Jay Simonson
Cardiovascular Disease · St Louis Park, MNNPI 1083691513
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by consulting fees: $286,580 of the $309,013 with a category attached, or 92.7%. Abbott accounts for 79.0% of it on its own, with 7 other manufacturers making up the rest. Among cardiovascular disease clinicians in MN 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 244 payments — averaging $1266.45 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Abbott$244K
- Integer Holdings Corporation$40K
- Medtronic$12K
- Occlutech US LLC$9K
- Boston Scientific$2K
- Medical Device Business Services, Inc.$824
- plus $802 from 2 others
Across 35 payments — averaging $2406.31 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$84K
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$286,58093%
- Speaking & faculty fees$12,1504%
- Grants$8,8753%
- Travel & lodging$9310%
- Food & beverage$4770%
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 | 202 | $244,019 |
| Integer Holdings Corporation | 16 | $40,050 |
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 15 | $12,443 |
| Occlutech US LLC | 1 | $8,875 |
| Boston Scientific | 1 | $2,000 |
| Medical Device Business Services, Inc. | 3 | $824 |
| W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc. | 1 | $580 |
| Biosense Webster, Inc. | 5 | $222 |
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.
- AMPLATZER Occluders$112,400
- AMPLATZER AMULET$59,900
- MitraClip$24,050
- AMPLATZER PICCOLO$15,750
- Myopore Leads and Accessories$11,200
- AMPLATZER$8,400
- CPS COURIER GUIDEWIRE$8,100
- JETi All In One Non-Sterile Kit$7,125
- AMPLATZER Vascular Plug and Accs$5,400
- MYOPORE BIPOLAR SUTURELESS LEAD AND ACCESSORIES$5,000
- MYOPORE BIPOLAR EPICARDIAL SUTURELESS PACING LEAD$5,000
- MYOPORE BIPOLAR SUTURELESS MYOCARDIAL PACING LEAD$4,250
- Mobicath$4,000
- MitraClip System$2,600
- PV-TRACKER GUIDEWIRE$2,500
- GENERAL VASCULAR ACCESS$2,000
- AXESSIO$1,600
- CHARTER GUIDEWIRE$1,600
- Evera$900
- Carto 3$824
How this compares
$309,013 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 451 cardiovascular disease providers in Minnesota.
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 | 256 | $299,462 |
| XareltoRivaroxaban | 22 | $34,418 |
| Flecainide Acetate | 157 | $5,374 |
| Metoprolol Succinate | 191 | $3,704 |
| Diltiazem 24hr Er (Cd)Diltiazem Hcl | 25 | $763 |
| Amiodarone Hcl | 26 | $614 |
| Omeprazole | 53 | $500 |
| SotalolSotalol Hcl | 17 | $414 |
| Losartan Potassium | 28 | $347 |
| Amlodipine Besylate | 12 | $196 |
| Atorvastatin Calcium | 13 | $84 |
| Metoprolol Tartrate | 18 | $63 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other cardiovascular disease in St Louis Park
- Jeffrey ChambersMinneapolis$3.2M
- Srijoy MahapatraRochester$1.2M
- Markus MeyerMinneapolis$786K
- Robert SchwartzMinneapolis$502K
- Robert VantasselMinneapolis$493K
- Charanjit RihalRochester$478K
- Amir LermanRochester$465K
- Nedaa SkeikMinneapolis$453K
- Joao CavalcanteMinneapolis$384K
- Inderjit AnandMinneapolis$384K
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.