35 | $52,622 |
| XareltoRivaroxaban | 29 | $37,788 |
| Dofetilide | 29 | $8,109 |
| Amiodarone Hcl | 71 | $2,425 |
| Metoprolol Succinate | 48 | $596 |
| SotalolSotalol Hcl | 15 | $559 |
| Diltiazem 24hr Er (Cd)Diltiazem Hcl | 26 | $440 |
| Verapamil ErVerapamil Hcl | 11 | $210 |
| Diltiazem Hcl | 11 | $165 |
| Amlodipine Besylate | 12 | $102 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other clinical cardiac electrophysiology in Durham
- Daniel FriedmanDurham$196K
- Albert SunDurham$138K
- Larry JacksonDurham$90K
- Ching ZhuDurham$54K
- Jason LappeDurham$43K
- Zak LoringDurham$41K
- Godefroy CheryDurham$21K
- Michael ManogueAsheville$230K
- James AllredGreensboro$184K
- John RhynerAsheville$168K
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.